Software Development Manager

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?

Why is this role important?

At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experience, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. From our office in Downtown Toronto, we’ve created leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started.
 

As a Software Development Manager, you will report to the Senior Software Development Manager and will lead the team to build, improve, and maintain services in buy domain for 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 - preferably PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• 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

How you'll succeed?

Our commitment to sustainability and social impact is a core part of how we do business. 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, procurement, and community. We are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our BE values—Commitment, Care, Respect, and Excellence—guide all our decision-making and are brought to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and extensive competitive benefits—just a few of the many reasons we're ranked among Canada's Top Employers, Canada's Best Diversity Employers, Canada's Greenest Employers, and Canada's Top Employers for Young People.

If you're unsure if your experience matches all the above requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway. We seek diverse applicants, including diverse backgrounds, to add to our team.

We have long focused 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 accommodations due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of the application and employment process. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can offer equitable opportunities.

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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Loblaw Digital limitée considère que la diversité culturelle du Canada est une source de fierté nationale et un symbole de stabilité. Nous nous sommes donné comme priorité de refléter les diversités culturelles de notre pays dans les produits que nous vendons, les gens que nous embauchons et notre culture d’entreprise. Des mesures d’adaptation sont offertes sur demande pour les candidats et les collègues qui ont des handicaps.

En outre, nous croyons que la conformité aux lois consiste à faire ce qu'il faut. Le respect de la loi fait partie de notre Code de conduite; il renforce ce que nos clients et nos parties prenantes attendent de nous.

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