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Our client is an AI-enhanced Intelligent Spend Management platform for mid-market organizations. They are looking for a pragmatic and thoughtful engineering leader to build out and lead their

Vendor and Contracts team . This team is central to their product strategy, tasked with delivering a cutting‑edge, AI‑native vendor portal and collaboration features from the ground up.

Location:

Remote (Canada)

Employment Type:

Full‑time / Permanent

The Role In this role, you will manage a team of software engineers and serve as a technical leader within the team's business domain. You will work closely with the Head of Engineering to grow technical leadership and further develop a highly engaged, high-performing team. This is a unique opportunity to build a new AI‑native team, delivering key strategic initiatives at the cutting edge of contemporary software practices.

Responsibilities

Manage and coach a team of 4–6 full‑stack, AI‑native software engineers, fostering a culture of trust, technical excellence, and deep collaboration.

Partner closely with the team's Product Manager and Designer to deeply understand customer needs and drive product success.

Own the technical direction and long‑term vision for the Vendors and Contracts team, ensuring designs are architecturally sound, scalable, and secure.





Guide the team in building vendor portal and collaboration features using cutting‑edge AI development tools (LLMs, RAG, etc.) and practices.

Define success metrics, track progress transparently, and communicate proactively with stakeholders to ensure alignment and celebrate wins.

Mentor senior engineers and team leads, actively supporting the growth of the next generation of engineering leaders.

Work with Security, Platform, and Data teams to deliver robust, high-quality, and compliant software solutions.

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a direct people management role.

Experience building scalable, customer‑facing SaaS products using Python/Django, TypeScript/React, AWS, and Kubernetes.

Deep understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, vector databases (Databricks/pgVector), and agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, etc.).

Strong experience with software design principles and a track record of evolving large‑scale applications.

Strong knowledge of CI/CD, test automation, and building for observability.

Nice to Have

A background in the FinTech ecosystem or direct experience building products in vendor management, purchase orders, or B2B procurement.

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📌 Engineering Manager (Vendors/Contracts) (Toronto)
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📍 Toronto