Engineering Team Lead - AI Stream at Nesto in Canada, CA

Join nesto — proudly named Canadian Rocketship 2025*. A Deloitte Fast 50 company evolving alongside Canada’s top tech innovators and disrupting a 2.1 Trillion-dollar mortgage industry at light speed by building the mortgage ecosystem of the future.

BUILD lending technology with the best developers, AI engineers, and mortgage experts in the country. Work on a modern tech stack and a development framework designed to unlock your full potential and accelerate your career.

Why join us

• Hypergrowth: Deloitte Fast 50 — 3 years in a row
• Tech community credibility: TechTO Canadian Rocketship 2025*
• Industry leadership: CLA Lending Company of the Year — 4 consecutive years
• Talent magnet: CMP Top Mortgage Employer 2025
• Trusted technology: powering major financial institutions across Canada
• An entrepreneurial culture built on trust, speed, uncomfortable ambition, being stronger together, and a relentless obsession with our clients.

Who are you

Builders. Problem-solvers. Curious minds. People who move fast, embrace innovation, and believe we’re stronger together.

If you trust your skills and want to build real technology that reshapes an entire industry, join us now.

About nesto and Nesto Cloud

nesto is Canada’s leading provider of mortgage technology and financing solutions, managing $73B+ CAD in residential and commercial mortgages, with 1,000+ team members across 12 offices nationwide. You will be working on Nesto Cloud, Canada’s most advanced cloud platform. At the heart of this platform is Maestro, an AI-powered ecosystem that makes mortgage professionals dramatically more productive across sales, underwriting, and loan servicing.

As the Team Lead, you will lead and manage a team of software developers, ensuring efficient project execution, high-quality deliverables, and effective collaboration across cross-functional teams. You will provide mentorship, remove roadblocks, and drive the team's focus on impactful projects while promoting a culture of continuous improvement and employee growth.

What you'll be doing

• Establish a regular rhythm of active engagement with the Product Manager and key business stakeholders to align on goal setting, technical feasibility, and feature prioritization;
• Take full ownership of sprint planning, backlog grooming, and the audit/establishment of team rituals (Scrum ceremonies);
• Conduct comprehensive reviews of AI-assisted validation architecture and initiate technical improvement plans for scalability and maintainability;
• Direct and manage a team of developers, providing guidance, support, and mentoring to ensure team success;
• Proactively identify and eliminate obstacles for the team, thus fostering a productive and efficient work environment;
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure projects are delivered on time while maintaining our quality standards;
• Contribute to the company's technical strategy and ensure our technical infrastructure is scalable, robust, and secure;
• Develop and implement training and mentorship programs for developers at all levels;
• Guide the team towards high-impact projects, aligning their efforts with organizational objectives;
• Conduct code reviews, offer constructive feedback, and provide guidance on best practices;
• Contribute to establishing a culture of development excellence, quality, and technical curiosity;
• Lead the development of complex technical projects and ensure technical excellence is maintained throughout the development process; Cultivate an inclusive and supportive team environment where individuals can thrive and enhance their skills.

Who we're looking for

• Over 7 years of software development experience.
• 2+ years in a leadership position (tech lead or team lead) within a software development team.
• Experience working on prototypes and new products.
• Full-stack awareness, comfortable engaging in both frontend and backend architecture discussions.
• Strong understanding of best practices in software engineering, including design patterns, testing methodologies, and agile development processes.
• Proficient in producing quality and performance metrics across the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Ambiguity tolerance, strong written and verbal communication skills, and composure under pressure when requirements or direction shift.
• AI-forward development practice: actively uses AI coding assistants in their workflow and brings that fluency to how the team builds.
• AI/ML judgment: comfortable with AI/ML-adjacent components like embeddings and model-assisted classification.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to proactively identify and resolve obstacles for the team.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, focusing on key initiatives.

The Reward

The A-Team: Work alongside high-performing talent in the industry. Accelerated Growth: The slope of your learning curve here will be vertical. You will touch more production systems in one year than you would in five years at a bank.

Top-Tier Coverage: Premium benefits plan fully paid by nesto, including comprehensive insurance and unlimited access to telemedicine and mental health services for you and your family.

Rest & Recharge: 4 weeks of vacation to ensure you stay at peak performance.

Best-in-Class Tools: Access to the resources and tech you need to execute without friction.

Working framework: the environment that makes you productive and enables teamwork.

Diversity & Inclusion

At nesto, we believe that creativity and collaboration are the result of a diverse team. We are committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and we strongly encourage women, people of colour, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and individuals with disabilities to apply. We are committed to creating a workplace that is inclusive and welcoming to all.

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