[Hiring] Manager, Business Enterprise Systems @Wealthsimple Technologies

Role Description

As Manager, Business Enterprise Systems, you will lead the team that builds and operates Wealthsimple's business-critical systems of record and the integrations between them. You will manage a team of developers while remaining hands-on in the code and the architecture yourself. Your role centres on building durable relationships with leaders across Finance, Legal, CS Ops, Security, and Data, translating their operating problems into system design, and owning delivery end to end. You will report to the Senior Manager, Business Enterprise Systems and have a mandate to make the business measurably better at running itself.

• Build and sustain trusted relationships with business leaders across Finance, HR, Legal, Customer Operations and Experience, Security, IT and Data.
• Translate business operating pain into technical scope by asking the second and third question, challenging requests that don't hold up, and proposing better options when the answer is no.
• Contribute directly as a builder: write and review production code, lead the design on complex integrations, and take on the ambiguous cross-system problems yourself.
• Own the technical standard for the team through design review, code review, and architectural direction.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of developers with clear expectations, early and specific feedback, and genuine investment in their growth and trajectory.
• Own delivery of the team's commitments on initiatives spanning multiple functions, including scope, sequencing, dependencies, risk, and a status the business can trust.
• Maintain release and change discipline across business-critical systems, including deployment cadence, environment strategy, rollback paths, and audit-ready change controls.
• Provide a clear, regular view of team throughput, backlog health, and system risk so leadership never has to ask how the area is doing.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of application development experience, including at least 2 years of managing a development team and leading them through successful delivery of custom builds.
• Strong working knowledge of at least one general-purpose language such as Java, TypeScript, Ruby, or Python, with recent hands-on experience building production systems.
• Experience planning and furthering the professional growth of individual team members, including 1-1s, performance reviews, ongoing feedback, goal-setting, and promotions.
• A track record of providing technical and process guidance to a team throughout delivery.
• Experience planning and delivering application projects such as implementations, migrations, upgrades, and configuration, organizing deadlines, resources, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience owning integrations and data flows across third-party software platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (such as Terraform) for automation in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or similar platforms).
• Experience with resource allocation and strategic roadmap development, including sequencing competing priorities across stakeholders and defending the tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels and collaborate effectively across functions to achieve shared business goals.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects and drive process improvements.
• Experience applying AI tools to accelerate development and automate business workflows.

Requirements

• Trusted Partners: build real relationships with non-technical leaders and hold a line on scope without damaging the relationship.
• Hands-On Builders: lead by example in the code and the design, with current technical judgment.
• Empathetic Leaders with a High Bar: understand team challenges and provide honest feedback early.

Benefits

• Top-tier health benefits and life insurance.
• Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business.
• 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year.
• 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year.
• Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS.
• Hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America.