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nesto

AI-powered mortgage lender with unbiased advice

Engineering Team Lead - Engineering

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Remote in Canada
RemoteRemote work is permitted from anywhere in Canada.
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

About the job

Requirements
  • More than 3 years of team-management experience, including coaching, performance management, recruiting, and supporting professional growth.
  • A strong software engineering background and sufficient technical expertise to guide teams designing security-critical systems.
  • Experience leading complex projects involving multiple engineering teams, with a track record of aligning priorities, responsibilities, dependencies, and expectations.
  • Strong delivery leadership skills, including defining scope, sequencing work, and reducing risks in projects with many variables.
  • Sound technical judgment concerning identity, authentication, authorization, security, and platform architecture.
  • Experience designing or managing platforms, services, or shared features used by other engineering teams.
  • Ability to clearly communicate technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical partners.
  • A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to make decisions, facilitate decisions, and rely on engineers and technical experts as appropriate.
Responsibilities
  • Lead and grow an engineering team through recruiting, regular one-on-one meetings, coaching, performance management, and career development.
  • Create an environment with clear expectations and direct feedback where engineers can deliver quality work while advancing their careers.
  • Own the team's deliverables and operating cadence, keeping priorities, scope, risks, dependencies, and timelines visible and realistic.
  • Work with a product manager and a principal engineer to define IAM strategy, roadmap, and technical direction.
  • Guide technical decisions concerning identity, authentication, and authorization, drawing on engineers' and technical partners' expertise.
  • Drive adoption of shared IAM capabilities and supported integration patterns across nesto engineering teams.
  • Coordinate with teams that depend on or contribute to IAM capabilities, clarifying accountability and managing upstream and downstream dependencies.
  • Ensure the team develops secure, reliable, observable, maintainable services that meet nesto's compliance requirements.
  • Represent the IAM team in cross-functional discussions, translating technical tradeoffs, delivery risks, and decisions for varied audiences.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working in fintech or another regulated industry.
  • Experience designing, scaling, or modernizing shared identity, authentication, or authorization capabilities.
  • Experience leading a platform team through adoption of solutions across multiple products or engineering teams.
  • Experience partnering with security, risk management, compliance, or audit teams.

About the company

Nesto is a Canadian online mortgage lender that uses technology to simplify the mortgage process. It offers mortgage options through an AI-powered algorithm that estimates the best rate in seconds, then lets customers customize based on personal goals. The application process is straightforward, with easy document uploads for review. Nesto differentiates itself by providing unbiased, commission-free expert advice from a team of over 300 advisors across Canada, helping clients from start to finish and during the life of their loan. Revenue comes from the interest on mortgages, and the company has helped over 400,000 Canadians. Its goal is to make the mortgage experience transparent and customer-friendly by combining advanced technology with accessible expert guidance.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Private

Total Funding

$222.6M

Headquarters

Montreal, Canada

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • June 2026 Series E raised C$302 million at C$1.47 billion valuation.
  • Nesto reported over C$37 billion in 2026 originations and over C$80 billion AUM.
  • June 2025 commercial mortgage expansion and new partnerships widen distribution beyond homebuyers.

What critics are saying

  • OSFI Guideline E-23 starts May 1, 2027, scrutinizing Nesto’s AI models.
  • CMLS integration strains systems, culture, and service quality across ten offices.
  • Big-6 banks undercut spreads daily; a mortgage slump kills originations and cloud sales.

What makes nesto unique

  • June 2026 Maestro AI cut underwriting toward two minutes across Nesto Cloud.
  • June 2024 CMLS acquisition created Canada’s largest technology-enabled lender, with 1,000 employees.
  • Nesto combines direct lending, white-label software, and commission-free advice across Canada.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • Paid Vacation
  • Parental Leave
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Wellness Program
  • Mental Health Support
  • Gym Membership

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

0%
BetaKit
Jun 11th, 2026
Nesto secures nearly $1.5-billion valuation in new Series E round | BetaKit

The Montréal-based digital mortgage lender wants to speed up approvals using AI.

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Jun 10th, 2026
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GlobeNewswire
Jun 10th, 2026
nesto raises $302 million Series E at $1.47 billion valuation to accelerate growth

This new capital will accelerate the deployment of Nesto Cloud’s AI-powered lending platform across the mortgage financing and financial services sectors....

Startup Ecosystem Canada
Sep 17th, 2025
Keypr Integrates Nesto Mortgage Services for Ontario Homebuyers

Toronto-based proptech platform Keypr has partnered with Montréal-based Nesto to incorporate mortgage services into its digital platform aimed at Ontario homebuyers.

The Montreal Gazette
Mar 19th, 2025
Susan Kudzman Joins nesto's Board of Directors

MONTREAL, March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - nesto Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Kudzman to its Board of Directors.