Senior Software Architect - Hands-on Tech Lead (Hybrid)

TalentSphere Staffing Solutions Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% Bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

TalentSphere Staffing Solutions Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Lead/Architect in Toronto (Hybrid) to lead a small software team. You will stay hands-on with coding and architecture while mentoring three developers and coordinating across embedded, hardware, quality and product teams.

The role emphasizes regulated, safety-critical development for commercially manufactured products, with preference for medical device-like environments. Strong Windows/Linux experience is ideal.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, CS, or related field.
• 10+ years of software development experience with hands-on depth.
• Experience leading or mentoring software developers.
• Experience with C#, C++, .NET, WPF and/or MVC.
• Strong architecture, design, integration, testing and deployment experience.
• Experience with commercial manufactured products or complex engineered systems.
• Experience in regulated, safety-critical or highly structured environments.
• Git/GitLab, CI/CD, version control, modern development practices.
• Experience on Windows and/or Linux environments.
• Strong emphasis on quality, documentation and traceability.
• Ability to collaborate across software, hardware, firmware, quality and product teams.
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and day-to-day guidance to a small team of software developers.
• Remain hands-on with development, architecture, reviews, troubleshooting, and complex problem solving.
• Lead architecture, system design, integration, testing, deployment, and sustaining activities.
• Review designs and code for quality, maintainability and reliability.
• Prioritize work, allocate resources, manage timelines, ensure deliverables meet requirements.
• Collaborate with embedded, firmware, hardware, product and quality teams.
• Support documentation and development in a regulated quality environment.
• Improve development processes, testing practices, tooling, CI/CD, and quality.
• Assist production and field issue resolution and cross-product problem solving.
• Mentor developers to raise technical capability and performance.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

C#

C++

.NET

WPF/MVC

Software architecture

Mentorship

Regulated environment

Team coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/Software/CS

Tools

Git/GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

Windows

Linux

Job description

TalentSphere Staffing Solutions Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Lead/Architect in Toronto (Hybrid) to lead a small software team. You will stay hands-on with coding and architecture while mentoring three developers and coordinating across embedded, hardware, quality and product teams.

The role emphasizes regulated, safety-critical development for commercially manufactured products, with preference for medical device-like environments. Strong Windows/Linux experience is ideal.