Posted 3 days ago
Head of Engineering
@ Raydar
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Raydar is recruiting on behalf of a legal services client for a Head of Engineering to lead an engineering organization, hiring and managing engineers, setting technical direction and driving reliable releases. The role is hybrid in Toronto with a base salary of CAD 200,000 to 230,000 per year. It includes applying AI to reduce manual effort in internal workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Recruit, grow and manage engineers
- Set technical direction across products and internal systems
- Make architecture decisions and write code when needed
- Design AI-driven workflows to reduce manual effort
- Raise delivery pace with high-quality releases
Requirements summary:
- Five to ten years in software development with leadership experience
- Proven success sourcing, coaching and leading engineers
- Solid technical depth for architecture and coding
- Hands-on experience applying AI to operational processes
- Experience leading engineering, QA and design staff
- Ability to work hybrid in Toronto
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-04
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off |
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Raydar
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Full company description
At Raydar we help innovative companies find the solutions they need to supercharge their growth. See website for full list of active open roles: www.raydar.xyz/open-roles
- LinkedIn followers
- 77,412
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 28
- Reported office locations
- 1514 17th St, 205, Santa Monica, California 90404, US
- Other recorded names
- Raydar
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
At Raydar we help innovative companies find the solutions they need to supercharge their growth. See website for full list of active open roles: www.raydar.xyz/open-roles
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business Consulting and Services |
| Company size | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2021 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 33 |
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About the company
Our client is a legal services company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead an engineering organization by hiring, developing and managing engineers, setting its technical direction and driving reliable, high-quality software releases. The role combines people leadership with hands-on technical decision-making and includes applying AI to reduce manual effort in internal workflows.
What you'll do
- Recruit, grow and manage engineers, with the focus on engineering rather than product management.
- Raise the pace of delivery so that priorities turn into dependable, high-quality releases.
- Set technical direction across customer-facing applications, internal tools, data, payments and IT systems.
- Design AI-driven workflows that cut the manual time needed across several service lines.
- Make architecture decisions and contribute hands-on code when the team needs it.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Roughly five to ten years in software development, including time in a leadership capacity.
- Proven success in sourcing, coaching and leading software engineers over time.
- Solid technical depth for making architecture calls and writing code when needed.
- Hands-on background putting AI into operational processes and quantifying the efficiency gains.
- Background in establishing development practices that speed up and stabilize shipping cycles.
- Experience leading engineering, QA and design staff.
- Product judgment and close work with product partners to ship things people use.
- Clear, accountable leadership that gives people room to work independently while holding them to results.
- Someone who lifts what a group produces and keeps work moving quickly.
- Ability to work hybrid in Toronto.
Bonus points
- Degree in computer science or engineering.
- Experience with TypeScript and PostgreSQL.
- Experience building AI or document-processing services.
- Experience building a platform that serves multiple products or business lines.
- Comfortable in a lean setting, taking on broad responsibility and making quick calls.
- Legal background, though not required.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: CAD 200,000 to 230,000 per year
- Extended health coverage
- Telehealth
- Dental and vision coverage
- Unlimited paid time off
Location and work model
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Hybrid workplace
- Full-time
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