Research data is wild. It pours in from brain scans, genome sequencing, EEG and eye-tracking, biospecimens and wearables that track sleep and movement, across dozens of sites and years of study. Lasso Informatics ropes it in: our platform pulls it all into one place so researchers around the world can stop fighting with their data and get to discoveries faster.

That is where our name comes from. A lasso brings something wild under control, and that is the job. The people who do it are Wranglers, and we are quite choosy about who earns the title. Wranglers expect a lot of themselves, make everyone around them better and never stop learning. We move fast, we have fun and we keep the bar high.

What Lasso Offers

Competitive salary with a performance bonus tied to delivery and team outcomes.

Group benefits plan and group retirement savings plan with a 2% employer match.

Hybrid work for Montreal- or Minneapolis-based teams, in office Tuesday through Thursday (fully remote possible outside those areas).

A senior leadership seat with ownership of the development group and a direct line to the CTO and executive team.

The chance to shape the architecture and team behind a platform used by thousands of researchers across North America and Europe.

About the Role Lasso Informatics is hiring a VP of Engineering to lead the engineering group that builds and operates our research data management platform. Reporting to the CTO, you will lead how the platform is designed, built and delivered, and you will be the senior technical authority for the engineering group day to day.

This is a broad, high-ownership role. You will contribute at the level of architecture and direction as well as run delivery,



and you will design and evolve the team's structure as headcount scales. You will stay technical enough to hold the respect of strong developers and to step into hard problems yourself.

As a member of senior leadership, the researchers we collaborate with and the families behind their data are your daily compass and top priority. When something breaks, they are the reason you drop everything to fix it: children with significant health issues spend hours in an MRI scanner to advance this research, families give their time hoping it helps another family down the line. To ensure their valuable time was well spent, the data has to come out clean, safe and secure.

You own the budget for the units under your purview. You work with the CEO to scope and price quotes for prospective clients. Deadlines are tight, so you must have a strong sense of urgency and accountability for the health and growth of the company.

You set the standard for AI-native engineering practice across the development team with appropriate guardrails for security and quality, and you model this yourself, continuously evaluating emerging tools and ensuring their effective adoption.

What You Will Do Organizational and Technical Leadership

Act as the senior technical authority for day-to-day development decisions and as a trusted partner to the CTO on strategy and vision.

Lead the development group end to end,



owning technical direction of the Lasso platform in close collaboration with the CTO.

Design and evolve the team's structure as headcount scales.

Set the standard for AI-native engineering practice, balancing efficiency with guardrails for security, compliance and quality.

See around corners on technology choices, anticipating scaling and integration needs before they become blockers.

Own standards for code quality, testing and documentation across the development teams and with the architects.

Team Leadership and People Management

Lead, grow, mentor and motivate team members. Run one-on-ones, set transparent goals, give regular feedback and own performance management.

Foster accountability and shipping high-quality work on time. Resolve conflict, unblock the team and keep things moving.

Delivery and Program Accountability

Own end-to-end delivery: planning, prioritization and execution against committed timelines.

Translate requirements from Platform Architecture, Solution Architecture and product into technical roadmaps and a clear, sequenced plan of work.

Carry functional accountability for platform delivery on major client deliverables, including data coordinating centres.

Track progress, raise risks early and keep delivery predictable and transparent.

Establish and refine processes (Agile, hybrid) that fit the team and the company's stage of growth.

Architecture, Engineering Excellence and Operations

Work with the architecture teams to implement the technical roadmap; manage technical debt deliberately against long-term maintainability.

Stay technically current and go deep where needed: des

📌 VP of Engineering (Winnipeg)
🏢 Lasso Informatics
📍 Winnipeg