Team Lead Software Engineer

• Pay or shift range: $90,000 CAD to $115,000 CAD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.
• Information Technology
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: TEAML
  001180

At Longboard Architectural Products, we change the face of architecture by designing and manufacturing premium aluminum solutions. Our innovative products set industry standards for durability, aesthetics, and sustainability. Recognized as one of the Great Places to Work and Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers in 2026, we offer professional growth opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and a culture where people come first.

Longboard is seeking an experienced Team Lead Software Engineer with strong Python expertise to lead a small team of developers supporting our manufacturing and business operations. Reporting to the Business Systems Manager, this role plays a critical part in designing, building, and maintaining software solutions that power inventory management, factory workflow, shipping processes, ERP synchronization, and customer-facing applications.

You will collaborate closely with operations business analyst liaisons and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and efficient technical solutions. In addition to hands-on development, you will oversee backlog refinement, provide task estimates, assign work across the team, conduct code reviews, maintain coding standards, and support release planning to ensure high-quality deliverables aligned with Longboard’s operational goals.

This is a leadership role that combines technical excellence, strategic thinking, hands-on development, and team mentorship in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You are a highly skilled Python engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and leading others to success. You balance hands-on coding with team leadership and take pride in writing clean, maintainable, efficient, and well-documented code.

You bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• 5+ years of experience in software development or computer programming, with strong expertise in Python and ReactJS
• 5+ years of experience writing complex SQL queries
• 2+ years of Team Lead experience
• Strong testing skills
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• ERP integration experience, ideally with Acumatica
• CRM integration experience, ideally Salesforce
• FastAPI experience
• AWS experience
• ARGO CD experience
• Experience with AI-assisted coding, including code generation, debugging, testing, and review

You are collaborative, investigative, technically strong, adaptable, and solutions-oriented. You are comfortable working across technical and non-technical teams, communicating technical guidance, listening to team feedback, and developing solutions that meet evolving business needs.

• Lead a small team of developers, distributing and prioritizing tasks within JIRA
• Review and refine the JIRA backlog alongside the Business Systems Manager
• Provide task estimates and support release planning
• Conduct thorough code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and efficient software solutions
• Develop and maintain applications supporting manufacturing operations, inventory management, factory workflows, shipping processes, ERP integrations, APIs, and internal and external web platforms
• Identify system bottlenecks and resolve defects
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code and maintain technical documentation in Confluence
• Test and polish solutions prior to…