Development Manager, Cloud Infrastructure

PetalMD; Montreal; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare technology company in Montreal is seeking a Development Manager for Cloud Infrastructure to lead a team of Site Reliability Engineers (SREs). The role involves providing technical direction, mentoring team members, and collaborating with stakeholders. Ideal candidates possess strong leadership skills and a solid technical background, particularly in cloud technologies like Kubernetes and Azure. The position offers a hybrid work model and a variety of benefits.

Benefits

Recurring hybrid work allowance

Compensation that recognizes your contribution

4 to 6 weeks of paid vacation per year

5 paid personal days per year

Group RRSP / DPSP plan with employer contribution

Complete group insurance plan

Annual wellness allowance

Access to telehealth application

Qualifications

• Experience managing and growing a technical team in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong experience in software development lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of SREs while fostering a collaborative culture.
• Provide technical direction and enforce coding standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Collaboration

Technical orientation

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Go

Linux

Azure Cloud

Job description

Petal is a leading Canadian healthcare orchestration and billing company that revolutionizes healthcare systems to make them agile, efficient, and resilient by enabling the forecasting and shaping of world‑class healthcare through Healthcare BI, advanced analytics, and informed insights.

Our commitment to fostering an exceptional workplace culture has earned us notable recognitions, including being listed as a Great Place to Work in both the technology and healthcare sectors. Join us in our mission to empower healthcare innovators and improve healthcare differently.

What you can expect when joining the team

As a Development Manager, Cloud Infrastructure, you can expect to join a collaborative and innovative environment where teamwork and continuous learning are highly valued. You will take ownership of high‑quality cloud systems, drive technical excellence and contribute directly to strategic initiatives.

Supported by the Director of Platform and senior leadership, you will have the autonomy to shape team processes, mentor developers, and foster a high‑performing team.

Here is some of the technology you'll get to work with daily: Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, Go, Linux, Azure Cloud.

Your expertise and strong leadership skills will play a pivotal role in shaping the team’s success and the future of Petal’s software solutions.

Your daily life

In your day to day, you will be led to:

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of 3-6 SREs, helping them grow their technical and leadership skills while fostering a collaborative, inclusive team culture aligned with Petal’s values.
• Provide clear technical direction, enforce coding standards, and promote best practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and scalable software solutions.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, staff developers, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements, timelines, and priorities that align with business goals.
• Act as a bi-directional central point of contact for the team, simplifying inputs and outputs to ensure efficient communication, clear expectations and meaningful context.
• Track progress and quality during the development lifecycle and take actions to constantly improve as a team through tasks and reports.
• Identify risks, potential bottlenecks, and technical challenges early on, working proactively with the team to remove blockers and maintain project momentum.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts by evaluating tools, processes, and workflows, encouraging experimentation and innovation where appropriate.
• Conduct regular one‑on‑one meetings to understand individual team member goals, challenges, and development opportunities, providing ongoing feedback and coaching.
• Create and track personalized development plans to support each team member’s career growth, whether through hands‑on technical work, leadership development, or exposure to cross‑functional initiatives.
• Recognize team and individual achievements, celebrate milestones, and create opportunities for knowledge sharing to strengthen team cohesion and morale.
• Promote a healthy work‑life balance by encouraging sustainable workloads, recognizing signs of burnout, and ensuring the team feels supported in managing their time and responsibilities.

Your profile

You are a seasoned software professional with a strong technical foundation and proven leadership skills. You have a passion for mentoring and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement. The sky’s the limit if you have:

• Proven experience in managing and growing a technical team in a fast‑paced environment is an asset.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire and motivate a team while driving accountability and ownership.
• Advanced technical experience (particularly in understanding front‑end and back‑end development from conception to production support).
• A solution‑orientated and strategic mindset.
• Build strong relationships with cross‑functional teams to ensure smooth project execution.

Petal’s position on remote working

In our opinion, a company cannot claim to be modern, innovative and have the well‑being of their team at heart, without attempting to integrate remote working to the level that their business model allows them to. Petal employees continue to benefit from the option of teleworking up to the maximum flexibility permitted by the nature of the position and the smooth running of operations.

Our benefits

• Recurring hybrid work allowance.
• Compensation that recognizes your contribution.
• 4 to 6 weeks of paid vacation per year.
• 5 paid personal days per year.
• A group RRSP / DPSP plan with employer contribution.
• A complete group insurance plan, from day 1.
• An annual wellness allowance.
• Access to the Lumino Health™ telehealth application.
• Flexible work hours and more.

Petal is an active participant in the equal opportunity employment program, and members of the following target groups are encouraged to apply: women, people with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. If you are a person with a disability, assistance with the screening and selection process is available on request.

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