Manager, Software Engineering

Who We Are: At Emburse, you’ll not just imagine the future – you’ll build it. As a leader in expense intelligence, we are creating a future where technology drives business value and inspires extraordinary results. Our AI-powered platform helps organizations modernize financial operations, increase visibility, and optimize spend across the enterprise.

Summary/Objective

Emburse Engineering Managers drive the execution, culture, and technical vision behind an engaging and interconnected set of enterprise solutions. As a Manager of Software Engineering, you will lead, mentor, and empower a high-performing engineering team, fostering an environment grounded in technical excellence, accountability, and continuous growth. You will balance direct people management with strategic technical leadership - guiding architectural decisions, optimizing delivery workflows, and unblocking complex engineering challenges. Emburse, known for its innovation and award-winning technologies, relies on strong engineering leadership to build world-class products while coaching and developing the next generation of technical talent.

Essential Functions Technical

4–6 years of distributed software development experience, with 1–3 years of direct line management or player-coach management experience
Hands-on technical depth with ability to review code, triage alerts, and analyze software requirements
Ability to review and influence design plans and architectural decisions
Oversees 3rd-party API integrations, vendor workflows, and data verification partnerships core to our travel platform
Manage goal priorities as set by senior management and delegate tasks to appropriate resources
Develop, lead, coach, and assess the engineering team (5–6 direct reports across US and Canada)
Grow a team culture that is collaborative and grounded in trust, open feedback, and accountability
Provide technical guidance and coaching; break down barriers that interfere with tasks

Agile / Process

Familiar with all policies, procedures, and technical concepts related to software programming, including but not limited to security, deployments, build and UAT processes, SDLC, SSDLC, PCI/DSS, and GDPR.
Participates in design activities and system architecture reviews
Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications
Promotes and models modern developer workflows and AI tools to enhance team productivity
Work closely with a product partner and the team to refine options and drive strong tradeoff conversations

Impact

Leads small technical teams in delivering highly scalable and reliable applications that meet business budgets and timelines
Establishes attainable goals in order for the project to finish on time
Provides guidance to team members to encourage work productivity
Focused on one or more small projects or platforms at once
Monitors, evaluates and ensures the completion of tasks and projects Improves engineering quality and efficiency (e.g. workflow, code review)
Aligns product engineering team with the company’s vision
Hires qualified candidates to strengthen company and team

Communication

Represents the product development team across the organization
Collaborate with cross-functional peers, vendor partners, and leaders to deliver projects

Education & Experience

Education:

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years’ experience

Experience Required:

Minimum of 1–3 years of direct line management experience.
Minimum of 4 years’ professional experience in C# development.
Experience working in Windows and Linux environments, .NET, Azure or AWS, Microservices, SQL, NoSQL, Git.
Experience working in a Scrum and DevOps environment.
Good understanding of agile application development lifecycle. (Note: Candidates with a strong engineering background will be considered if accompanied by direct Travel domain expertise).
Experience designing and building REST/JSON services; experience working with 3rd party APIs, vendor integrations, Azure APIs, Docker or other containers, large-scale or distributed web applications, Test Driven Development and functional testing.
Experience with data processing or data engineering, integration with AI and ML services, APIs, harness tools, or models.
Prior experience working in the corporate travel, booking, or expense domain.

Certifications

Required: None

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Familiarity with full stack development and proven history of application development

Understanding of secure application programming practices or vulnerabilities

Strong understanding and practical experience with common design patterns.

Ability to write clear, concise documentation

Ability to solve business problems through creative and forward-looking solutions.

Sponsorship

This role is not sponsorship eligible

Candidates need to be legally allowed to work in Canada

Work Location

This is an onsite role in Toronto

Additional

Why Emburse? Finance is changing—and at Emburse, we’re leading the way. Our AI-powered solutions help organizations eliminate inefficiencies, gain real-time visibility, and optimize spend—so they can focus on what’s next, not what’s slowing them down. • A Company with Momentum – We serve 12M+ users across 120 countries, helping businesses modernize their finance operations. • A Team That Innovates – Work alongside some of the brightest minds in finance, tech, and AI to solve real- world challenges. • A Culture That Empowers – Competitive pay, flexible work, and an inclusive, collaborative environment that supports your success. • A Career That Matters – Your work here drives efficiency, innovation, and smarter financial decision-making for businesses everywhere. Shape your future & find what’s next at Emburse. Emburse provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Emburse complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

Manager, Software Engineering

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