Manager, Software Development - Financial Risk

Build something people love Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator. The company offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $155 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. We're proud of what we've built — and we're just getting started. Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work . About the Team The Financial Risk Engineering team builds the tooling that keeps Wealthsimple's clients safe from fraud, without getting in the way of the experience they signed up for. We sit at the intersection of engineering, product, compliance, fraud countermeasures, and data science, and we're the ones who turn that intersection into working systems. We move fast, but we build thoughtfully. Every decision here is a real trade-off between risk and experience, and we take that seriously. If you want to work on problems where the stakes are real and the answers aren't obvious, this is the team for it. About the Role As Manager of Software Development for Financial Risk, you'll lead the team responsible for how Wealthsimple detects and responds to fraud. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you'll set the roadmap, but you'll also be in the work when it counts. You'll be the connective tissue between engineering, product, compliance, fraud countermeasures, and data science, making sure those teams are solving the same problem instead of five different ones. In this role you'll have the opportunity to Own and evolve the technical roadmap for the Financial Risk Engineering team Act as the connective layer between engineering, product, compliance, fraud countermeasures, and data science Stay hands-on: jump into the codebase, weigh in on architecture decisions, and help unblock the team when it matters Build and grow a team that can operate confidently in an area where the right answer is rarely obvious Partner with data science and analytics to turn fraud signals into systems that actually catch things Help shape how AI tools get used across the team, from incident investigation to code review Skills you bring Experience managing engineering teams, with the technical depth to contribute directly, not just direct Comfortable making decisions that involve real trade-offs, without a clear right answer A strong track record partnering across non-engineering functions, like product, compliance, data science, and building trust with each A clear communicator, able to explain technical and risk trade-offs to a range of stakeholders Nice-to-have's Experience with streaming technologies such as Apache Flink, Apache Spark, or Kafka A data engineering background working with large datasets and making them usable in real time Experience in risk or payments Experience working closely with analytics or data science teams Full stack experience, with React on the frontend and backend experience across various languages and frameworks — building an experience when things go wrong for the client is an important area the team is responsible for Who you are You're comfortable stepping into the code when the team needs it, not just reviewing from a distance You make peace with ambiguity — fraud and risk rarely come with a clean answer You build trust across teams that don't always share the same priorities You use AI as part of how you work, not as an afterthought You take ownership of outcomes, not just your own team's output Why Wealthsimple? 🌸 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 he