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Director, Software Engineering

  • Toronto, ON, Canada

$170,000.00 - $220,000.00 / 170.000,00$ - 220.000,00$ (per year / par an) · Full-time

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Pay
$170,000.00 - $220,000.00 / 170.000,00$ - 220.000,00$ (per year / par an)
Job type
Full-time
Experience
You have 2+ years of experience in a Director level role, preferably in an eCommerce business, and you’re looking for a new challenge.
Posting language
English · French
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Original job description

English section of this bilingual listing.

As a technical leader, you will assist the team in building, improving, and maintaining a world class digital ecosystem. You will roll up your sleeves to lead a team of engineers and software development managers in designing, developing, integrating, and testing services and platforms.

You should have extensive experience designing and building microservices on the cloud, mobile productivity applications, excellent communication skills, and a drive to make a significant impact in the ways Canadians’ shop. Expect to take ownership of technical vision and strategy, to take the lead on key architectural decisions, to mentor a growing team, to hold high standards in operation excellence and production availability.

Working closely with the Senior Director, Software Development, and acting as a member of the technology leadership team, you will ensure that the platform for the rewards program scales to meet ambitious growth targets for the business while addressing the functional and non-functional requirements. You will lead and mentor a talented team of technical leads and developers, focusing on continuous improvement, software excellence, and maintaining a high performing development organization. In addition to our internal team, you will also be accountable for managing our outsourced development partners across onshore and offshore teams.

What You'll Do:

  • Leading and mentoring a high performing team in a rapid development environment.
  • Ensuring consistent, and timely delivery, of new digital experiences across web and mobile interfaces while driving good application design, scalability, development velocity, predictability and quality.
  • Ability to apply the right development approach – agile or blended – based on project and business needs and effectively coordinating the implementations across internal, partner and vendor teams.
  • Scaling our digital solutions to serve millions of customers daily.
  • Communicate project status and issues in a concise and accurate manner to executives.
  • Collaborate with multiple business and technical teams to define and deliver complex features.
  • Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
  • Plan and manage multiple parallel projects
  • Work with the product management team to continuously improve our product development methodologies.
  • Recruit and retain top development talent

Does This Sound Like You:

  • You have 2+ years of experience in a Director level role, preferably in an eCommerce business, and you’re looking for a new challenge.
  • Digital Health experience is nice to have
  • You’re always looking to support your team, to grow your next leaders both from a technical perspective, as well as communication skills.
  • You’re a developer at heart. You’re passionate about writing good software, and you’re experienced in making wise tradeoffs.
  • You love to get a group of talented engineers together to solve difficult problems. You wish you had more time to code, but you recognize that you now can have higher-leverage contributions for your team.
  • You are always learning and growing. Not one to rest on your laurels, you actively seek out things outside your comfort zone.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
  • Excellent understanding of the cloud technology stack and micro-services architecture.
  • Excellent understanding of the agile principles and methodologies.
  • Strong understanding of the retail industry as it relates to eCommerce.
  • Good understanding of both front end and back end technologies
  • Strong interpersonal skills including ability to work in a cross-functional environment and communicate with all levels of the organization.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive to clear action and ownership among large development teams.
  • Eye for talent and a history of building high performance development teams
  • A true leader – someone who enables and inspires their team to do their best work
  • Hands on technologist who can dive deep and hold their own with senior developers building a scalable product.
  • Demonstrated ability to harness the power of technology and people to accomplish big things.
  • Decisive, confident, and experience with influencing others.
  • Strong sense of urgency and personal commitment.
Read the full bilingual original

Loblaw Digital est l’équipe responsable de la construction et de l’exploitation des activités numériques pour le plus grand et le plus prospère détaillant au Canada. Nous créons des solutions de commerce électronique de pointe réactives, dont le site Cliquez et ramassez de Loblaws, qui offre une expérience de courses alimentaires en ligne novatrice. Nous avons également mis au point, et exploitons maintenant, le site primé JoeFresh.com, ainsi que l’application pour iPad et iPhone. Nous sommes établis dans le centre-ville de Toronto et fonctionnons comme une jeune entreprise, mais disposons des ressources d’une entreprise beaucoup plus importante. Nous sommes une équipe sympathique d’entrepreneurs en constante évolution qui travaille en collaboration en vue de transformer la façon dont les Canadiens magasinent.

Pourquoi ce role est-il important?

As a technical leader, you will assist the team in building, improving, and maintaining a world class digital ecosystem. You will roll up your sleeves to lead a team of engineers and software development managers in designing, developing, integrating, and testing services and platforms.

You should have extensive experience designing and building microservices on the cloud, mobile productivity applications, excellent communication skills, and a drive to make a significant impact in the ways Canadians’ shop. Expect to take ownership of technical vision and strategy, to take the lead on key architectural decisions, to mentor a growing team, to hold high standards in operation excellence and production availability.

Working closely with the Senior Director, Software Development, and acting as a member of the technology leadership team, you will ensure that the platform for the rewards program scales to meet ambitious growth targets for the business while addressing the functional and non-functional requirements. You will lead and mentor a talented team of technical leads and developers, focusing on continuous improvement, software excellence, and maintaining a high performing development organization. In addition to our internal team, you will also be accountable for managing our outsourced development partners across onshore and offshore teams.

What You'll Do:

  • Leading and mentoring a high performing team in a rapid development environment.
  • Ensuring consistent, and timely delivery, of new digital experiences across web and mobile interfaces while driving good application design, scalability, development velocity, predictability and quality.
  • Ability to apply the right development approach – agile or blended – based on project and business needs and effectively coordinating the implementations across internal, partner and vendor teams.
  • Scaling our digital solutions to serve millions of customers daily.
  • Communicate project status and issues in a concise and accurate manner to executives.
  • Collaborate with multiple business and technical teams to define and deliver complex features.
  • Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
  • Plan and manage multiple parallel projects
  • Work with the product management team to continuously improve our product development methodologies.
  • Recruit and retain top development talent

Does This Sound Like You:

  • You have 2+ years of experience in a Director level role, preferably in an eCommerce business, and you’re looking for a new challenge.
  • Digital Health experience is nice to have
  • You’re always looking to support your team, to grow your next leaders both from a technical perspective, as well as communication skills.
  • You’re a developer at heart. You’re passionate about writing good software, and you’re experienced in making wise tradeoffs.
  • You love to get a group of talented engineers together to solve difficult problems. You wish you had more time to code, but you recognize that you now can have higher-leverage contributions for your team.
  • You are always learning and growing. Not one to rest on your laurels, you actively seek out things outside your comfort zone.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
  • Excellent understanding of the cloud technology stack and micro-services architecture.
  • Excellent understanding of the agile principles and methodologies.
  • Strong understanding of the retail industry as it relates to eCommerce.
  • Good understanding of both front end and back end technologies
  • Strong interpersonal skills including ability to work in a cross-functional environment and communicate with all levels of the organization.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive to clear action and ownership among large development teams.
  • Eye for talent and a history of building high performance development teams
  • A true leader – someone who enables and inspires their team to do their best work
  • Hands on technologist who can dive deep and hold their own with senior developers building a scalable product.
  • Demonstrated ability to harness the power of technology and people to accomplish big things.
  • Decisive, confident, and experience with influencing others.
  • Strong sense of urgency and personal commitment.

Comment Réussir:

Chez Loblaw Digital, nous recherchons toujours des personnes formidables pour continuellement renforcer notre culture. Nous croyons que les gens formidables façonnent nos valeurs, sont authentiques, bâtissent la confiance et créent des liens.

Si cela vous ressemble et que vous êtes ouvert d’esprit, que vous avez une bonne attitude face aux changements et que vous aimez les défis d’un environnement de travail aux détails dynamiques, postulez aujourd’hui.

Type d'emploi:

Temps plein

Role:

Poste régulier

Loblaw Digital limitée considère que la diversité culturelle du Canada est une source de fierté nationale et un symbole de stabilité. Nous nous sommes donné comme priorité de refléter les diversités culturelles de notre pays dans les produits que nous vendons, les gens que nous embauchons et notre culture d’entreprise. Des mesures d’adaptation sont offertes sur demande pour les candidats et les collègues qui ont des handicaps.

En outre, nous croyons que la conformité aux lois consiste à faire ce qu'il faut. Le respect de la loi fait partie de notre Code de conduite; il renforce ce que nos clients et nos parties prenantes attendent de nous.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :$170,000.00 - $220,000.00 / 170.000,00$ - 220.000,00$ (per year / par an)A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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Responsibilities

The Director will lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team, ensure timely delivery of web and mobile digital experiences, and scale solutions to serve millions of customers daily. They will coordinate internal and vendor teams, plan parallel projects and report status to executives.

Requirements

Candidates need a bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science, at least 2 years in a director-level role (eCommerce preferred), and strong knowledge of cloud, microservices, agile methods and front-end and back-end technologies. Strong leadership, communication and team-building skills are essential.

Skills

  • Microservices architecture
  • Cloud technology stack
  • Agile methodologies
  • Front-end development
  • Back-end development
  • eCommerce platforms
  • Software architecture
  • Technical leadership
  • Team leadership and mentoring
  • Vendor and partner management
  • Project portfolio management
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Escalation management
  • Software testing
  • Retail industry knowledge
  • Recruiting and retaining engineering talent

Categories

  • Software
  • Technology
  • Retail
  • Management & Leadership

Keywords

  • Director of Software Engineering
  • software engineering director
  • engineering manager
  • eCommerce
  • retail technology
  • cloud
  • microservices
  • agile
  • web development
  • mobile development
  • front end
  • back end
  • team leadership
  • Loblaw
  • digital health

Seniority

Director

Languages

  • English
  • French

Fields of study

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

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