Director Of Software Engineering

ProVision is extremely excited to partner with one of Canada’s most impressive fintech companies! Taking a customer-centric stance on financing, our client has an innovative and modern approach to the world of finance. Supporting the VP of Engineering, the Director of Engineering will manage all the activities of the software development group; they will set attainable goals for team members for the project to be finished on time; they will provide guidance to team members to encourage work productivity.

What’s in it for you:

• Hybrid working opportunity with 1 day a week in office space with extra-long weekends in the summer, and paid volunteer time.

• Extremely competitive compensation plan including a competitive base of salary $140,000 to $160,000, comprehensive health benefits, and RRSP matching.

• Ongoing training and mentorship opportunities with an investment in growth and mentorship opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaboratively develop and drive the associated Engineering roadmap, with a focus on speed to market and quality, to create and facilitate a culture based on agility, creativity, and continuous improvement.

• Assist in building best-in-class enterprise support patterns for this emerging Tech Stack.

• Prepare the lifecycle for different initiatives inclusive of research, development, design, evaluation, and testing along with delivery.

• Work collaboratively with all IT functions and lead efforts to develop the integrated roadmap for all deliverables.

• Develop and manage relationships with existing and prospective internal customers to interpret all individual requirements.

• Establish and stimulate software development standards and processes along with practices for delivery of scalable and high-quality software.

• Manage all relevant staff functions per HR standards in goal setting, review cycles, and performance management.

• Work closely with Engineers, Developers and Product Management throughout the organization to influence product development

Necessary Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or in Software Engineering.

• Hands-on technical leader with an entrepreneurial mindset and experience working through the challenges of a small and rapidly growing product or service company.

• Ability to support each lifecycle phase with hands-on contribution and ownership.

• Experience leading and coaching Agile teams; advocating and developing Agile values and principles.

• Cloud Architecture is a must.

• Experience with Microservices Architecture is an asset.