Lead Engineer

Disguise Technologies; Quebec; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm located in Quebec seeks a Lead Engineer to build and optimize a user-facing commercial platform essential for customer interaction. The successful candidate will possess strong software development skills, particularly in Vue and Django or Laravel, with a focus on creating scalable backend solutions. Benefits include unlimited paid time off, hybrid working conditions, and mental health support.

Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Hybrid working options

Mental health and wellbeing support

Annual gig allowance

Training and mentoring

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience, preferably in a startup or product-focused environment.
• Strong proficiency in Vue for frontend development.
• Proven experience with backend frameworks like Django or Laravel.
• Experience integrating with customer-facing business systems like Stripe or Salesforce.
• Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain API services across platforms and technologies.
• Develop scalable backend solutions with proper database optimizations.
• Coordinate with UX designers and project stakeholders.
• Assist the support team with customer inquiries.

Skills

Software development

Vue.js

Django

Laravel

REST APIs

AWS

Git

JIRA

Product mentality

Tools

GitHub

ProductBoard

Job description

Role Summary

We’re looking for a Lead Engineer to take ownership of building and optimizing our user‑facing commercial platform (licensing & subscription management). This platform is at the heart of how customers interact with our products so you’ll have a big impact on shaping both user experience and business operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain API services and backend systems across multiple platforms, languages and technologies.
• Develop scalable and robust backend solutions, leveraging proper database optimizations.
• Build and maintain Vue controls and components to expose functionality to end users.
• Coordinate with UX designers, data engineers and other developers to ensure successful delivery of key milestones.
• Work heavily with other development teams within the organization to lend your expertise to other company applications.
• Review other developers’ code and pull requests, including code reviews and quality assurance testing.
• Assist the Support team members in customer inquiries, solving and troubleshooting problems and responding to support requests both internally and externally.
• Assist with troubleshooting, debugging and deployments where necessary.
• Break a feature into manageable tasks for implementation.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience (startup or product‑focused environment preferred).
• Strong proficiency in Vue on the frontend.
• Strong proficiency in Django and/or Laravel on the backend.
• Proven experience building integrations with existing customer‑facing business systems and processes (ideally Stripe, Salesforce, Netsuite or similar and licensing management systems).
• Experience with JIRA, GitHub, ProductBoard or other project management tracking and ticketing tools.
• Git source control proficiency with branches, pull requests and code reviews.
• Strong REST understanding and implementation experience servicing public and private APIs, including OpenAPI spec and documentation.
• Exposure to standard AWS‑based product stacks and associated secondary tooling for documentation, testing and deployments.
• Product‑minded: ability to think about the “why” and not just the “how”.

Nice to Have

• Basic design/UX sensibility.
• Tailwind CSS.
• Experience or familiarity in the live events, film production or entertainment industries.

About Disguise

Disguise is the industry‑leading platform sitting at the heart of a new era of visual experiences. One powerful integrated system of software, hardware and services to help create the next dimension of real‑time spectacle. We partner with the biggest entertainment brands and companies in the world to deliver a spectrum of live music events, live TV broadcasts, immersive experiences, installations, theatre, film and TV production, corporate communications and brand product launches. Working with Disney, Snapchat, Netflix, ESPN, the Burj Khalifa and Adele, Disguise is the number one partner delivering the next dimension of entertainment.

We Celebrate Diversity

Innovation comes from everyone. We strive to create a workplace that reflects our diverse audience. We celebrate our people for their full authentic selves and embrace uniqueness. Inclusion and equity matter at Disguise. We create together and we create everywhere.

Our Values

• Honest – We are real with ourselves and our clients and share our ideas with openness and transparency.
• Evolutionary – We innovate using our users’ ever‑changing needs so our technology remains ahead of the game.
• Fearless – We take the best path, not the easiest and innovate where it’s right, not where it’s simplest.
• Resilience – We don’t give up until we find the right solution, even if it means going outside our remit.
• Belong – We create an environment where everyone feels like they belong and is empowered to do their best work.

Our Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Time Off – with a minimum time you must take set at 20% above statutory.
• Hybrid working between home and our offices (dependent on role and location).
• Mental health and wellbeing support – subscription to the Calm app, mental health first‑aid, buddies, employee assistance programmes.
• Gig allowance – $400 (or local equivalent) to spend on tickets every year to immerse yourself in our industries.
• Belonging policies – including (but not limited to) support for parental fertility, miscarriage, menopause and transition.
• Training, coaching and mentoring.

Key Skills

Administrative Skills, Facilities Management, Biotechnology, Creative Production, Design And Estimation, Architecture

Employment Type: Full Time | Experience: Years | Vacancy: 1