Software Development Manager, Frontend

Loblaw Digital est l’équipe responsable de la construction et de l’exploitation des activités numériques pour le plus grand et le plus prospère détaillant au Canada. Nous créons des solutions de commerce électronique de pointe réactives, dont le site Cliquez et ramassez de Loblaws, qui offre une expérience de courses alimentaires en ligne novatrice. Nous avons également mis au point, et exploitons maintenant, le site primé JoeFresh.com, ainsi que l’application pour iPad et iPhone. Nous sommes établis dans le centre-ville de Toronto et fonctionnons comme une jeune entreprise, mais disposons des ressources d’une entreprise beaucoup plus importante. Nous sommes une équipe sympathique d’entrepreneurs en constante évolution qui travaille en collaboration en vue de transformer la façon dont les Canadiens magasinent.

Pourquoi ce role est-il important?

Software Development Manager – Mobile

As the Software Development Manager – Mobile, you’ll lead a team of 12–15 developers, split roughly evenly between iOS and Android engineers, who are building and scaling the “Buy” experiences that power mobile shopping for Loblaw, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Joe Fresh. Your team owns the core flows that make shopping possible—adding items to cart, managing payment and loyalty, selecting fulfillment options, and completing checkout—helping millions of Canadians conveniently purchase groceries, health products, and fashion from their phones.

You’ll report to either a Senior Engineering Manager or Engineering Director, and work closely with product, design, analytics, and platform teams to deliver seamless, high-performing mobile experiences. From intuitive checkout flows to personalized recommendations and loyalty integrations, your team plays a central role in shaping the future of mobile commerce for some of Canada’s most trusted retail brands.

Your team operates with a DevOps mindset, fostering a “build it, own it” culture where engineers take end-to-end ownership of their services—from development to deployment to ongoing reliability. Team members participate in an on-call rotation to ensure our mobile apps remain performant, stable, and reliable for millions of users.

This is a hybrid role, with the expectation of spending one day per week in our Toronto office to foster collaboration and team connection.

It’s an opportunity to lead complex, high-impact technical initiatives—where every release helps Canadians shop smarter, faster, and more conveniently.

What You’ll Do

• Define and execute the long-term technical and product vision for mobile commerce across iOS and Android, aligned with company strategy and customer needs.

• Lead and grow an inclusive, high-performing engineering team with a strong culture of ownership, impact, and continuous learning.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, analytics, and platform partners to build and launch high-quality, user-centered mobile experiences.

• Champion engineering excellence by promoting best practices in mobile development, testing, CI/CD automation, and operational maturity.

• Stay close to the work—review code, guide architectural decisions, and provide technical leadership where needed.

• Mentor and coach mobile engineers, helping them grow in both technical depth and leadership capability.

• Run effective 1:1s to maintain alignment, engagement, and clarity across your team.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, documentation, and continuous improvement in both process and product.

• Apply Agile project management techniques to plan, forecast, and ensure accountability for delivery dates, project scope, and team commitments.

Does This Sound Like You?

• Experienced Software Development Manager with a background in mobile engineering (iOS and/or Android).

• 6+ years of software development experience, including hands-on mobile development and experience leading technical teams.

• 2+ years of people management experience, successfully leading and developing high-performing mobile engineering teams.

• While not coding daily, you’re technically fluent—able to guide design and architectural decisions, unblock technical challenges, and set high engineering standards.

• Proven track record delivering large-scale, consumer-facing mobile apps, ideally in eCommerce, retail, or other complex, high-impact domains.

• You understand the nuances of native app development, including performance optimization, accessibility, and mobile UX best practices.

• Comfortable working with modern mobile tech stacks, such as:

  • iOS: Swift, SwiftUI, Combine, UIKit, Xcode

  • Android: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Android Studio

  • Familiarity with cross-platform patterns (e.g., modular architectures, shared libraries, or backend-driven UI).

  • Server-driven UI (SDUI) architecture expereince is a plus.

• Experienced in mobile CI/CD, automated testing, feature flagging, and release management for App Store and Google Play.

• Strong understanding of RESTful and GraphQL APIs, event-driven architectures, and mobile performance monitoring tools (e.g., Firebase, New Relic, Datadog).

• Comfortable working in cloud-based ecosystems (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure) and integrating mobile apps with large-scale backend systems.

• You prioritize security, privacy, and compliance, ensuring customer trust and safe digital experiences.

• Skilled in planning and execution, able to balance technical debt, delivery risk, and stakeholder expectations effectively.

• Data-informed leader who uses metrics to assess product performance, team health, and engineering outcomes.

• Excellent communicator and collaborator, bridging technical, product, and business perspectives across brands and teams.

• Passionate about mentorship and team culture, fostering an environment of curiosity, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Comment Réussir:

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