Relay is a digital banking platform that gives self-made business owners the tools and know-how to be great with money—bringing clarity, confidence, and control to every dollar earned, so they can turn hard work into lasting success. We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses. Relay is entering an exciting new chapter, and we're hiring an Engineering Manager, Voyager to help shape how AI powers our next stage of scale.
You'll make high-impact, strategic decisions every day, with direct influence over the technology foundations behind a product used and loved by thousands of small businesses. We build the technology foundations that make AI and insights possible across the product, and we partner with product teams so they can build quickly on top of them. We also act as Relay's innovation center, running fast, exploratory spikes on emerging technologies to establish what's viable before the company commits to it.
AI Infrastructure Ownership: Be accountable for the reliability, security, and lifecycle of Voyager's shared LLM systems, from design through deployment and monitoring Developer Enablement: Give teams across Relay the tooling, patterns, and guidance they need to ship AI workflows quickly and safely Delivery Leadership: Lead the planning and delivery of Voyager's platform and R&D; initiatives, making sure work meets quality standards, timelines, and business goals. Establish and refine engineering processes, including sprint planning, code reviews,
and technical design reviews, adapted for a team that moves between prototypes and production systems Build and grow a high-performing, senior-heavy engineering team through hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management, creating clear growth paths for senior and staff-level engineers You've managed senior-heavy teams, including senior and staff-level engineers, and know how to lead through influence, give technical leaders room to own big problems, and keep them growing You have hands-on experience building agentic systems that run in production, not just prototypes, and understand what it takes to make them reliable, observable, and protected at scale You have a strong technical foundation and a proven track record of shipping high-quality products. You're technical enough to review designs, challenge architecture decisions, and earn credibility with senior engineers You're passionate about building and scaling engineering teams, and deeply invested in growing people to do their best work Front-end: React, Typescript, React Native Back-end: Node.js, Typescript, Terraform, AWS (DynamoDB, RDS Postgres, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, SES, ElasticSearch, ECS) Stage 1:
A 45-minute Google Meet video call with a member of the Talent team Stage 2: A 60-minute Google Meet video call with our Engineering Leaders Stage 3: A take-home case study followed by a 60-minute Google Meet video call with our Engineering team Stage 4: The annual salary range for this role is $207,000 CAD to $253,000 CAD.
For candidates who demonstrate full readiness for the defined scope of the role, the typical starting salary is $230,000 CAD. For more information on our compensation philosophy and perks and benefits, visit our Candidate Hub. If you’re someone who takes initiative, is comfortable taking risks, and seeks input when needed, you’ll find the freedom here empowering.
You build with AI, not just use it: You're actively embedding AI into how you work, pushing what's possible, and bringing your team along with you. You’re comfortable building from scratch, iterating as you go, and collaborating to shape the best path forward. Relay exists to help them thrive -- and that mission has to resonate with you.
We welcome diverse backgrounds and people who think critically, challenge the status quo, and want to help small businesses thrive. If you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please reach out to your Talent Partner. Relay’s recruitment team only contacts candidates and corresponds from official corporate email addresses ending in @relayfi.We will never ask for sensitive personal data (such as bank account details, credit card numbers, or social security/insurance numbers) during the initial application or interview stages. #
📌 Engineering Manager, Voyager (Applied AI & Innovation) (Toronto)
🏢 Relay
📍 Toronto