Engineering Manager, Product Platform & Accounting APIs

ABOUT FLOAT Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses, empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform, Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow, so they can focus on what matters most: growth. As one of Canada’s fastest growing companies https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/top-growing-companies/article-ranking-canadas-top-growing-companies-of-2024/ and top-rated startups in 2025 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/floatfinancial_were-proud-to-share-that-float-has-been-activity-7387093684720300032-2DDz/, 2024 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2024-15-canadian-companies-rise-linkedin-news-llihe/ and 2023 https://lnkd.in/TSU23CA, Float is customer-obsessed, passionate and entrepreneurial, with a team that includes leaders from Uber, Stripe, Shopify, Top Hat, Ada, Doordash, Snowflake, and Wealthsimple. At Float, everyone is an owner, bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important, and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decision-making decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success. OUR PRODUCT Float is Canada's complete business finance platform, combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend, save, and grow. Trusted by 6000+ Canadian companies, Float provides high-limit corporate cards, automated expense management, next-day bill payments, high-yield accounts and fast, friendly support—all built in Canada, for Canada. Float is backed by world-class venture and fintech investors, including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures, partners behind our $70 million Series B raise https://floatfinancial.com/we-raised-70-million-to-fix-canadas-business-banking-problem/. Our team is a collection of ambitious, collaborative and mission-driven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And we’re looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada. AI USE IN OUR HIRING PROCESS We use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of our hiring process. This may include AI-assisted scheduling and candidate communications, and AI-generated interview notes, guides or summaries to help our team focus on the conversation. All hiring decisions are made by our hiring team. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re hiring an Engineering Manager for Product Platform & APIs to lead teams building the foundational systems that power Float’s product ecosystem and integrations. This role is responsible for internal platforms, external APIs, and accounting integrations that enable product teams — and third-party developers — to build on Float safely and at scale. The work here often has indirect but outsized impact, requiring strong systems thinking, excellent communication, and comfort operating in ambiguity. This is a player-coach role, with an expected ~60% hands-on technical contribution. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES PLATFORM & API LEADERSHIP - Own the roadmap and execution for Product Platform and API capabilities. - Build systems that enable product teams to ship faster with fewer dependencies. - Anticipate engineering needs and translate them into scalable platform solutions. INTEGRATIONS & ECOSYSTEM - Lead development and maintenance of accounting integrations (e.g., QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite). - Design reliable, scalable integration patterns across disparate third-party APIs. - Partner with Product to evolve Float’s API strategy and long-term ecosystem vision. HANDS-ON TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP (60%) - Contribute directly to backend, platform, and integration code. - Review designs and PRs with a focus on correctness, scalability, and maintainability. - Troubleshoot complex integrat