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?

As the Software Development Manager, you'll lead a team of developers focused on building and scaling our healthcare platform—powering experiences across the PC Health website and Shoppers Drug Mart’s digital ecosystem. You’ll be responsible for driving development, maintaining software quality, and ensuring the platform continues to evolve to meet the growing needs of Canadians.

You’ll report to the Senior Engineering Manager and work closely with product, design, analytics, and stakeholders to ship meaningful features—not just code. From personalized care journeys to digital pharmacy and wellness tools, your team will play a critical role in delivering high-impact, user-centered healthcare solutions.

This is a chance to lead complex technical work with real-world impact—where every release supports better health outcomes for millions.
 

What You’ll Do:

• Define the long-term technical and product vision for your team, aligning with company and healthcare strategy.

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

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, data, and clinical teams to build and launch meaningful healthcare features.

• Drive the architecture and backend/frontend development of scalable applications—used by patients, pharmacists, and care providers nationwide.

• Champion engineering excellence by promoting best practices, code quality, and operational maturity.

• Be hands-on in the development lifecycle: review code, give technical feedback, and support solution design where needed.

• Mentor and coach engineers—providing regular feedback, career development support, and technical guidance.

• Hold effective 1:1s to drive clarity, engagement, and team alignment.

• Foster a culture of documentation, continuous improvement, and technical learning across the team.

Does This Sound Like You?

• Experienced Software Development Manager with a background in leading Frontend Development teamss.

• You have a strong technical foundation with 10+ years of hands-on software development experience—specializing in frontend systems while maintaining a solid understanding of backend architecture.

• You will not be coding, but you stay close enough to the work to guide architectural decisions, unblock technical challenges, and set high engineering standards.

• You’ve been operating as an Engineering Manager for at least a year and know how to lead, grow, and empower a high-performing team.

• You’ve led frontend-focused teams delivering complex, performant, and accessible user experiences—while collaborating closely with backend, platform, and infrastructure counterparts to build cohesive, scalable systems.

• You’ve built and scaled large, consumer-facing applications in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments—ideally with healthcare, retail, or other high-impact domains.

• You know what great software looks like. You care about quality, performance, security, and maintainability—and you hold the bar high while staying open to different approaches.

• You're confident in project planning and estimation, able to break down ambiguous problems and navigate delivery risk while keeping stakeholders aligned.

• You lead with data. You make informed decisions, track progress, and use metrics to assess both product performance and team health.

• You’re a strong communicator who knows how to bridge the gap between technical teams, business partners, and non-technical stakeholders—driving clarity across the board.

• You're energized by coaching, mentoring, and fostering a strong team culture. You create space for growth, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• You're hands-on with modern web development stacks. You bring deep experience with frameworks like React and Next.js, and familiarity with backend technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, and modern cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure.

• You understand the critical role of security, privacy, and compliance in healthcare—and know how to build user-facing features that meet these requirements without compromising experience.

• You’ve worked with event-driven systems, reactive architectures, and both SQL and NoSQL data models—and you know when to use what.

Comment Réussir:

Chez Loblaw Digital, nous recherchons toujours des personnes formidables pour continuellement renforcer notre culture.  Nous croyons que les gens formidables façonnent nos valeurs, sont authentiques, bâtissent la confiance et créent des liens. 

Si cela vous ressemble et que vous êtes ouvert d’esprit, que vous avez une bonne attitude face aux changements et que vous aimez les défis d’un environnement de travail aux détails dynamiques, postulez aujourd’hui.

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