Software Engineering Manager Fintech

AutoScout24 is modernizing a critical real-world domain where software decisions directly reduce operational friction and unlock new business opportunities. Were looking for an Engineering Manager to build and lead a full-stack team reimagining auto repossession systemsmaking them smarter more automated and increasingly AI-assisted.

This role is for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments with ambiguity asks sharp questions early and leads through clarity trust and technical judgment. You wont just run a teamyoull multiply its impact.

What Youll Own:

A High-Ownership Engineering Team

• Build hire and grow a team of full-stack engineers working with on AWS
• Create an environment of trust psychological safety and high standards
• Coach engineers to take ownershipnot just complete tickets
• Transform engineering teams to be curious about the problems they solve and the outcomes to reach

Meaningful Business Outcomes

• Own delivery end to end: velocity quality reliability and long-term maintainability
• Partner tightly with Product Design and Data to ship incremental value fast
• Reduce manual operational effort and unlock new automation and AI-enabled capabilities

Technical Direction Without Becoming the Bottleneck

• Guide architecture and technical decisions across services and systems
• Review PRs challenge assumptions and raise the quality bar
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term system health

Execution in Ambiguity

• Navigate legacy systems alongside greenfield development
• Make progress with imperfect informationand help your team do the same
• Ask the right questions to turn uncertainty into clarity

AI-Driven Leverage (Practical Not Theoretical)

• Encourage and model the use of AI and Generative AI to improve engineering productivity
• Integrate AI-driven tools into daily workflowscode generation debugging reviews documentation and decision support
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive work and streamline development processes
• Take a proactive hands-on approach to exploring and adopting AI tools that meaningfully improve efficiency and quality for yourself and your team

What Were Looking For:

Youre a Multiplier

• 2 years leading engineers as an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead
• You measure success by how effective your team becomes
• You take responsibility for outcomes not just execution

Strong Engineering Fundamentals

• Hands-on experience with full-stack development
• Production experience with and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Solid understanding of microservices distributed systems and SRE practices

Builders Mindset

• Comfortable getting hands-on when neededwithout defaulting to it
• Not afraid of legacy systems and motivated to improve or replace them
• High bar for code quality testing and system design

Leadership Style

• Clear direct communicator with empathy and conviction
• Comfortable giving and receiving feedback
• Curious pragmatic and biased toward action

Why Strong Candidates Choose This Role:

• Youll own a meaningful problem space not just a team
• Youll have room to shape systems culture and technical direction
• Youll work with peers who value judgment curiosity and impact
• Youll apply AI where it actually mattersto reduce toil and increase leverage not for demos
• If youre an Engineering Manager who wants to build leverage through people systems and smart use of AI operate comfortably in ambiguity and stay close enough to the work to influence qualitythis role is built for you.

Whats 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
• Weekly virtual wellness events
• Conferences & training budget
• Regular internal training programs

Competitive salary

• Annual bonus structure
• 3% CPP matching

For a career where you can drive our business and shape your future apply now.

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Thebase salary range for this position is CAD $140000 CAD 190000.

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.

The base salary range for this position is

$140000 - $190000 CAD