Software Engineering Manager - Fintech

AutoScout24

We are TRADER, a Canadian leader in digital automotive solutions. Our flagship brands — AutoTrader.ca, AutoSync, Dealertrack Canada and CMS — help Canadians buy, sell, and finance vehicles with confidence.   As part of AutoScout24 group, Europe’s largest online car marketplace, we’re shaping the future of automotive retail in Canada and beyond.   Learn more at tradercorporation.com.   This role will be within our Collateral Management (CMS) team, a national tech solution that boosts lien and registration services, recovery services, and insolvency management solutions for Canadian Lenders. --- About the CMS Registry Solution The CMS Registry Solution powers end-to-end collateral and lien management for banks, automotive finance companies, credit unions and other lenders. The platform automates the full lien lifecycle—registration, amendment, search, monitoring and discharge—to protecting lenders, reduce risk and ensure compliance, and provides value-added features such as lien validation, asset monitoring and fraud detection. We’re actively modernizing the platform that is mission-critical used by major financial institutions with a focus on scalability, automation, and developer experience. Current work includes containerizing services, upgrading .NET runtimes, strengthening CI/CD and observability, and adopting Infrastructure as Code—alongside pragmatic AI-assisted development and intelligent QA. You’ll join a small, critical, high-impact support team (engineers, product owner, engineering manager) focused on keeping customer-facing systems reliable and resolving real production issues. You’ll own the operational health of key parts of the platform, contribute to incident response and reliability improvements, and help raise the quality bar through strong troubleshooting, documentation, and engineering judgment. The Software Engineer — Support is an individual contributor responsible for maintaining the reliability, stability, and operational health of CMS services. This role focuses on hands-on execution within a single team or service area, supporting production systems and contributing to continuous operational improvement. The role works across the full stack — Angular frontends, .NET (Core / 6+ / .NET 8) services, and SQL Server — and delivers KTLO / BAU outcomes including incident response, production troubleshooting, runbook maintenance, release and patch support, and reliability improvements under guidance. The engineer collaborates closely with Product, Development, Platform, and Database teams to help ensure service availability, meet SLAs, and support safe change delivery. What You’ll Do:  Incident Management & Operations * Support the reliability and operational health of current EC2-hosted services while assisting with incident response, monitoring, and KTLO operations during the migration to containerized deployments * Participate in production incident response by triaging issues and contributing to resolution in line with defined SLAs * Participate in an on-call rotation, following established escalation paths and providing after-hours support as required * Communicate incident status and updates clearly to technical stakeholders MONITORING, TROUBLESHOOTING & RELIABILITY * Monitor application and infrastructure health using tools such as New Relic, SolarWinds DPA, CloudWatch, or Datadog * Proactively tune alerts and act on early warning signals to prevent customer impact * Diagnose complex production issues using logs, traces, metrics, and user reports * Apply mitigations and deliver permanent fixes in collaboration with development teams KTLO / BAU Ownership * Maintain and update runbooks, playbooks, FAQs, and troubleshooting documentation * Perform KTLO activities such as scheduled maintenance, patching, backups and restores, database indexing, archiving jobs, and capacity checks * Support releases, hotfixes, and patches, including deployment validation and production smoke testing Continuous Improvement * Contribute to root cause analysis (RCA) for production incidents * Identify recurring issues and suggest operational or automation improvements * Assist with performance investigations, including SQL query analysis, under guidance * Adopt automation and AI-assisted tooling to reduce operational toil and improve triage efficiency What We’re Looking For: Must Have * Hands-on experience with .NET and C#, including modern .NET runtimes, for production support and fixes * Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, CloudWatch, and IAM * Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred), including release support and troubleshooting * A DevOps mindset with interest in build, deploy, operate, and improve workflows * Working knowledge of Angular, TypeScript, and RESTful APIs, with the ability to debug issues across the stack * Experience supporting SQL Server–based applications, including basic performance analysis and operational tasks (AWS RDS experience a plus) * Comfort working in production environments and responding to incidents * Interest in using AI-assisted development and intelligent QA tools to improve productivity * Strong collaboration, communication, and ownership mindset Nice-To-Have * Experience with Docker and containerized applications * Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) * Familiarity with modern test automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress) * Prior experience in L2/L3 production support or on-call rotations Impact You’ll Deliver: By joining the Support team, you’ll help keep the CMS platform stable and trusted by contributing to faster incident resolution, safer releases, improved operational documentation, and the organization’s transition toward more cloud-native and automated operations. What’s In It For You? We understand that there is life at work and life outside of work. Here are a few benefits we all benefit from that support us to be our creative best.   Benefits from Day 1  * Gym discounts * Employee and Family Assistance program * Virtual wellness events * Conferences & training budget * Regular internal training programs  Financial planning  * Let us help you invest in your future with 3% matching towards your pension and multiple forms of income protection.   Competitive salary  * Annual bonus structure * 3% CPP matching  --- The base salary range for this position is CAD $100,000 – CAD $150,000. This range reflects the expected compensation at the time of posting. The final offer may vary and can be higher based on relevant skills, experience, location, and market conditions. Based on the role the total rewards package may also include benefits, bonus, and other employee offerings. Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring: We use artificial intelligence (“AI”) in our hiring process, including to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position. Vacancy Status: This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Stripe

WHO WE ARE ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. ABOUT THE TEAM The Billing organization at Stripe builds and operates Stripe Billing, a growing product vertical inside of Stripe. Hundreds of thousands of businesses of all sizes and types use Stripe Billing to collect revenue for recurring and one-time payments across a variety of different pricing models—from selling SaaS subscriptions, to orchestrating multi-stage contracts, delivering business analytics, and providing recovery and retention tools to prevent customer churn. To support even the most unique and complex business models, our technology and products must be configurable and programmable. This requires our team to innovate in how we model different types of businesses, and how we use technology to enable customers to piece together Stripe’s Billing’s platform primitives into holistic solutions that support any type of business. Through this work, Stripe Billing allows worry-free innovation and evolution of any customer’s business model. Stripe is defining the industry’s approach to Billing solutions; we’re looking for innovators to join us. WHAT YOU’LL DO We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team within the Stripe Billing organization. In this role, you will manage a high-performing team of engineers and partner closely with product managers and other cross-functional leaders to shape the team’s strategy and roadmap. You will excel in this role if you’re a product-focused engineering manager who can collaborate effectively across multiple teams and functions to deliver results. If you enjoy building and nurturing high-performing engineering teams, helping guide the direction of product development, and engaging directly with users of the platform, this will be a great opportunity for your career. You will: * Partner closely with engineering leaders, product managers, and designers to shape the team’s strategy and roadmap * Demonstrate strong first principles thinking when approaching complex problems and system design  * Foster a healthy team culture with a high level of trust and psychological safety * Define processes that enable the team do its best work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment * Coach and mentor engineers on the team to help them advance in their careers and develop new skills * Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of Stripe’s engineering management team * Work closely with Stripe’s recruiting team to hire strong engineering talent WHO YOU ARE We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * 5+ years of engineering management experience * 8+ years of full time software development experience * You have a consistent track record of hiring and leading productive engineering teams * You’ve nurtured healthy work environments that are supportive, challenging, diverse and inclusive * You’re motivated to work in highly cross-functional organizations, with a strong ability to lead and measure product outcomes * You’ve leveraged your strong technical background and hands-on experience in solving large scale and difficult technical problems * You have experience building extensible, leveraged software solutions that scale to different kinds of user needs.  * You have the ability to thrive while operating with a high level of autonomy and responsibility PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * You have a strong product and design sense, and enjoy finding elegant solutions to complex problems * You’ve built strong cross-team relationships that span organizational boundaries * You have experience building and leading a distributed team that works across multiple locations and time zones

AutoScout24

We are TRADER, a Canadian leader in digital automotive solutions. Our flagship brands — AutoTrader.ca, AutoSync, Dealertrack Canada and CMS — help Canadians buy, sell, and finance vehicles with confidence.   As part of AutoScout24 group, Europe’s largest online car marketplace, we’re shaping the future of automotive retail in Canada and beyond.   Learn more at tradercorporation.com.   This role will be within our Collateral Management (CMS) team, a national tech solution that boosts lien and registration services, recovery services, and insolvency management solutions for Canadian Lenders. --- About the CMS Registry Solution The CMS Registry Solution powers end-to-end collateral and lien management for banks, automotive finance companies, credit unions and other lenders. The platform automates the full lien lifecycle—registration, amendment, search, monitoring and discharge—to protecting lenders, reduce risk and ensure compliance, and provides value-added features such as lien validation, asset monitoring and fraud detection. We’re actively modernizing the platform that is mission-critical used by major financial institutions with a focus on scalability, automation, and developer experience. Current work includes containerizing services, upgrading .NET runtimes, strengthening CI/CD and observability, and adopting Infrastructure as Code—alongside pragmatic AI-assisted development and intelligent QA. You’ll join a small, critical and high-impact team (engineers, product owner, engineering manager) focused on solving real customer problems with durable systems. You’ll be expected to own a major slice of the platform, lead technical execution for key initiatives, and raise the quality bar through strong engineering judgment. What You’ll Do:  Build & Evolve Critical Systems  * Design and implement scalable, resilient backend and frontend services using .NET (Core / 6+ / 8), Angular, and RESTful APIs * Lead registry modernization initiatives, including containerization of legacy .NET workloads, runtime upgrades, and improvements to deployment and operational reliability * Contribute to data-layer improvements, focusing on performance, scalability, and operational reliability Own Architecture & Technical Decisions  * Drive technical design discussions and make pragmatic architectural decisions within the team * Integrate observability, security, and performance best practices into system design * Balance technical excellence with delivery needs when evolving existing systems Build With an Ownership Mindset  * Own solutions end-to-end, from design through deployment and production operation * Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and contribute to standardized engineering practices * Take accountability for reliability, operational outcomes, and continuous improvement of owned systems Collaborate & Lead  * Collaborate closely with Product, Platform, and other engineering teams to deliver production-ready capabilities * Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and day-to-day technical leadership * Act as a role model for strong ownership, technical quality, and constructive collaboration What We’re Looking For: Must Have * Strong hands-on experience building production systems with .NET and C# (modern .NET preferred) * Experience working with AWS services such as EC2, S3, CloudWatch, and IAM * Proficiency in Angular, TypeScript, and RESTful API design * Solid understanding of SQL Server and relational data modeling (managed database experience a plus) * Comfort operating in production environments and learning from real-world feedback * Demonstrated experience leveraging AI-assisted development and testing tools to improve productivity, code quality, and operational efficiency * Clear communication skills and a collaborative, ownership-driven approach * A builder’s mindset: If you can think it, you can build it. If you build it, you own it. Nice-To-Have * Experience with Docker, Terraform / CloudFormation, or Kubernetes-based platforms * Background in system modernization, refactoring, or legacy platform evolution * Experience with database performance optimization * Exposure to AI-driven QA (e.g., Playwright, Cypress with AI integrations) What’s In It For You? We understand that there is life at work and life outside of work. Here are a few benefits we all benefit from that support us to be our creative best.   Benefits from Day 1  * Gym discounts * Employee and Family Assistance program * Virtual wellness events * Conferences & training budget * Regular internal training programs  Financial planning  * Let us help you invest in your future with 3% matching towards your pension and multiple forms of income protection.   Competitive salary  * Annual bonus structure * 3% CPP matching  --- The base salary range for this position is CAD $140,000 – CAD $190,000. This range reflects the expected compensation at the time of posting. The final offer may vary and can be higher based on relevant skills, experience, location, and market conditions. Based on the role the total rewards package may also include benefits, bonus, and other employee offerings. Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring: We use artificial intelligence (“AI”) in our hiring process, including to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position. Vacancy Status: This job posting is for an existing vacancy.