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Engineering Team Lead, Core Product Engine (Backend)

Engineering Team Lead, Core Product Engine (Backend)

Jobgether • Toronto, Canada
7 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
We are currently looking for an Engineering Team Lead, Core Product Engine (Backend) in Canada.

This role sits at the heart of a high-scale consumer platform that is transforming a traditionally fragmented industry into a seamless, automated digital experience. You will lead the backend engineering efforts powering the most critical part of the product’s transaction flow, orchestrating complex, asynchronous workflows across multiple external systems. As both a technical leader and hands‑on builder, you will guide a small, high‑performing team while actively contributing to system design and implementation. The environment is fast‑moving, highly ownership‑driven, and deeply technical, requiring strong systems thinking and a bias toward execution. You will work directly with senior leadership, including the CTO, to evolve and scale core automation systems. This is a high‑impact role where your decisions directly shape reliability, scalability, and customer success at scale.

Accountabilities

Lead the design, development, and optimization of backend systems powering complex, multi‑step transaction flows

Own and evolve core automation infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance across external integrations

Drive system refactoring efforts to transition legacy architectures into modular, decoupled, and testable services

Collaborate closely with engineers to define backend standards, improve system observability, and reduce operational risk

Contribute hands‑on to backend development, particularly in high‑complexity orchestration and asynchronous processing systems

Partner with leadership and product teams to align technical execution with business priorities and scaling goals

Investigate system failures and edge cases to improve reliability, error handling, and retry mechanisms

Guide the team in adopting best practices for distributed systems, async workflows, and state management

Requirements To succeed in this role, you should bring strong backend engineering expertise combined with leadership and systems design experience:

7+ years of backend engineering experience, including leadership or tech lead responsibilities

Strong expertise in TypeScript, Node.js (Nest.js), or similar backend frameworks

Deep experience designing and maintaining distributed systems and asynchronous architectures

Proven ability to build scalable, fault‑tolerant systems with complex external integrations

Strong understanding of system design principles, including state management, retries, and decoupling strategies

Hands‑on experience working with cloud infrastructure such as AWS (ECS, EKS, Lambda)

Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams in fast‑paced, product‑driven environments

Strong analytical mindset with a focus on debugging complex system behavior and edge cases

Excellent communication skills and ability to work closely with senior stakeholders and cross‑functional teams

Strong product thinking with a builder mindset and comfort operating in ambiguous environments

Benefits

Competitive compensation with equity opportunities

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage

Paid time off and paid parental leave

Retirement savings plan with employer matching

Remote‑friendly work environment across Canada

High‑impact role with direct ownership of core backend systems

Close collaboration with senior leadership and engineering decision‑making

Fast‑paced, low‑bureaucracy culture focused on execution and innovation

Strong career growth potential in a high‑scale technical environment

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