SaaS · software
ABOUT THE ROLE
Lead a core product engineering team at an early-stage SaaS company modernizing software for local governments. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on building a strong team and delivering reliable, customer-facing products.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead and mentor a team of 3 to 7 software engineers, supporting their career development.
- Partner with product and cross-functional teams to define and deliver the technical roadmap.
- Spend approximately 20% to 30% of your time coding, reviewing code, and contributing to architectural design.
- Guide architectural decisions to support scalable, performant, maintainable systems.
- Promote high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and engineering practices.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 7 to 15 years of full-stack software engineering experience, including at least one year managing or leading a team with direct reports.
- Recent hands-on experience building web products, with the ability to contribute to technical design and implementation.
- Proficiency with React, TypeScript, Python, and Kotlin or Go; familiarity with Java and PostgreSQL is also relevant.
- Experience with AWS, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD workflows.
- Experience at a startup and with customer-facing products, plus the ability to work effectively with product and other functional teams.
- Familiarity with AI development tools such as Claude or Cursor.
- Located in Canada or the United States, able to work US time zones, and willing to travel to customers up to 10%.
- Must be authorized to work in the Uni