Manager, Software Engineering

Toronto, ON
Hybrid
Posted Jul 22, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job summary

Lead and coach a team of software engineers to deliver scalable and reliable applications while driving AI adoption across the development lifecycle. Manage goal priorities, delegate tasks, and collaborate with cross-functional leaders to align engineering efforts with company vision.

Job details

Summary/Objective Emburse software engineers contribute to the development of an engaging and interconnected set of system solutions. As an engineer, you will enhance the experiences of your customers, solve interesting challenges, and design new solutions. Emburse, known for its innovation and award-winning technologies, is strong on engineering. This ensures you will have access to the best and brightest minds in our industry to grow your experience and career within Emburse. Essential Functions Technical 6 years of distributed software development experience 2+ years of Manager or Lead position experience Ability to analyze software requirements Ability to review and influence design plans Manage goal priorities as set by the senior management and delegate tasks to the appropriate resources Develop, lead, coach, and assess the engineering team Grows a team culture that is collaborative Provide technical guidance and coaching, break down barriers that interfere with tasks Drive AI Adoption throughout the software development lifecycle Has direct reports, remote or local Agile/Process Familiar with all the policies, procedures and technical concepts related to software programming, including but not limited to security, deployments, build and UAT processes, SDLC, SSDLC, PCI/DSS, GDPR, and CCPA. Participates in design activities Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications Impact Leads small technical teams in delivering highly scalable and reliable applications that meet business budgets/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 Improve engineering quality and efficiency (e.g. improve workflow, code review, etc.) Aligns their product engineering team with the company’s vision Hire qualified candidates to strengthen company and team Communication Represents the product development team across the organization Collaborate with cross-functional peers and leaders to deliver projects \n Education & Experience Education: Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years’experience Experience: Required: Minimum of 4 years’ professional experience in Java development. Experience working in OS X and Linux environments, Spring, AWS, Microservices, SQL, NoSQL, GIT. Experience working in a scrum and DevOps environment. Good understanding of agile application development lifecycle. Preferred: Experience Designing and building JSON or REST services, experience working with 3rd party APIs, AWS APIs, Docker or other containers, large-scale or distributed web applications, Test Driven Development and functional testing. Certifications: Required: None Additional Eligibility Qualifications Required Skills: Understanding of various design patterns and OOP paradigm Experience in RESTful and security of API design Knowledge in at least 1 OOP language Core Competencies Core Competencies Problem Solving/Critical Thinking Analysis/Reasoning Dealing with ambiguity Creative and innovative thinking Decision making/judgement Mathematical reasoning Problem solving Personal Effectiveness Accountability / Dependability Adaptability / Flexibility Ethics / Integrity Time Management Attention to detail Personal development / Continual learning Commitment to the job Interaction with Others Tact Teamwork Relationship building Influencing others Diversity and inclusion Listening Business Acumen Compliance/Best Practices Functional Alignment Leadership Coaching / Mentorship Cultural awareness Project management Business alignment Evaluating Talent Managing and measuring work Work Environment This job operates in a professional, open office environment. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. \n

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with at least 6 years of distributed software development experience and 2+ years in a leadership role. Must have professional experience in Java, AWS, Microservices, and working within Scrum and DevOps environments.