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# Manager, Software Engineering at Emburse

- **Company:** Emburse
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/emburse/e3dc84f9-7c44-4ff9-a838-fc93b3293ff1

## Job description

Who We Are:

At Emburse, you’ll not just imagine the future – you’ll build it. As a leader in expense intelligence, we are creating a future where technology drives business value and inspires extraordinary results. Our AI-powered platform helps organizations modernize financial operations, increase visibility, and optimize spend across the enterprise.

Summary/Objective Emburse Engineering Managers drive the execution, culture, and technical vision behind an engaging and interconnected set of enterprise solutions. As a Manager of Software Engineering, you will lead, mentor, and empower a high-performing engineering team, fostering an environment grounded in technical excellence, accountability, and continuous growth. You will balance direct people management with strategic technical leadership - guiding architectural decisions, optimizing delivery workflows, and unblocking complex engineering challenges. Emburse, known for its innovation and award-winning technologies, relies on strong engineering leadership to build world-class products while coaching and developing the next generation of technical talent. Essential Functions Technical 4–6 years of distributed software development experience, with 1–3 years of direct line management or player-coach management experience Hands-on technical depth with ability to review code, triage alerts, and analyze software requirements Ability to review and influence design plans and architectural decisions Oversees 3rd-party API integrations, vendor workflows, and data verification partnerships core to our travel platform Manage goal priorities as set by senior management and delegate tasks to appropriate resources Develop, lead, coach, and assess the engineering team (5–6 direct reports across US and Canada) Grow a team culture that is collaborative and grounded in trust, open feedback, and accountability Provide technical guidance and coaching; break down barriers that interfere with tasks Agile / Process Familiar with all policies, procedures, and technical concepts related to software programming, including but not limited to security, deployments, build and UAT processes, SDLC, SSDLC, PCI/DSS, and GDPR. Participates in design activities and system architecture reviews Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications Promotes and models modern developer workflows and AI tools to enhance team productivity Work closely with a product partner and the team to refine options and drive strong tradeoff conversations Impact Leads small technical teams in delivering highly scalable and reliable applications that meet business budgets and timelines Establishes attainable goals in order for the project to finish on time Provides guidance to team members to encourage work productivity Focused on one or more small projects or platforms at once Monitors, evaluates and ensures the completion of tasks and projects Improves engineering quality and efficiency (e.g. workflow, code review) Aligns product engineering team with the company’s vision Hires qualified candidates to strengthen company and team Communication Represents the product development team across the organization Collaborate with cross-functional peers, vendor partners, and leaders to deliver projects

Education & Experience

Education:

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years’ experience

Experience Required:

- Minimum of 1–3 years of direct line management experience.

- Minimum of 4 years’ professional experience in C# development.

- Experience working in Windows and Linux environments, .NET, Azure or AWS, Microservices, SQL, NoSQL, Git.

- Experience working in a Scrum and DevOps environment.

- Good understanding of agile application development lifecycle. (Note: Candidates with a strong engineering background will be considered if accompanied by direct Travel domain expertise).

- Experience designing and building REST/JSON services; experience working with 3rd party APIs, vendor integrations, Azure APIs, Docker or other containers, large-scale or distributed web applications, Test Driven Development and functional testing.

- Experience with data processing or data engineering, integration with AI and ML services, APIs, harness tools, or models.

- Prior experience working in the corporate travel, booking, or expense domain.

Certifications Required: None

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

- Familiarity with full stack development and proven history of application development
- Understanding of secure application programming practices or vulnerabilities
- Strong understanding and practical experience with common design patterns.
- Ability to write clear, concise documentation
- Ability to solve business problems through creative and forward-looking solutions.

Sponsorship

- This role is not sponsorship eligible
- Candidates need to be legally allowed to work in Canada

Work Location

- This is an onsite role in Toronto

Why Emburse?

Finance is changing—and at Emburse, we’re leading the way. Our AI-powered solutions help organizations eliminate inefficiencies, gain real-time visibility, and optimize spend—so they can focus on what’s next, not what’s slowing them down.

- A Company with Momentum – We serve 12M+ users across 120 countries, helping businesses modernize their finance operations.
- A Team That Innovates – Work alongside some of the brightest minds in finance, tech, and AI to solve real- world challenges.
- A Culture That Empowers – Competitive pay, flexible work, and an inclusive, collaborative environment that supports your success.
- A Career That Matters – Your work here drives efficiency, innovation, and smarter financial decision-making for businesses everywhere.

Shape your future & find what’s next at Emburse.

Emburse provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Emburse complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

## About Emburse

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Emburse provides an AI-powered, end-to-end travel and expense management platform that simplifies spending, compliance, and financial workflows for organizations of all sizes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Chrome River Technologies in 2019; backed by K1 Investment Management and Y Combinator)
- **Headquarters**: Dallas, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed on primary sources; the company was formed through the acquisition and consolidation of multiple expense management platforms (including Abacus, Captio, Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, and Tallie)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Software Development / Fintech – Travel and Expense Management
- **Target Customers**: B2B – Global enterprises, mid-sized businesses, SMBs, public sector agencies, and nonprofits
- **Mission**: "To deliver the greatest business value for our customers and make the lives of professionals easier through innovative expense management, business travel, accounts payable, and payment solutions." [emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/company/about-emburse)

## Products & Services
- **Emburse Travel**: Mobile-first travel booking and management tool that integrates with expense tracking for real-time visibility and compliance.
- **Emburse Expense**: AI-driven expense management that automatically captures, categorizes, and validates spend in real time before reports are submitted.
- **Emburse AP Automation**: Accounts payable automation for invoicing and payments, reducing manual data entry and processing time.
- **Emburse Payments**: Streamlined payment solutions integrated with the expense and AP workflow.
- **Emburse AI**: Purpose-built AI layer that provides real-time visibility and control, enforces policy pre-submission, and adapts to global tax and currency rules.
- **Emburse Integrations**: Connects with hundreds of third-party technology solutions (ERP, CRM, HRIS) and travel providers. [emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/company/about-emburse)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$166.1 million** (latest estimate). Total Funding of **$4.4 million** (seed and private equity). [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/emburse)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: K1 Investment Management (lead private equity investor, 2019), Y Combinator (seed stage). Key partners include hundreds of travel and technology providers.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 611 employees (+7.1% YoY). Over **12 million professionals** in **200 countries** use the platform. Serves **over 15,000 organizations**. Acquired multiple companies to build its suite: Certify, Nexonia, Captio, TripBAM, Roadmap, and Data Visualization Intelligence. [emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/company/about-emburse) [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/emburse)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified Platform**: Combines travel, expense, AP, and payments on a single AI-powered platform, creating a comprehensive spend management solution.
- **Global Scale**: Available in 180 currencies and used across 200 countries, with deep compliance for international tax and currency rules.
- **Acquisition Strategy**: Built a best-in-class suite by acquiring and integrating multiple market-leading expense management tools (Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, Tallie, Abacus), creating a broad customer base and deep feature set.
- **AI-First Approach**: Purpose-built AI enforces policy, automates categorization, and provides real-time insights, reducing manual work for finance teams.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Powered Automation**: Deepening AI capabilities to drive further automation and intelligence across the entire spend lifecycle.
- **Platform Consolidation**: Continuing to unify the acquired product portfolio into a single seamless experience.
- **Global Expansion**: Growing presence in EMEA, APAC, and other international markets (with offices in Spain, UK, Australia, Canada, India).
- **Enterprise & Mid-Market Penetration**: Targeting CFOs, travel managers, and finance teams at larger organizations seeking strategic spend control.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes "smart and caring people" and building a strong community with quarterly outings and office social events. The company's values are focused on impact and innovation.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hybrid approach with offices in Dallas, Burlington (MA), and other global hubs. Many roles are remote-friendly, but specific policy varies by location and role.
- **Perks**: Generous 401(k) matching, financial planning services (including legal planning for trusts/wills), and a partnership with eCornell for employee learning and development. Full benefits include retirement planning and professional development budgets for conferences and courses. [emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/company/careers)
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong engineering presence (19% of workforce in technical roles). Actively hiring for Software Engineer III, Sr Software Engineer, and SDET roles, suggesting a focus on building and scaling the platform.
- **Considerations**: Employee reviews (2.9/5.0 on LinkedIn) indicate mixed sentiment, with lower scores for culture (2.7) and career growth (2.9), but higher for work-life balance (3.5) and compensation (3.1). This may reflect challenges common in post-acquisition integration phases. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/emburse)

## Sources
1. [Emburse About Page](https://www.emburse.com/company/about-emburse)
2. [Emburse Careers Page](https://www.emburse.com/company/careers)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/emburse)
4. [Emburse Lever Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/emburse)
5. [Indeed Company Page](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Emburse)

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