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We do this by replacing financial guesswork with real visibility, transforming cash flow from a constant source of stress into a clear signal owners can use to run stronger, more resilient businesses.\nOur Engineering team is at the heart of building banking products that help millions of small businesses succeed. We're on a journey to reinvent banking, and we're looking for Senior Software Engineer IIs to help set the technical direction for how we get there. You'll take on our highest-risk, most ambiguous work, spot the problems that matter before anyone assigns them, and bring teams together around solutions that move the business forward.\nThis is a unique opportunity to shape architecture across interconnected systems, raise the engineering bar beyond your own team, and grow the next generation of technical leaders at Relay. If you're excited about building best-in-class fintech products and multiplying your impact through others, this is the role for you.\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nTechnical Direction: Lead architecture and the highest-risk work across interconnected systems, and set practical standards for quality, reliability, security, and maintainability\n\nCross-Team Delivery: Own ambiguous, cross-team initiatives from problem definition through measurable outcomes by setting priorities, resolving dependencies, and keeping execution moving\n\nProduct Judgment: Find important problems before they're assigned, and tie technical decisions to customer needs, business priorities, cost, and risk\n\nCross-Team Influence: Align teams with different priorities using context, evidence, and sound judgment rather than formal authority\n\nOrganizational Improvement: Create practices, tooling, documentation, and guardrails that improve delivery and operational effectiveness across Engineering\n\nDeveloping Others: Coach engineers and delegate meaningful ownership so you create more technical leaders instead of becoming a bottleneck\n\nWho You Are\nYou have led architecture for complex, interconnected systems and owned the highest-risk technical decisions\n\nYou have driven cross-team initiatives from an ambiguous problem to measurable results\n\nYou connect technical trade-offs to customer impact, business priorities, cost, and risk\n\nYou influence without authority, aligning teams and stakeholders through context and evidence\n\nYou have created standards, tooling, or processes that improved how teams beyond your own deliver and operate\n\nYou grow engineers by coaching and delegating real ownership, and you measure your success by the leaders you develop\n\nYou thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments and are comfortable navigating ambiguity and change\n\nIt's a bonus (but not required) if you\nHave worked in startups or high-growth tech companies\n\nHave experience with JavaScript (we primarily use TypeScript, React, and Node.js)\n\nHave working knowledge of AWS services (ECS, S3, RDS, Dynamo, Lambda) and continuous deployment pipelines\n\nHave experience in fintech, banking, or other regulated environments\n\nOur Tech Stack\nFront-end: React, TypeScript, React Native\n\nBack-end: Node.js, TypeScript, Terraform, AWS (DynamoDB, RDS Postgres, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, SES, ElasticSearch, ECS)\n\nTools: Cursor, Claude, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Datadog, Jira, Metabase\n\nThe Interview Process\nStage 1: A 45-minute Google Meet video call with a member of the Talent team\n\nStage 2: A 60-minute live coding exercise with two members of the Engineering team\n\nStage 3: A 60-minute Google Meet video call with two Engineering Leaders\n\nStage 4: A take-home system design challenge, followed by a 60-minute Google Meet video call review with two members of the Engineering team\n\nStage 5: A 45-minute in-person interview with a member of the Leadership team\n\nOur Compensation Approach\nWe believe Relayers should feel rewarded for the impact they have on our mission and growth. Compensation follows impact. As impact increases, compensation grows, and we do not limit compensation changes to a once-a-year review cycle.\nThe annual salary range for this role is $175,500 CAD to $214,500 CAD.\nFor candidates who demonstrate full readiness for the defined scope of the role, the typical starting salary is $195,000 CAD. Offers below this point reflect candidates we believe can grow into the full scope of the role with support and development. Offers above this point reflect impact that meaningfully exceeds the role’s defined expectations or an expanded scope from day one.\nWe encourage you to have a conversation with your recruiter and ask questions about compensation throughout the hiring process. For more information on our compensation philosophy and perks and benefits, visit our Candidate Hub.\nWhy Relay Might Be the Perfect Fit For You\nYou push relentlessly for reinvention: You're always asking \"how can this be better?\" -- in your work, in your craft, in yourself. Comfort is a signal to push harder, not coast. You'd rather build something better than defend something familiar.\n\nYou crave autonomy: We trust our team with big challenges and the freedom to solve them. If you’re someone who takes initiative, is comfortable taking risks, and seeks input when needed, you’ll find the freedom here empowering.\n\nYou own your work: You take pride in your work, follow through on commitments, and feel a deep sense of responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks.\n\nYou build with AI, not just use it: You're actively embedding AI into how you work, pushing what's possible, and bringing your team along with you.\n\nYou care about impact, not noise: You care deeply about the substance of your work. You measure success by results, not recognition, and you let your work speak for itself.\n\nYou’re energized by complexity and ambiguity: You enjoy tackling problems that don’t come with a playbook. You’re comfortable building from scratch, iterating as you go, and collaborating to shape the best path forward.\n\nYou seek out feedback: You see directness as respect, not criticism. You actively seek input, sit with hard truths, and use feedback as fuel for improvement.\n\nSmall businesses are why we're here: Relay exists to help them thrive -- and that mission has to resonate with you.\n\nJoin Us\nWe're looking for people who are relentless, curious, and care deeply about the work. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description -- your perspective and drive matter more. We welcome diverse backgrounds and people who think critically, challenge the status quo, and want to help small businesses thrive.\nIf you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please reach out to your Talent Partner.\nDisclaimer: For compliance reasons, all offers of employment at Relay are conditional upon a successful background check and employment verification through Certn.\nImportant Notice: Relay’s recruitment team only contacts candidates and corresponds from official corporate email addresses ending in @relayfi.com. 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