Software Development Team Lead

Love building products that matter and leading small, high-impact teams?

This is an opportunity to step into a hands-on leadership role where your technical expertise and people skills directly shape a growing SaaS platform focused on real-world impact.

As a Software Development Team Lead, you’ll guide a small team of developers while remaining deeply involved in building and evolving a modern web application. You’ll collaborate closely with leadership, influence product decisions, and help scale a platform used by enterprise clients across North America.

💻 Who You Are:

• A hands-on software leader who enjoys building, mentoring, and guiding teams without micromanaging
• Comfortable making pragmatic technical decisions in a fast-moving, early-stage environment
• Confident communicating with both developers and non-technical stakeholders
• Motivated by ownership, impact, and building products that solve meaningful problems

📍 Work Type:

• Location:
  Guelph, Ontario (preferred) or remote within Ontario
• Vacancy Type:
  This role is a newly created position

Requirements

🎯 What You’ll Do (Your Superpowers):

• Lead and mentor a small team of developers, supporting growth, collaboration, and high-quality delivery
• Remain hands-on with backend development, primarily using Python to build and maintain API endpoints
• Contribute to architectural and technical decisions while keeping solutions practical and scalable
• Collaborate with leadership and product stakeholders to prioritize features and align development with business goals
• Support and guide frontend development built with Vue.js
• Work with cloud-hosted infrastructure in Azure, including deployments to Azure Web Services
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and continuous improvement of development practices
• Help evolve development workflows within a modified Scrum/Kanban environment

⭐ What We’re Looking For (Our Wishlist):

• 5–7+ years of professional software development experience;
  With prior experience leading or mentoring developers in a team environment
• Strong backend development experience with Python
• Experience with JavaScript, Vue.js, and modern frontend concepts
• Experience with Postgre
  
  SQL and relational data modeling
• Exposure to Azure hosting and cloud-based deployments
• Familiarity with Docker in development environments
• Experience working in startups or small, fast-changing teams
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with business leaders

🔥 What Makes This Role Exciting?

• Hands-on leadership: You’re not removed from the code — you’ll actively build while guiding a capable, motivated team
• Real influence: Work directly with leadership to shape product direction and technical priorities
• Startup energy with stability: Enjoy the pace and ownership of a growing SaaS company with the backing of an established organization
• Mission-driven product: Contribute to technology that supports smarter decision-making and long-term resilience

Benefits

• Salary: $130,000 - $150,000
• Paid Time Off: Competitive vacation and personal days to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Comprehensive Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits to support your overall well-being
• RRSP Matching opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements

📩 Ready to Elevate Your Career? Apply Now!

At STACK IT Recruitment, we connect thoughtful talent with impactful opportunities. If you meet at least 70% of the qualifications, we encourage you to apply — we’d love to chat.

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AI Use Disclosure:

STACK IT uses AI-enhanced tools to support initial candidate screening and interview note analysis. All assessments and hiring decisions remain human-led.