Manager, Engineering - Checkout

Compass Group North America; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading foodservice company in Toronto is looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a small team responsible for building a next-generation checkout experience. The role requires 3+ years in management and extensive software development expertise, with a strong focus on Agile principles. Candidates should be strong leaders who nurture innovation and foster best practices in a fast-paced environment. The position offers a hybrid work model, with in-office presence required three times a week.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a management role with direct reports.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in software development.
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build teams of leaders.
• Identify best practices from processes to technical governance.
• Encourage a culture of innovative problem-solving.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Agile principles

Technical communication

Problem solving

Job description

Why work with Compass Digital?

We are a member of Compass Group North America the leading foodservice and support services company. We create remarkable customer experiences through the innovative design and development of technology products and services. Compass Digital began as an innovation startup and the team has since rapidly grown and now supports technology and innovation across all of North America. Compass digital is comprised of user experience designers, developers, data scientists, project managers, business analysts, marketers and technology implementation managers, all of whom look at the world from a human perspective to rethink what's possible in the areas of technology innovation and consumer engagement within the foodservice and hospitality industries. Join us.

Job Summary

Hybrid - 3 Times a Week in Office

Location: Toronto, ON

The Software Engineering Manager (Checkout) will join a small, entrepreneurial team in building the next-generation checkout experience for Compass Digital. Currently in pilot stage, this system is poised for rapid growth. In the coming months, we’ll be scaling the system, adding new features, and expanding its reach to more markets and use cases, with a long-term vision to reinvent what the checkout experience can be. The team operates like a startup with fast-paced development and the opportunity to shape a product with massive potential impact.

The Management team at Compass Digital is the core of our culture. While every manager is expected to have sufficient domain knowledge within their specialty, emphasis is placed on their ability to effectively lead not only individuals to their potential, but the department as a whole.

Now, if you were to come on board as one of our Manager, Engineering, we’d ask you to do the following for us:

• You’re a fast learner who can easily navigate information at both high and low levels, and know when to spend your time at each
• You have a keen eye for critical questions and a deep practice of coaching people through questions
• You believe hierarchy is a concept, least useful when applied to people, and treat everyone as the leader they are
• You’re not afraid to get your hands dirty if it came to it but prefer to spend your time looking at improvements at a domain or system level
• You’re an ideator who has proven follow-through, with a side of appropriate delegation
• You easily articulate technical challenges, risk, and initiatives to non-technical people
• Iterative development, continuous integration & deployment, lean development aren’t just buzzwords to you - and you have the celebratory scars to prove it
• You understand Software Engineering goes far beyond code and proactively build relationships throughout your organization

Think you have what it takes to be our Manager, Engineering? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you’ll be successful in the role.

• Be responsible for leading & building teams of leaders; leading from the front or from the back as necessary
• Help teams identify best practices for them and for the organization, from processes to technical governance
• Ensuring appropriate technical and product decisions are being made by teams that support an agile mindset
• Work with our management team to identify, launch, and celebrate new initiatives, thinking of tomorrow and leading teams to create an iterative path forward
• Encourage a culture of innovative problem solving, skill building, and bridging teams and our clients
• Work out systemic kinks in the pipeline
• 3+ years in a management role, with direct reports
• 5+ years of direct hands on experience, within software development and a strong understanding of Agile principles and agile development practice

Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.

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