Director, Engineering

Position Overview: We’re hiring an Engineering Director to lead a team of 10–20 engineers building scalable, production-grade systems. This is a newly created role reporting to the SVP of Engineering. It combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight—you’ll set direction, elevate engineering standards, and drive delivery. This is a hybrid role based in our Markham, Ontario office. Success in this Role Delivery: the team consistently ships on commitments against the product roadmap Modernization: meaningful progress moving the platform off legacy patterns toward a modern, cloud-native architecture Velocity: measurable increase in delivery speed (cycle time, deploy frequency, lead time for change) Engineering Excellence: best practices instilled across the team, including code review, testing, CI/CD, observability, and on-call discipline What You’ll Do Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Key responsibilities Leadership & Team Building: Lead and grow a team of 10 to 20 engineers across North America and India, fostering a high performance collaborative culture across time zones. Technical Leadership: Own architecture and system design across the stack. Drive delivery of Brcomplex, distributed systems on AWS. Stay close enough to the code to make sharp technical calls and mentor engineers on craft. Cross-Functional Impact: Partner with product and business leaders to translate strategy into technical roadmap. Drive alignment across teams and influence technical strategy. Delivery & Execution: Own delivery against the product and platform roadmap. Improve engineering velocity through process, tooling and best practice. Engineering Excellence: Raise the bar on code quality, testing, and operational excellence. Build strong observability and incident response practice. Leverage modern AI tools to improve productivity and quality. What You’ll Bring Minimum Qualifications At least 7 years of software development experience, with 3+ years leading a team. This includes hiring, performance management, and developing senior engineers Deep technical background in Java and Angular (or a comparable modern frontend framework such as React or Vue) Solid experience with Oracle, Postgres, or similar relational databases, including schema design, performance tuning, and the hard parts Working experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra) and a clear sense of when to reach for them Production AWS experience across compute, networking, and data services Ability to comprehend and contribute to systems design, including scalability, reliability, trade-offs, and failure modes Demonstrable use of AI tools in the software development lifecycle, such as coding assistants, agentic workflows, code review, and test generation. You should be able to show concretely how you and your teams ship faster and better with AI Preferred Qualifications Experience modernizing legacy Java systems, multi-region AWS deployments. Education BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Position Type and Expected Hours of Work Experience modernizing legacy Java systems, multi-region AWS deployments. Supervisory Responsibility 3+ years of leadership experience What’s In it for You RRSP with employer matching Paid Time Off Extended health insurance, LTD, life insurance, and Employee Assistance Program High-growth oriented environment with results-driven team Opportunity to create high-impact change for real users worldwide Compensation Good faith annual salary range for this position is $190,000 to $200,000 CAD and is commensurate with experience and location.

Lead and grow a team of 10-20 engineers to build scalable, production-grade systems while driving the transition to a modern cloud-native architecture. Partner with product leaders to translate business strategy into a technical roadmap and ensure high engineering standards and delivery velocity.

Requires at least 7 years of software development experience with 3+ years of leadership experience and a deep technical background in Java, Angular, and AWS. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with relational and NoSQL databases and the practical application of AI tools in the development lifecycle.

• RRSP with employer matching • Paid Time Off • Extended health insurance • LTD • Life insurance • Employee Assistance Program

• PostgreSQLPreferred

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• Technical Leadership
• System Design
• Java
• Angular
• AWS
• Oracle
• Postgres
• NoSQL
• CI/CD
• Observability
• AI Tools
• Performance Management
• Cloud-Native Architecture
• Distributed Systems
• Agile Delivery
• Mentoring
• Influencing Skills
• Technical Strategy
• Influencing Without Authority
• Product Roadmaps
• Workflow Management
• Time Off Management
• Java (Programming Language)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Amazon Web Services
• Angular (Web Framework)
• Software Development
• Code Review
• Computer Science
• Relational Databases
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Incident Response
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Failure Causes
• Front End Design
• Leadership
• Scalability
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Operational Excellence
• Performance Tuning
• Software Quality (SQA/SQC)
• Systems Design
• Team Building
• Tooling
• Reliability
• React.js (Javascript Library)
• Vue.js (Javascript Library)
• Apache Cassandra

• Software
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Director of Engineering
• Manufacturing Managers
• Architectural and Engineering Managers

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

10+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week