Software Engineering Team Lead

Software Engineering Team Lead
• Toronto Canada

We are looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead to join our growing team and drive the deployment and evolution of our Mar Tech platform and solutions. This is a hands‑on leadership role—ideal for someone who still loves to ship code but is equally passionate about tackling client challenges, shaping technical direction, and collaborating cross‑functionally. As a Team Lead, you’ll lead the engineering group of a cross‑functional team composed of software engineers, a product manager, and UX/design.

Our product is used by marketing teams in regulated industries across the world. You will serve as a Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME), partnering with the core client team and our platform team on long‑term architecture, collaborating with Product Managers on roadmap planning, and working with other Team Leads across the organization to ensure cohesion and scalability in everything we build.

• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for our product, owning the technical direction and quality of solutions designed and deployed.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation, including extended integrations with client technology and data systems beyond the immediate project scope.
• Own the ongoing reliability and effectiveness of our product.
• Contribute directly to our Mar Tech platform’s priorities and roadmap, working with our internal engineering team on technical architecture and long‑term planning to keep them aligned with client engagement needs.
• Mentor other engineers on the team to support their professional growth and technical development.
• Drive good engineering practices and processes, such as blameless post‑mortems and automated testing, to ensure software stability and quality.

The essentials

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally across the full stack.
• 3+ years of people‑management experience (Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar).
• Hands‑on experience with Type Script, Next.js, Node.js, and React.
• Comfortable in a hybrid technical/data role, bridging engineering and data‑driven decision‑making.
• Solid understanding of secure integrations, API authentication, and OAuth 2.0 flows.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm in production.
• Familiarity with domain‑driven design or clean architecture patterns.
• Experience using AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex) to build software solutions.

Not a must, but a plus

• Background working in high‑compliance environments (HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.).
• Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code tools.
• Prior experience bootstrapping teams or greenfield systems.
• Prior experience building products.

Salary Range: $130,000—$160,000 CAD

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