Senior Software Engineer II, Multiple Teams

Toronto, ON, Remote. Posted a month ago

The role

You will lead architecture and high-risk technical work across interconnected systems. You will drive cross-team initiatives, set technical standards, and coach engineers to develop new technical leaders.

What you will do

Lead architecture and highest-risk work across interconnected systems
Set standards for quality, reliability, security, and maintainability
Own ambiguous cross-team initiatives from definition to outcomes
Set priorities and resolve dependencies for cross-team delivery
Tie technical decisions to customer needs, business priorities, cost, and risk
Align teams using context, evidence, and judgment
Create practices, tooling, documentation, and guardrails for Engineering
Coach engineers and delegate meaningful ownership

Required qualifications

Led architecture for complex, interconnected systems
Owned highest-risk technical decisions
Driven cross-team initiatives from ambiguous problems to measurable results
Connect technical trade-offs to customer impact, business priorities, cost, and risk
Influence without authority
Created standards, tooling, or processes that improved team delivery and operation
Grow engineers by coaching and delegating real ownership
Thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and change

Nice to have

Worked in startups or high-growth tech companies
Experience with JavaScript
Working knowledge of AWS services (ECS, S3, RDS, Dynamo, Lambda) and continuous deployment pipelines
Experience in fintech, banking, or other regulated environments

Before you apply

All offers of employment are conditional upon a successful background check and employment verification through Certn

About the company

Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money. Their Engineering team builds banking products to help millions of small businesses succeed.