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About the role
Lead and mentor a team of software engineers while partnering with cross-functional teams to define and deliver technical roadmaps. Balance hands-on coding and architectural design with people leadership to ensure scalable and maintainable systems.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires 7 to 15 years of full-stack software engineering experience with at least 1 year in a leadership role. Proficiency in modern web technologies, cloud infrastructure, and experience working in early-stage startup environments is essential.
Full description
About the Role
Lead a core product engineering team building software that helps local governments modernize their services. This hands-on, product-minded role combines people leadership with technical direction and direct contributions to design and code.
What You'll Do
- Lead and mentor a team of 3 to 7 software engineers, supporting their growth and development.
- Partner with product and cross-functional teams to define and deliver the technical roadmap for core products.
- Spend approximately 20 to 30 percent of your time coding, reviewing code, and shaping architecture.
- Guide architectural decisions to keep systems scalable, performant, and maintainable.
- Promote strong practices in code quality, testing, documentation, and engineering ownership.
What We're Looking For
- 7 to 15 years of full-stack software engineering experience, including at least 1 year as a people manager or team lead.
- A strong individual contributor foundation, direct people-management experience, and the ability to stay hands-on with technical design and code.
- 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.
- Experience in early-stage startups and customer-facing product development, including work outside large, highly resourced technology companies.
- Ability to work US time zones and travel to customers approximately 10 percent of the time.
- Experience integrating AI tools into engineering workflows is valued.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $165,000 to $205,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
Remote, with a primary location in Canada.
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