Lead Developer (French Services) (Telework)

CBC/Radio-Canada; Montreal; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CBC/Radio-Canada is seeking a Lead Developer for its French Services to guide a team in developing and maintaining projects. This role involves extensive collaboration, leadership, and technical expertise in both front-end and back-end development, contributing to the digital revolution of Canadian storytelling.

Benefits

Flexible work schedules

Work-from-home opportunities

Competitive total rewards package

Opportunities for continued learning and professional development

Pair programming and mentorship opportunities

Dynamic work environment

Supportive management team

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with back-end and front-end development.
• Proficient knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, React, Redux.
• Experience in managing a development team.

Responsibilities

• Guide a cross-functional team of developers.
• Review and assess project needs and maintain development standards.
• Mentor team members and ensure project compliance with standards.

Skills

Object-oriented development

Functional development

JavaScript

TypeScript

CSS

React

Redux

GraphQL

Web accessibility standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

NodeJS

MongoDB

Redis

Elasticsearch

Azure Services

Job description

Position Title:

Lead Developer (French Services) (Telework)

Status of Employment:

Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement:

English, French

Language Skills:

English (Reading - C - Advanced), English (Speaking - C - Advanced), English (Writing - C - Advanced), French (Reading - C - Advanced), French (Speaking - C - Advanced), French (Writing - C - Advanced)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2025-06-02 11:59 PM

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours?

If you share our passion for Canadian storytelling, and you wish to help us engage with individuals and communities across our various digital platforms, this is where you’ll want to be!

Every day, you’ll have an opportunity to shape the way in which Canadians see themselves reflected in our digital services. Your work will have a direct impact on how millions of Canadians from various communities connect with our products, with one another, and with the diverse voices that make our country so unique.

You’ll have the opportunity to play a part in enlightening and entertaining Canadians through our innovative work in building the mediums that deliver our content. We’re an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions. Our product teams are vibrant, and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We believe that hiring people with different career paths and backgrounds is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy, high-performing teams. When you join our mission, you’re not only shaping the vision of CBC/Radio-Canada, but the future of our country.

We know that commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity is essential to creating content that mirrors and resonates with the rich and evolving makeup of our country. We’re also committed to reaching out and connecting with our audience on multiple platforms; this includes creating virtual places where communities can come together.

There is an opportunity for this to be a full-time teleworking position. Work arrangements will be discussed with hiring managers per departmental guidelines.

About the Radio-Canada.ca Core Team:

The Radio-Canada.ca Core Team is dedicated to enhancing the health, quality and stability of our front-office systems. We standardize development practices, provide support for system monitoring and optimization (working closely with other teams), manage orphaned back-end systems and implement essential tools and practices for all our product development teams. We’re also responsible for the ongoing evolution and maintenance of our digital advertising systems.

Why is this role important?

Your role as Lead Developer is to guide a cross-functional team of developers, helping them develop, maintain and evolve projects.

More specifically, you will review and assess needs while encouraging the team to determine requirements and maintain development standards. You will be asked to co-ordinate, support and participate in the team’s technical foundation work. You will provide the development team with leadership to ensure cohesion and a steady pace of development. You also know that delegating tasks and identifying your team’s skills is essential to achieving team objectives in a healthy way. You will need to be a good listener, a good teacher, diplomatic and psychologically astute on a daily basis.

Your proven track record in development will enable you to fulfil your role using the appropriate technology and leveraging industry best practices. You will guide and oversee development focused on producing, enhancing or maintaining back-end and front-end apps. You will also ensure and plan the go-live of these apps.

Drawing on your excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you will train and support the development team in their efforts to evolve back-end and front-end apps. You will also be required to help recruit and mentor team members with a view to upgrading their skills.

When you work for CBC/Radio-Canada, you’re not only joining the undisputed leader in expressing Canadian culture — you’re also participating in its digital revolution. Here, you’ll find a stimulating, state-of-the-art and team-focused work environment.

Perks you can look forward to:

• Flexible work schedules, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work.

• Work-from-home opportunities.

• Competitive total rewards package.

• Opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology.

• Opportunities for continued learning and professional development.

• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent.

• A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected.

• A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity.

• An environment that favours experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation.

How you will make an impact:

• Assisting with project analysis, evaluation and planning.

• Planning and prioritizing development tasks in conjunction with the project manager.

• Assisting with implementation and ensuring your team’s compliance with established development standards.

• Acting as a mentor to developers on your team.

• Providing strong leadership to the technical team.

• Keeping your team informed of project status updates and changes.

• Discussing potential human and technical challenges, and suggesting solutions to those challenges.

• Staying current on industry best practices for development and documentation.

• Proactively seeking ways to improve team workflows.

• Sharing knowledge in your field of expertise.

• Promoting best practices and ensuring appropriate knowledge transfer to the team.

• Ensuring the smooth operation of all projects under your purview, from initial analysis to final rollout.

• Participating in code reviews to help the team evolve and maintain high standards for code quality and robustness.

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

• Experience or interest in managing a development team.

• Extensive experience with back-end and front-end development.

• Proficient knowledge of object-oriented and functional development.

• Proficient knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript/CSS.

• Proficient knowledge of React/Redux/Saga.

• Knowledge of the digital advertising space (Google Ads).

• Familiarity with NodeJS.

• Knowledge of MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch and Azure Services.

• Knowledge of GraphQL.

• Knowledge of web accessibility standards.

• Ability to make complex technical concepts understandable to non-experts.

• Ability to work well in a team, communicate effectively and be diplomatic.

• Ability to advocate for technical approaches.

• Ability to recommend relevant solutions to technical challenges that arise.

• Keen interest in major web trends and issues.

• Interest in and openness to emerging technologies.

• Excellent stress management and prioritization skills.

• Excellent judgment and initiative.

• Analytical and conceptual mind.

• Critical mind, diligence, self-management skills and resourcefulness.

• Solid command of French.

• Working knowledge of spoken and written English.

Please note this is a 12-month contract position, renewable annually. This regular position is not a consulting assignment but a long-term opportunity with attractive CBC/Radio-Canada employee benefits.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:

• A mandatory Criminal record check.

• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/working-with-us/jobs/diversity-inclusion-cbc-rc) of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [e-mail] .

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/values-ethics/conduct) . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/human-resources/conflicts) . In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time

At CBC/Radio-Canada (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en) , we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.