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Manager, Software Development

Job in Toronto, Ontario, M5A, Canada
Listing for: Foresters Financial
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-01
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    IT Project Manager, IT Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic thought leadership, build technology roadmaps, address and remove obstacles for the team, prioritize resource allocation to projects and sustains production support Establish
  • Establish and maintain open and appropriate communication with application staff and management
  • Manage the day-to-day activities of the software development team providing coaching, leadership, guidance and performance management as required
  • Document development deliverables, schedules and other necessary information providing progress reports as required
  • Liaise with all relevant organizational departments in order to plan and execute projects providing assurance project scopes are accurately and adequately defined in relation to software development
  • Perform maintenance of programming for existing versions of the organization's software offerings
  • Ensure the functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules and system architecture for each system
  • Actively participate in team meetings and offer recommendations /ideas on design projects
  • Actively participate in discussion on architecture and design decisions with architects and translate them into implementation details
  • Design, code, and test major features in collaboration with Team Members, Design Engineers, Documentation Specialists, Application architects, and other members of the development and technical team to deliver complex changes
  • Recruit qualified staff and conduct performance evaluations
  • Bring leading edge software development methodologies, tools and technologies to software development practice
  • Lead developers in addressing and resolving functional and non-functional requirements
  • Other duties as assigned
Key Qualifications
  • Education (minimum required):
    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent discipline
  • Experience (minimum required): 5+ years of experience managing application teams
  • 10+ years' experience in an object-oriented development and enterprise environment (Java preferred) along with a focus on application security
  • Experience in web application development and good security practices
  • Experience with API design and development
  • Knowledge and experience with
    1) cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure;
    2) relational/non-relational databases; and big data
    3) Dev Ops and CI/CD
  • Demonstrated time management, project management and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to communicate complex technical information to various parties including non-technical members of the organization
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills both verbal and written
  • Demonstrated collaborative work style with the ability to effectively collaborate and work with all levels of the organization
  • Ability to follow through and complete overlapping projects while adhering to strict deadlines
  • High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts
  • Excellent teamwork and team building skills with a proven ability to delegate

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