Relay is entering an exciting new chapter, and we're hiring an Engineering Manager, Risk to help shape our next stage of scale
You'll make high-impact, strategic decisions every day, with direct influence over a product used and loved by thousands of small businesses
Our Risk Engineering team is building automated systems that detect, prevent, and mitigate financial risk and fraud-while maintaining a seamless customer experience and minimizing manual intervention
In this role, you'll help scale and evolve these capabilities to support Relay's growth, balancing effective risk management with a frictionless user experience
You'll work on thoughtful, reliable solutions that enable the business to grow safely and confidently, alongside a team that moves quickly, ships with care, and takes ownership
Delivery Leadership: Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of risk-critical engineering initiatives, ensuring systems meet high standards of quality, reliability, and safety
Team Operations: Ensure engineering processes and rituals effectively support high-stakes systems, including thoughtful sprint planning, strong code reviews, and rigorous technical design reviews
Technical Strategy: Partner with senior leadership to shape and execute the technical strategy for risk, fraud, and trust systems, balancing business growth, customer experience, and risk exposure
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and other partners to turn ambiguous risk challenges into clear, scalable engineering solutions
People Management & Development: Build and grow a high-performing engineering team through hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management
Culture & Growth: Foster a collaborative, feedback-driven environment that supports continuous learning and professional development;
encourage mentorship and knowledge sharing while creating opportunities for team development
Benefits
Competitive salary and meaningful equity:



Relay employees are Relay owners, complete with equity and a competitive salary. Since 2023, 66%+ of employees have received salary increases, with multiple new team members joining just last year.
Social connection: We believe in celebrating our wins with two annual company-wide get-togethers, quarterly team events, happy hours, and special events and networking opportunities with industry leaders.
Personal and professional growth: Through ongoing feedback, mentorship, and coaching, work with peers and leaders who are invested in your growth and success. Even with more than half of our team joining in the last 12 months, almost 20% have received promotions in the last year alone.
Parental leave with top-up: We offer 12 weeks off with a 100% salary top-up for all full-time employees, regardless of location, and accessible for all parents: birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive
Comprehensive health benefits: Enjoy full health benefits from day one: no probation period required. We offer flexible Health or Wellness Spending Accounts and medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
Hybrid work environment: We value meaningful collaboration and connection at our Toronto office three days per week, with lunch, snacks, and beverages on us.
Top-tier equipment: As a Mac-first company, our Toronto offices have everything you need to produce your best work comfortably, from multiple screens to ergonomic seating.
Flexible vacation and time off: Every team member starts with 15 vacation days and 5 flex days to use as needed,



plus an extra week of office closure during the end-of-year holidays.
Dog-friendly space: Can dogs really make you happy and healthy? We don't know for sure, but since we don't want to chance it, our office is 100% floof-friendly.
Award-winning workplace: As a winner of CB Insights' Fintech 100, Deloitte Canada's Technology Fast 50, Forbes Fintech 50, and the CIX Top 10 Growth Award, Relay is a recognized innovative and high-growth company.
5+ years of relevant development experience in a start-up workplace;
1+ year of which includes people-management experience
You think deeply about the impact of engineering decisions on customers and the business, especially in areas where mistakes are costly or hard to reverse
You have experience building or owning internal tools or platforms, and working closely with internal stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into scalable, reliable systems
You have a strong technical background with a proven track record of shipping high-quality products. Exposure to our tech stack (Node.Js/Typescript/React/AWS is a plus)
You are excited about building and scaling an engineering team while supporting them in doing their best work
You're highly collaborative and know how to connect the dots between teams and manage cross-functional initiatives
You have excellent communication skills and are able to calmly provide clarity in times of uncertainty or change - we are a startup after all!
You're a pragmatic decision maker - delivering product in a startup often requires tradeoffs in scope, technical debt, and tight timelines, and you're comfortable making those calls
You are an energetic and results-oriented person, committed to adding value to our business and inspire this same ethos with your team
You've joined a company at its early stages and have seen it through scale
You have experience working in a fintech
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📌 Engineering Manager (Risk) (Winnipeg)
🏢 Relay
📍 Winnipeg