Director, Software Development

The Role

Financial software runs underneath the biggest decisions people make. When it's good, it saves real money over years. When it's not, those losses compound just as quietly. Most of it was built to capture value, not create it. Neo is building the alternative. Neo has been Canada's fastest-growing company three years running. The engineering organization behind that growth runs 150 services in production, deploys hundreds of times a week, and serves over one million customers on a platform built entirely in-house. A Director of Software Development at Neo leads multiple squads and the engineering managers running them. You're the connective layer between business priorities and what engineering actually delivers. That means staying close enough to the work to have credibility, while operating at the level where you're setting performance expectations, shaping the pipeline, and developing the leads who do the daily management. The scope is real. You're accountable for delivery, quality, tech debt balance, and the talent in your area. You'll own the 1-2 quarter planning horizon across your teams, keep the roadmap clear and prioritized, and make sure everyone knows what matters and why. You're present during incidents. When the pipeline is out of balance, you fix it. When a squad lead needs to grow, that's yours too. The engineering organization is growing fast enough that a strong director changes the trajectory of multiple teams, not just maintains them. That means developing managers who are genuinely good at their jobs, holding a high bar on delivery and quality, and being the kind of leader people want to work for. This role requires someone who has done real performance management, built genuine team density, and has a clear point of view on what high-functioning engineering actually looks like in practice. ## Why Neo