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About the Role
This role exists to make one squad extraordinary – technically sharper, more ambitious, and more impactful than they thought possible. You own the technical direction of your squad: growing engineers into their best work, setting the architectural standard, and ensuring every line of code connects to a business outcome. This is not a role where you choose between leadership and craft. You architect systems, coach engineers through hard problems, review pull requests for what they teach and not just what they ship, and then walk into a room of non-technical stakeholders and turn complexity into clarity. AI handles the routine so you can do all of this at a level that was impossible three years ago.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical direction of your squad.
- Grow engineers into their best work.
- Set the architectural standard.
- Ensure every line of code connects to a business outcome.
- Architect systems.
- Coach engineers through hard problems.
- Review pull requests for what they teach and not just what they ship.
- Communicate technical complexity to non-technical stakeholders.
- Drive squad growth by building engineers who develop visibly in technical depth, judgment, and ability to operate independently with AI tools.
- Define architectural direction, including how systems are designed, how components fit together, and how today's decisions create or foreclose tomorrow's options.
- Translate engineering concepts into business language and vice versa.
- Own your squad's roadmap end-to-end.
- Decompose ambiguous initiatives into work that ships.
- Continuously improve how the squad operates.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing software engineers, including giving hard feedback, navigating difficult conversations, and growing people into roles they didn't think they could fill.
- Deep technical expertise: built and shipped production systems with strong foundations in system design, distributed systems, and at least one modern language (Python primarily).
- Equal clarity communicating with engineers and executives.
- Hands-on fluency with AI-assisted development tools and a demonstrated ability to integrate AI into how a team works.
- Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
- Immigration sponsorship is not offered.
Skills
- System design
- Distributed systems
- Python
- AI-assisted development tools
- AI-native architectures
- Agentic AI systems
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including equity program
- Comprehensive group health and dental benefits
- Life insurance
- Lifestyle Spending Account
- Flexible paid time-off policy with unlimited vacation days
- Flexible sick and mental health days
- Paid parental leave for eligible employees with a top-up
- Generous Group RRSP matching
- Optional TFSA program
- Training opportunities
- Tuition support
About the Company
- Purpose Unlimited is an independent financial services company with an unrelenting focus on customer-centric innovation, delivered through technology-driven solutions.
- Led by entrepreneur Som Seif, the company is developing a diversified product platform aimed at addressing historically underserved segments of the market.
- Purpose Unlimited’s businesses include Purpose Investments, Advisor Solutions by Purpose, and Driven.
- We are one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers' 2023 & 2024.
- We believe in innovation and a vibrant culture - work for an innovative, people-first, financial services firm that values entrepreneurialism.
Equal Opportunity
- Purpose Unlimited is an equal employer and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and barrier-free work environment for all employees and candidates.
- We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and if accommodation is required during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact any member of the People & Culture team at PeopleCultureTeam@purpose-unlimited.com.