Engineering Lead

Hiive Technologies Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Vancouver, BC (HQ)

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As an Engineering Lead, you will lead a cross-functional team of engineers to deliver on a specific product mission while serving as the senior technical leader for your team’s functional area.
• You will be a hands-on contributor to the product development process, leveraging AI tools and modern engineering practices to improve development velocity, code quality, and technical decision-making.
• You will guide and mentor engineers, collaborate closely with product and engineering leadership, and help shape a scalable, secure, and high-performing platform alongside a strong engineering culture.
• In this role, your responsibilities would include:
• Leading a small cross-functional team of engineers, partnering with a product manager and designer to assess priorities, and owning the day-to-day execution of the team's roadmap to consistently deliver high-quality releases on time.
• Acting as a hands-on technical leader with strong expertise in one or more of Typescript, React, and Elixir.
• Owning the software architecture and technical direction across your team’s functional domain.
• Championing the adoption of AI technologies and AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate delivery and elevate engineering standards.
• Maintaining a high standard for code quality, attention to detail, and engineering excellence that inspires the broader team.
• Ensuring systems are secure, performant, scalable, and operationally reliable in production environments.
• Evaluating technical approaches and partnering with leadership to make informed architectural and product decisions.
• Conducting code reviews and ensuring the team ships complete, maintainable, and well-tested features.
• Advocating for engineering best practices and continuously improving internal processes and developer workflows.
• Supporting the hiring and onboarding of a growing engineering organization.
• Mentoring engineers across varying levels of experience to help them grow their technical and professional skills.
• Working closely with founders, product leadership, and stakeholders in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Adapting quickly to changing priorities and thriving in a rapidly evolving company.

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience leading cross-functional engineering teams, typically consisting of 4–6 engineers across frontend, backend, and full-stack disciplines.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and team velocity.
• Strong expertise building frontend applications with React and Typescript or backend systems with Elixir and Phoenix.
• Experience working with relational databases.
• Experience working with Typescript and GraphQL.
• Experience with DevOps practices, including infrastructure management and deployments.

🏖️ Benefits

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.
• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health & dental premiums and a Health/Personal Spending Account for Canadian employees.
• Dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
• $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Women’s Network events.
• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Skills & Technologies

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Next.js

PostgreSQL

Senior

Onsite

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About Hiive Technologies Inc.

Hiive operates a marketplace for trading shares in late-stage private companies. It connects employees and early investors seeking liquidity with institutional and accredited buyers, enabling price discovery and settlement for pre-IPO equity. The platform provides real-time order books, company research, and compliance tools to facilitate transparent transactions while respecting company transfer restrictions and securities regulations.

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