Description:

The Technical Lead is a senior member of the Technology team focused on complex problems, best practices, operational issues, and technical mentorship.
This role involves designing and maintaining scalable and secure software architectures aligned with business goals, resulting in robust and reliable software systems.
The Technical Lead will introduce and implement best practices around Object-Oriented programming, Domain-Driven Design, and microservices where appropriate.
Responsibilities include navigating the space between application development and infrastructure, utilizing third-party tooling to optimize performance and provide quantitative benchmarks for application performance.
The role requires implementing and enforcing coding standards and best practices, leading to measurable improvements in code quality and maintainability.
Regular code reviews will be conducted to provide feedback that reduces bug counts and improves software performance.
The Technical Lead will facilitate effective communication between development teams, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure project alignment.
Analyzing and solving problems around product impact and performance using application data, third-party data, and data warehouse resources is also a key responsibility.

Requirements:

Candidates must have 6+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails.
Experience deploying resources outside of application development, including AWS, RDS, queues, and serverless technologies, is required.
Candidates should have experience configuring and analyzing Application Performance Monitoring tools such as DataDog, Sentry, and other observability platforms.
Strong data engineering skills, including complex SQL queries, optimization, and ETL processes, are necessary.
Strong data analysis skills with experience in data warehouse tooling (e.g., Snowflake, Prefect) and BI tooling (e.g., Tableau, Metabase, Looker) are required.
Candidates should have a security mindset, with knowledge of OWASP, secure development practices, and SOC-2 processes.
Experience leading projects involving scale, concurrency, queuing, background processing, and efficient ingestion of third-party data is essential.
Bonus points for experience with B2B SaaS products and integrations (e.g., Hubspot, Salesforce) or prior experience in the FinTech/Payroll space.
Candidates must be located in Canada and have access to a secure high-speed internet connection and a secure workspace.

The position is available on a permanently remote basis, allowing for flexible work arrangements.
Candidates will be part of a values-driven, well-funded, and fast-growing company recognized for rapid growth in the technology sector.
The company is focused on empowering small and midsize businesses with financial tools that enhance employee financial wellness.
As part of the hiring process, reference calls with previous managers and a criminal record check will be conducted to ensure a secure work environment.