CTO - Borrowell

Who Is Borrowell & How Are They Changing the World 

Borrowell is one of Canada’s leading consumer fintech companies, helping millions of Canadians make smarter financial decisions and improve their financial well-being. Founded in 2014 and the first company in Canada to offer free credit score monitoring, Borrowell has since evolved into a trusted financial marketplace and credit-building platform for Canadians. Their platform combines personalized financial recommendations, credit education, and innovative tools that help consumers better understand and improve their financial futures.

Today, Borrowell is entering an exciting new chapter of growth. They’re investing heavily in new products and technology, and focused on accelerating innovation, deepening engagement, and leveraging AI to transform both the customer experience and how the organization operates internally. With a strong, tenured leadership team, a highly engaged engineering organization, and ambitious product goals, Borrowell is passionate about building the future of consumer financial empowerment in Canada.

How Will I Make An Impact? 

• Lead and scale Borrowell’s Engineering organization, including product engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure, QA, DevOps, security, and data engineering teams
• Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, partnering closely with the CEO, CPO, CRO, CFO, and broader leadership group to drive company strategy and execution
• Help shape Borrowell’s next phase of growth by accelerating innovation, increasing organizational efficiency, and embedding AI-enabled workflows across the company
• Champion a modern, product-led engineering culture focused on velocity, experimentation, quality, and customer impact
• Drive the evolution of Borrowell’s AI strategy, including agentic development workflows, internal AI tooling, and scalable AI-powered product experiences
• Partner closely with Product and Data leadership to deliver richer consumer experiences, including new credit-building features, engagement mechanics, and personalized financial recommendations
• Build credibility and trust with a highly experienced engineering organization while coaching and developing strong technical leaders across the business
• Balance near-term execution with long-term platform scalability, reliability, and architectural modernization
• Represent Borrowell externally within the Canadian technology ecosystem and help strengthen the company’s reputation as a leading fintech and engineering organization
• Help guide organizational transformation as Borrowell continues scaling its product, platform, and AI capabilities while maintaining profitability and growth

How Do I Know If This Is For Me? 

• You have significant experience leading high-performing engineering organizations within scaling technology companies
• You thrive in fast-moving product environments where innovation, experimentation, and customer experience are central to the business
• You are energized by opportunities to use AI and emerging technologies to fundamentally improve how teams build products and operate
• You know how to balance people, process, and technology while building strong engineering cultures rooted in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• You bring credibility with experienced technical teams and can effectively influence executive stakeholders using logic, data, and business outcomes
• You are excited by the challenge of helping millions of consumers improve their financial lives through technology
• You enjoy partnering cross-functionally and believe the best outcomes happen when Product, Engineering, Data, and Business teams work closely together
• You are comfortable leading through transformation and ambiguity while keeping teams motivated, focused, and aligned
• You care deeply about product quality, reliability, scalability, and customer trust
• You are motivated by an acceleration opportunity, not a turnaround situation

Our Ideal Candidate Looks Like: 

• Extensive engineering leadership experience within high-growth technology companies
• Experience leading engineering organizations ranging from approximately 50 to 150 engineers
• Proven success scaling B2C or consumer-facing technology companies through high-growth stages, ideally within product-led organizations balancing growth and profitability
• Strong track record building inclusive, high-performing engineering cultures and developing senior technical leaders
• Experience driving organizational and technical transformation through AI-enabled tooling, agentic development workflows, automation, and modern engineering practices
• Ability to balance people leadership, technical strategy, execution, and operational scalability across product engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, QA, and data engineering
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to advocate for engineering teams while influencing executive decision-making through logic, data, and business outcomes
• Customer-centric, analytical, and excited by the opportunity to help millions of Canadians improve their financial well-being through technology
• Experience in financial services is considered an asset, but not required

One of Borrowell’s core values and firm beliefs is that diversity makes us better. If you’re unsure about your qualifications for this position, we’d still encourage you to apply. We understand, accept, and value the differences between people of different backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, ages, beliefs, and abilities. We are happy to make any accommodations you may need throughout the interview process. What’s most important is that you have a growth mindset and care about helping people with their finances to make a difference in their lives. 

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Location: This is a hybrid position that requires applicants to be in office ~2 days/week at 1 University Ave, Toronto. All candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Vacancy: This role is a backfill for an existing position

Salary: Annual compensation will exceed $300,000 CAD; details to be shared if selected for an interview

The Process:

• Introductory conversation with HR Leadership
• Executive leadership interview with the CEO
• Cross-functional leadership interviews with Product, Finance, Data, and Revenue leaders
• Technical and architectural deep dive discussions
• Informal team conversation with Engineering leadership
• Final executive conversations and offer discussion
• A potential leadership assessment may also be included as part of the process

And of course, your Artemis Canada consultants, Leigh and Carly, will work closely with you throughout every step of the process.

We’d love to hear from you - even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements! 

Send a note to Carly@artemiscanada.com if you or someone you know is interested!