As Director of Engineering, you will shape how engineering operates and scales as the company grows. This is a high-impact leadership role with broad reach across our web, mobile, and data engineering teams. You will be a key driver of technical excellence, team performance, and the integration of AI into our engineering DNA.
You'll report directly to the COO/CTO and work closely with Product, Design, and Customer-facing teams to ensure we ship fast, ship right, and continuously raise the bar.
Responsibilities- Team Leadership & Development
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers and data scientists across web, mobile, and data disciplines
- Support individual growth through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development plans
- Drive a culture of ownership, accountability, performance and continuous improvement
- Manage hiring to scale the team as FLiiP grows
- Engineering Excellence
- Define and enforce engineering best practices, quality standards, and deployment processes
- Manage on-call rotations and ensure system reliability
- Own our SOC 2 and GDPR compliance posture from an engineering security perspective
- Champion technical debt reduction and proactive platform reliability
- Support your team during incident or when it is required
- AI & Innovation
- Lead the design and continuous improvement of our AI-driven Software Development Lifecycle (AI SDLC)
- Embed AI tooling and practices across the engineering team to increase velocity and quality
- Collaborate with the data science team on AI/ML product initiatives to drive innovation with product
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Product and Design peers to align engineering execution with product strategy
- Partner with Customer Success and Support to resolve escalations requiring technical depth
- Report on engineering performance with clear, data-driven metrics
Requirements- Required
- 2+ years of engineering leadership experience, with a track record of scaling engineering in startup SaaS environments
- Experience leading web, mobile, and data engineering teams
- Experience with AI processes and building or improving AI SDLC practices
- Knowledge of SOC 2 and GDPR compliance requirements, along with strong engineering security practices
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills (Product, Design, CS, Support)
- Eligibility to work in Canada
- Nice to Have
- Experience with AWS infrastructure
- Professional proficiency in French
- Background in or passion for fitness / health industry
- Experience managing both ICs and engineering managers (IC/Manager balance)
Benefits- Hybrid work from our Brossard office, with flexibility
- Health and Insurance Benefits: FLiiP covers 50% of group plan premiums
- A fast-moving, execution-first culture where experiments are welcomed and speed is celebrated
- A high-leverage role with full ownership of your channels, stack and roadmap
- A tight-knit team, direct collaboration with executive leadership, and the chance to shape a category-defining product
