Senior Full Stack Developer, AI

About Float

Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses, empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform, Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow, so they can focus on what matters most: growth. 

As one of Canada's fastest growing companies and top-rated startups in 2024 and 2023, Float is customer-obsessed, passionate and entrepreneurial, with a team that includes leaders from Uber, Shopify, Top Hat, TouchBistro, and Ada.

At Float, everyone is an owner, bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important, and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decision-making decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success.

Our Product

Float is Canada's complete business finance platform, combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend, save, and grow. Trusted by 5000+ Canadian companies, Float provides high-limit corporate cards, automated expense management, next-day bill payments, high-yield accounts and fast, friendly support—all built in Canada, for Canada. Float is backed by world-class venture and fintech investors, including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures, partners behind our $70 million Series B raise. 

Our team is a collection of ambitious, collaborative and mission-driven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And we're looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada.

About the Role

We're building Canada's most advanced AI-powered finance platform, and we're looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our AI & Automation team. This is one of the most exciting and impactful roles at Float: working at the intersection of engineering, automation, and next-gen AI to eliminate manual financial tasks for our customers.

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer on this team, you'll lead the development of intelligent workflows that leverage AI agents, LLMs, and automation frameworks to dramatically improve the speed and simplicity of finance operations. You'll work across the stack to bring these experiences to life, designing backend infrastructure, building polished frontend interfaces, and working with product and design to ship high-quality, high-impact features quickly.

You'll operate within a small, cross-functional squad (engineering, product, design, data) that owns a focused set of outcomes. You'll have autonomy, ownership, and the opportunity to directly shape the future of how Canadian businesses manage their finances using AI.

If you want to work on cutting-edge problems with meaningful customer impact, this team is for you.

What You'll Be Responsible For

• Building and evolving a highly intuitive product that is used by Finance teams and employees.

• Developing new AI-powered features that unlock smarter workflows and insights.

• Creating automations for Spenders and Bookkeepers to improve efficiency.

• Designing new system architectures and improving existing ones to leverage new opportunities unlocked by LLMs.

• Understanding the impact of each item above to prioritize work and maximize customer and business value.

About YouHere's what sets you up for success at Float:

• You Put Customers First, Always. You care deeply about delivering meaningful value. Whether you're building internal systems or customer-facing features, you're always thinking about how to make life better for our users.

• You Act Like an Owner. You take responsibility for outcomes, step up to challenges, and seek solutions proactively—doing what's best for the business, not just your role.

• You Think Big and Move Fast. You're energized by building from 0 to 1. You're not afraid to challenge the status quo, experiment quickly, and learn as you go.

• You Constantly Learn and Grow. You're hungry to improve your craft and open to feedback. You bring a growth mindset to everything you do.

• You Raise the Bar. You care about doing things well and efficiently. You balance speed with rigor and always look for ways to improve how we work.

• You Win as a Team. You're a generous collaborator who values communication, context, and shared wins. You lift others up and help make the team stronger.

What you'll bring:

• Have exceptional ability. This comes first.

• Have the experience. To be successful in this role, we're looking for 5+ years of Full Stack development experience in a B2B SaaS environment.

  • You've also got experience with our techstack: Python/Django, Typescript/React, AWS.

• Are mission-driven. You are motivated by the company vision, mission and culture, and approach each problem with curiosity, empathy, and a sense of urgency

• Are motivated by being a leader. You have a track record of shipping high-quality products and features at scale. You take ownership over your work and master your craft as an IC.

• Are eager to continue your own learning. Scrappy and voracious, you want to know the 'why' behind every answer.

• Believe the customer comes first. You'll advocate endlessly for our customers, and have a natural curiosity to understand their needs.

This may not be the role for you if:

• You don't like change and adapting to new ways of doing things.

• You want a very organized and predictable day to day.

• You aren't comfortable with ambiguity.

• You want detailed to-dos for your tasks and projects.

• You don't feel a strong connection to Float's mission or the product we're building

Why You Should Join

• Work at one of Canada's fastest-growing fintech companies

• Make a real impact in a high-autonomy, high-growth role

• Collaborate with an ambitious and supportive team

• Competitive compensation, equity options, and benefits

• Hybrid work model – we are based in Toronto with in-office days for connection and collaboration

• Enjoy catered team lunches every Tuesday and Wednesday

• Bring your pup to our dog-friendly office

• Thrive in a high-trust, high-performance culture where your work truly matters

In Short

At Float, you'll thrive if you're bold, curious, and eager to make a real impact. We're building something special—and having a lot of fun along the way. If you're excited to build, grow, and win together, we'd love to meet you.

We're committed to building a workplace that's welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float, just let us know You can reach out to Vic ), and we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed.

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