Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead

Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead

Technology - Ontario, Canada

Join Team CARFAX as a Senior Software Engineer - Team Lead
. Isn't it time you bragged about where you work? At CARFAX, we do, every day. We pride ourselves on being mission‑focused on helping to grow a brand built on accuracy and integrity. We care deeply about our products and our customers. We're more than just a company:
We help millions of consumers make more‑informed decisions every day. We know that our teammates are our most valuable asset, and we value a balanced life while tackling challenging projects in a fast‑paced environment. One last thing:
Our four‑day work week continues in Summer 2026!

We're passionate about having a creative and innovative environment where our developers collaborate and continuously learn and grow. Our developers have the freedom to bring new tools, frameworks, and ideas to the table knowing their voice will be heard. We're not afraid of trying new things; if the case is made for a new technology or approach, our developers know it will be tried.

Within CARFAX, we value Teamwork. Our development teams work hand in hand with product owners, project leaders, UX designers and Quality Assurance engineers to produce the best products and solutions possible. If you’re a techie who enjoys constantly learning new things, collaborating with teammates, and building best‑in‑class products and services, you’ll find exciting opportunities at CARFAX!

As a Senior Software Engineer — Team Lead, you will be part of the Account Engineering department within Product Engineering. Account Engineering is a team of 30+ tech savvy individuals who work together every day to deliver customer facing authentication solutions. This team is responsible for making logging in and signing up at CARFAX a secure, consistent, and high‑quality experience for CARFAX customers, as well as managing user profiles, Pii data and compliance, CARFAX websites' global header and footer, Universal Car Garage, user behavioural tracking, and user personalization for messaging and front‑end experiences.

This includes managing and customizing third‑party authentication solutions while also building and maintaining custom authentication solutions to provide our customers with a great experience that fits our needs!

At CARFAX, we believe in the power of teamwork and value in‑person interactions so that we can collaborate and thrive together. This position will require 2 days per week in our London, ON office subject to change with future business needs.

• Working in a dynamic, agile, matrix environment supporting high‑use, modern applications
• Mentor team members by offering regular feedback on code, team performance and growth opportunities.
• Lead design decisions, including new technology research and prototyping
• Collaborating closely with other developers, Architects, UX designers, Project and Product Managers, support teams and other stakeholders
• Promoting high quality and adequate software design through a disciplined development methodology
• Augmenting and adjusting team processes and practices towards continuous improvement
• Documenting processes, architecture, maintenance, actions and decisions
• Ensuring adequate NFRs are implemented and updated throughout the application lifecycle

• Ability to provide leadership and mentor engineers through complicated technical challenges
• Ability to give team members opportunities to grow by delegating tasks and not being a “superhero”
• Ability to give team members feedback and coaching on technical skill gaps necessary for growth
• Ability to work and collaborate effectively in a pod‑matrix environment as well as independently
• Experience with modern front‑end JavaScript libraries (such as React
  
  JS, Vue, or Angular)
• Experience with JavaScript, NodeJS, Type Script, HTML5 and CSS3
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash
• Experience with Continuous Integration / Delivery such as Gitlab CI/CD
• Experience with Containerization (Docker)
• Experience with Object oriented concepts and languages such as Type Script , Java, Kotlin
• Experience with…