Manager, Engineering

Redwood Software; Canada; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automation solutions provider in Canada is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a world-class engineering team in Toronto. The role involves shaping technical strategy and improving engineering processes for their SaaS-based automation platform. Ideal candidates have over 7 years of experience in software development and a strong technical background in backend development and Agile methodologies. Join a company that values customer success and innovation.

Qualifications

• 7 years of progressive software development experience, coaching or leading software developers.
• Proven success building and scaling enterprise SaaS products in automation or workflow orchestration.
• Experience leading teams building cloud-native applications.

Responsibilities

• Hire and retain a world-class software development team.
• Provide technical leadership for RunMyJobs products.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align engineering priorities with business goals.

Skills

Software development experience

Enterprise SaaS products

Backend development

Distributed systems

Agile methodologies

Cloud-native applications

Tools

Java

AWS

Azure

GCP

DevOps

Job description

OUR MISSION

At Redwood we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes.

ABOUT US

Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower you to orchestrate manage and monitor your workflows across any application service or server in the cloud or on premises with confidence and control.

Redwoods global team of automation experts and customer success engineers provide solutions and world-class support designed to give you the freedom and time to imagine and define your future. Get out of the weeds and see the forest with Redwood Software.

CORE VALUES

• One Team. One Redwood
• Make Your Own Weather
• Obsess over Customer Success
• Work the Problem
• Be Curious
• Own the Outcome
• Respect Each Other

YOUR IMPACT

Redwood Software delivers powerful automation solutions that simplify and accelerate critical business and IT processes for some of the worlds largest enterprises. The Redwood Automation Platform streamlines complex business workflows and operations reduces manual effort ensures compliance and accelerates business outcomes through intelligent cloud-native automation.

As Software Development Manager Redwood Automation Platform youll report to the Head of Engineering for Redwoods core product platform at our Toronto based Engineering hub. Youll help to shape the technical strategy scale engineering operations and lead an engineering team building and evolving our SaaS-based business process automation platform that serves as the foundation for multiple Redwood products solutions and services. This is a high-impact role requiring strong technical depth leadership and a passion for delivering world-class enterprise software.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Hire lead and retain a world class software development team in the Toronto area.
• Partner with the Head of Engineering to help provide technical leadership for Redwoods core RunMyJobs products and services.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management Sales Customer Success and executive leadership to align engineering priorities with business goals.
• Improve engineering processes for Agile product development continuous delivery and cloud-native development.
• Foster a high-performance engineering culture grounded in accountability continuous improvement and customer-centric product thinking.
• Lead mentor and develop engineers supporting career growth and succession planning.
• Assist in making high-level technical and architectural decisions to support enterprise-grade SaaS delivery.
• Ensure systems and services meet the highest standards for security reliability observability and operational excellence.
• Partner with stakeholders to manage team capacity hiring and resource allocation as Redwoods product portfolio grows.
• Track and report on key engineering KPIs related to delivery velocity product quality and operational performance.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• 7 years of progressive software development experience with exposure coaching and or leading software developers.
• Proven success building and scaling enterprise SaaS products ideally in automation ERP or workflow orchestration domains.
• Strong technical background in backend software development (e.g. Java or similar languages) distributed systems and RESTful APIs.
• Experience leading teams building cloud-native applications on platforms like AWS Azure or GCP.
• Track record of leading Agile software development processes and cross-functional product delivery.
• Experience in operationalizing DevOps CI / CD pipelines and continuous cloud delivery best practices.

Nice to Have :

• Background in ERP systems (e.g. SAP Oracle) ERP automation workload automation financial process automation or RPA technologies.
• Previous involvement in cloud transformation or SaaS platform modernization initiatives.

If you like growth and working with happy enthusiastic over-achievers youll enjoy your career with us!

THE LEGAL BIT

Redwood is an equal opportunity employer. Redwood prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race colour religion sex gender identity marital or veteran status age national origin ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) sexual orientation pregnancy or any other consideration made unlawful by regional or local laws. We also prohibit discrimination based on a perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful and will have a zero tolerance policy applied to it.

Redwood will comply with all local data protection laws including GDPR when it comes to the handling and processing of personal data. Should you wish for us to remove your personal data from our recruitment database please email us directly at

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