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About Us

Propel (TSX: PRL) is the fintech company building a new world of financial opportunity by facilitating access to credit for consumers underserved by traditional financial institutions. Through its AI-driven platform, Propel evaluates customers in a more comprehensive way than traditional credit scores can. Our revolutionary fintech platform has already helped consumers access over one million loans and lines of credit and over one billion dollars in credit.

To build a new world of opportunity we bring together the brightest talent to help us build opportunities. We are entrepreneurs and believe in measuring success through results and growing within; talent and hard work never goes unnoticed. At Propel, we are here to change the way employees, customers and shareholders succeed together. We are a team of passionate entrepreneurs, who foster curiosity and growth in our employees.

Our culture is why we’ve been so successful and why our employees choose Propel to build their careers. It’s also why we’re one of North America’s fastest growing companies and a Best Place to Work. Join us as we change the way employees, customers and shareholders succeed together.

As a fast-growing fintech, we stay true to our startup roots. You picture yourself within a vibrant and entrepreneurial organization where your ideas will be heard, and you have an opportunity to showcase your talent. You are motivated by goals, a self-starter and like to wear multiple hats.

• Define and execute the strategic roadmap for evolving from Dev Ops to Infrastructure Platform Engineering
• Align team objectives with organizational goals for cloud infrastructure, security, CI/CD automation, and platform reliability
• Mentor, coach, and develop the team, supporting both technical skill development and career progression
• Lead with empathy, transparency, and consistency, modeling the behaviors of a healthy engineering culture

• Collaborate closely with engineers to evaluate trade-offs, improve system design, solve complex problems and raise engineering quality
• Provide hands‑on guidance with tools and technologies including Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, Git Hub Actions/Jenkins, and cloud‑native patterns
• Leverage AI tools and automation to improve code quality, reduce toil, and enhance developer experience
• Ensure engineering best practices - including testing, security, documentation, and maintainability - are consistently applied

• Design and deliver internal developer platforms that streamline deployments, reduce cognitive load and support self‑service
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) and modern automation practices using tools like Terraform and Ansible
• Champion containerization and orchestration strategies using Kubernetes (EKS) and Helm charts
• Embed Shift‑Left principles by integrating security, compliance, observability, and quality early in the lifecycle

• Oversee standardization and automation of CI/CD pipelines across teams and environments
• Ensure robust observability and incident response frameworks using tools like Datadog, Pager Duty and Rootly
• Implement security hardening and compliance measures across infrastructure layers by following CIS, PCI standards
• Support internal and external audits by ensuring platform compliance, preparing documentation, and facilitating timely responses to audit inquiries

• Partner with application teams to enable intuitive, safe, and highly usable self‑service experiences
• Work closely with Risk, QA, and Data teams to support evolving business needs
• Provide clear, accessible updates to senior leadership - highlighting progress, risks, and strategy
• Advocate for platform engineering value and help shape organizational understanding of infrastructure maturity

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field - or equivalent experience
• 6+ years as a software or infrastructure engineer delivering cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering solutions
• 2+ years leading technical teams or equivalent leadership experience
• Strong software engineering…