Director of Engineering- ICM

Forma.ai • Toronto, ON

10d

About The Position

Forma.ai is a Series B startup revolutionizing sales compensation. Reporting to the CTO, you will lead at least two engineering pods, each focused on key application areas within our product. You’ll play a hands-on leadership role—guiding teams, shaping technical direction, and contributing directly to code and system design. We believe in leading from the front. You don’t need to be the strongest engineer on the team, but you should be comfortable rolling up your sleeves regularly and setting a strong technical example. You’ll be product- and outcome-focused, with a sharp sense of where to invest time and energy—and where not to. You’ll work closely with Product Owners to deeply understand our business domains, help shape product vision, and drive meaningful results. You’ll also help build your teams. Hiring great engineers is a critical part of this role, so experience attracting, assessing, and onboarding high-quality talent is important. We genuinely value focus and efficiency. Meetings should be purposeful and structured. Our tech stack experience requirements are intentionally flexible. We expect strong engineers to adapt quickly. Experience with TypeScript, React, Python, Django, or .NET is a plus—but not a prerequisite.

Requirements

• You’re excited to work at a startup and enjoy building processes from the ground up
• You’re a strong communicator and a creative storyteller
• You can confidently manage multiple stakeholders, both internal and external
• You ask thoughtful questions and bring genuine curiosity about people and their career paths
• You’re a culture builder and positive team influence
• You’re entrepreneurial, collaborative, and action-oriented
• You bring a high level of professionalism and respect for confidentiality
• You have meticulous attention to detail

Nice To Haves

• Experience with TypeScript, React, Python, Django, or .NET is a plus—but not a prerequisite.

Responsibilities

• Own product outcome for our flagship incentive compensation management product.
• Lead a data engineering team and a web application team, each with 4-6 senior/staff engineers. Hire a third data team.
• Strong ability to understand and frame business problems, and translate them into high-impact technical solutions. Often identifying simpler or more scalable alternatives that better serve both immediate and future needs.
• Strong technical judgement to architect opinionated yet extensible enterprise software.
• Contribute hands-on to coding and system design
• Collaborate with Product Owners on feature ideation and prioritization
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data pipelines, and data processing systems (batch and/or real-time)
• Ability to make architectural tradeoffs across data storage, compute, and performance in high-scale environments
• Ensure clear communication across teams when it matters most
• Hire and grow high-performing engineers

Benefits

• Forma is a proud equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Every effort to accommodate candidates for accessibility will be made upon request. Information received related to accommodations will be addressed confidentially.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed