Manager, Software Engineering (Sanction Service)

Role overview

Technical leadership

• Own the Sanctions Service platform’s technical direction, architecture, and delivery strategy; the platform is built primarily in Java and C++.
• Lead scalable, reliable, and secure software design and implementation; drive design reviews, code quality, operational readiness, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Compliance, and Operations to deliver business-critical capabilities.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement; modernize for scalability, resilience, cloud readiness, and operational efficiency.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex engineering and production challenges.

AI and agentic engineering

• Define and execute a strategy for AI-assisted and agentic engineering across the software development lifecycle.
• Use AI tools to improve delivery, testing, operational support, documentation, and developer productivity, including requirements elaboration and concept validation.
• Identify workflow automation opportunities and establish responsible AI guardrails for security, transparency, and human oversight.
• Encourage experimentation and innovation while maintaining compliance and risk controls.

People leadership

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team; coach employees and conduct career development and performance management discussions.
• Build an inclusive, accountable, and psychologically safe team culture; partner with recruiting to attract, retain, and develop talent.
• Plan and prioritize team roadmaps and delivery commitments; establish clear goals, expectations, and ownership.

Required qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams and delivering large-scale enterprise software.
• Strong technical background designing distributed, highly available systems.
• Ability to balance hands-on technical leadership and people management.
• Experience managing product roadmaps, business priorities, engineering deliverables, and technical risks.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience with Agile software development and modern engineering practices; passion for mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams.

Preferred qualifications

• Payments, financial services, compliance, fraud, sanctions screening, or risk management experience is a bonus.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools, agentic workflows, or intelligent automation is preferred.
• Experience operating services in regulated, security-sensitive environments is preferred.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms, DevOps practices, and modern observability tooling is preferred.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

Success measures

Compensation

• For a role performed in Canada, the successful candidate will be offered competitive pay based on location, experience, and qualifications and may be eligible for a discretionary annual incentive.
• Vancouver pay range: CAD 127,000–203,000.

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