Software Development Manager

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Description

Reporting into the Digital Channels Team within IT, the Software Development Manager will lead the end-to-end development of the Receiver Solutions Platform. This role is responsible for delivering modern, scalable, and intelligent customer-facing solutions that enhance visibility, personalization, and overall experience for Purolator customers.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring full stack expertise, strong architectural oversight, and the ability to lead by example. The successful candidate will operate as both a people leader and Dev Lead, while driving adoption of AI-enabled software development and testing practices across the team.

Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the end-to-end software development lifecycle, ensuring delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions
• Act as a hands-on Dev Lead, contributing to system design, code reviews, and development where necessary
• Own delivery outcomes including quality, timelines, budget, and business value
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices and development standards

Architecture & Technology Strategy

• Lead application architecture and design in collaboration with Enterprise and Security Architects
• Drive adoption of microservices architecture, API-first design, and distributed systems
• Ensure solutions are cloud-native, scalable, and resilient using AWS technologies
• Champion modern Dev Ops practices including CI/CD, automation, and monitoring

AI-Driven Development & Innovation

• Act as a role model for AI adoption within engineering, embedding AI across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Promote the use of:
• AI-assisted coding tools to improve developer productivity
• AI-driven test automation and quality engineering
• Intelligent monitoring, debugging, and incident management
• Identify and drive opportunities to integrate AI capabilities into customer-facing solutions

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing cross-functional team (Developers, QA, Business Analysts)
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and AI-first thinking
• Conduct code reviews, provide technical mentorship, and support career growth
• Drive accountability, ownership, and engineering excellence across the team

Product & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with Product Management to define product vision, roadmap, and priorities
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful delivery of customer-centric products

Technology Stacks and Expectations

Core Engineering Stack

• Full stack engineering expertise
• Backend:
  Java (Java 21), Python
• Frontend:
  React, nice to have:
  Angular, Next.js
• APIs: RESTful services and microservices
• Databases:
  Postgres, Dynamo
  
  DB (relational and No
  
  SQL), nice to have: any No
  
  SQL

Platforms & Practices

• Microservices architecture
• AWS cloud technologies and services :
  Lamda Functions, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, Cloud Front, Monitoring and Observability
• CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops tooling (Git Hub, nice to have: Terraform)
• Agile methodology and related delivery tools (Jira, Confluence)

AI-Enabled Engineering

• Experience with or strong advocacy for:
• AI-assisted development tools
• AI-augmented testing and automation
• AI-driven Dev Ops and observability practices

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 6–10 years of software development experience, with strong full-stack exposure
• 5+ years of experience leading a software development team
• Proven ability to code, design, and lead simultaneously, operating as a hands-on technical leader
• Experience building customer-facing…