Data Engineering Manager

Relay, Toronto, ON

The role

Relay's data engineering team has tripled in size, from 4 to 12, and is now splitting into two teams. Analytics Data Engineering works close to the business, building the models, pipelines and dashboards that teams use to run the company. Data Platform, the team you'll lead, owns the foundation underneath: infrastructure, cost, real-time data, observability, and the AI capabilities the rest of Relay builds on.

The team's north star is platform health. That means a fast, reliable, cost-efficient platform with strong observability, and partners across the company who can do their work without waiting on us.

What you will do

Lead and grow a senior team of data engineers. With an experienced team in place, your role is to provide direction, challenge thinking, and help the team make decisions and move work forward.
Own Snowflake cost. In your first 90 days, you’ll develop and execute a plan to reduce Snowflake costs month over month, working closely with the team to identify and deliver savings.
Get data into stakeholders' hands faster. You'll define and drive Relay's approach to real-time data and platform enablement, including streaming (Kafka) and a Snowflake MCP server that opens our data to AI tooling.

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Data Engineering Manager

Relay, Toronto, ON

The role

The team's north star is platform health. That means a fast, reliable, cost-efficient platform with strong observability, and partners across the company who can do their work without waiting on us.

What you will do

Lead and grow a senior team of data engineers. With an experienced team in place, your role is to provide direction, challenge thinking, and help the team make decisions and move work forward.
Own Snowflake cost. In your first 90 days, you’ll develop and execute a plan to reduce Snowflake costs month over month, working closely with the team to identify and deliver savings.
Get data into stakeholders' hands faster. You'll define and drive Relay's approach to real-time data and platform enablement, including streaming (Kafka) and a Snowflake MCP server that opens our data to AI tooling.

Why Relay Might Be the Perfect Fit For You

You push relentlessly for reinvention: You're always asking "how can this be better?" -- in your work, in your craft, in yourself. Comfort is a signal to push harder, not coast. You'd rather build something better than defend something familiar.
You crave autonomy: We trust our team with big challenges and the freedom to solve them. If you’re someone who takes initiative, is comfortable taking risks, and seeks input when needed, you’ll find the freedom here empowering.
You own your work: You take pride in your work, follow through on commitments, and feel a deep sense of responsibility for outcomes, not just tasks.
You build with AI, not just use it: You're actively embedding AI into how you work, pushing what's possible, and bringing your team along with you.
You care about impact, not noise: You care deeply about the substance of your work. You measure success by results, not recognition, and you let your work speak for itself.
You’re energized by complexity and ambiguity: You enjoy tackling problems that don’t come with a playbook. You’re comfortable building from scratch, iterating as you go, and collaborating to shape the best path forward.
You seek out feedback: You see directness as respect, not criticism. You actively seek input, sit with hard truths, and use feedback as fuel for improvement.
Small businesses are why we're here: Relay exists to help them thrive -- and that mission has to resonate with you.

Join Us

We're looking for people who are relentless, curious, and care deeply about the work. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description -- your perspective and drive matter more. We welcome diverse backgrounds and people who think critically, challenge the status quo, and want to help small businesses thrive.

If you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please reach out to your Talent Partner.

Disclaimer: For compliance reasons, all offers of employment at Relay are conditional upon a successful background check and employment verification through Certn.

Important Notice: Relay’s recruitment team only contacts candidates and corresponds from official corporate email addresses ending in @relayfi.com. We will never ask for sensitive personal data (such as bank account details, credit card numbers, or social security/insurance numbers) during the initial application or interview stages.

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