Software Development Manager

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well®.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong. 

You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager and will lead the team to build, improve, and maintain a world-class, multi-channel digital platform. This is a rare opportunity to lead a team that will build new technology that will operate at a massive scale and impact the lives of millions of Canadians.

What You'll do

• Cultivate a deep understanding of the portfolio of applications we utilize, along with their respective strengths and weaknesses, to provide solutions to existing and future challenges.
• Lead technical architecture for a whole component and/or cross-functional team.
• Define the long-term vision for your team, aligning with the company's strategic and tactical goals.
• Translate project goals and product roadmaps into organized technical tasks.
• Through your knowledge of industry trends and tools, together with your own experiences, guide the team to improve our software, our environment, and our process.
• Provide guidance and direction to the development team to tear down obstacles and keep initiatives on target and moving forward.
• Coach and mentor developers in the team through technical design sessions, code reviews and pair programming.
• Provide technical guidance and support in resolving critical production issues.
• Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to successfully deliver new features and capabilities.
• Construct design documents and documentation to aid in maintenance and code reuse.
• Set clear objectives, provide regular feedback, and conduct performance evaluations to ensure the team's success

Does this Sound like you?

• A deep understanding of software development with a minimum of 5 years hands-on programming expertise. While you may not code every day, understanding the context of your team’s work is paramount
• A track record of successfully mentoring and growing other software developers in your previous roles as a direct manager.
• Opinionated about what it takes to produce great software but remains receptive to others ideas.
• Experienced with software estimation, often confronted with complexity and uncertainty.
• Makes decisions based on data. You are well versed with tools to measure every aspect of the application and your team.
• Developed large applications in a team environment and are comfortable working in a very collaborative cross-functional team setup.
• A great communicator. You can present complicated solutions to non-technical audience in a simple and logical way
• Open minded, likes to learn and share knowledge and always looks out for “a better way” to do something.
• Develop complex consumer facing software using Java,Kotlin, Spring Boot and Cloud technologies (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure)
• Practical experience with event-based architecture, reactive system design, SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in full stack development, backend infrastructure
• Nice to have Adtech, ecommerce domain knowledge and experience working with advertisement platforms

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community – and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.  
 
Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.

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