Software Development Manager

Leap Tools Inc.; Canada; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in interior décor solutions is seeking an experienced Engineering Leader to drive application delivery and grow a talented team. You will manage engineering processes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and support system scalability. Ideal candidates have over 5 years in leadership roles and 8 years in building backend systems. Join a remote-first culture that values work-life balance and personal development.

Benefits

Generous time off

Work-from-home stipend

Parental leave program

3 months of remote work anywhere

Birthday off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience building scalable systems.
• Experience with mission-critical applications and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Drive the delivery of applications and services.
• Manage and grow a team of software developers.
• Collaborate with product and design teams.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Technical expertise

Mentorship

Collaboration

Tools

React

Django

AWS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Job description

Overview

At Leap Tools, we are building the world's most advanced solutions for the interior décor industry. With customers in 80+ countries, our clientele includes Fortune 500 companies such as Home Depot, local retailers such as Alexanian's, and everything in between. We have been recognized as one of the fastest-growing tech companies by Deloitte for multiple years in a row, and we are looking for ambitious challenge-seekers to fuel our momentum and help us create an iconic global tech company.

About our product

Our technology lets you see products in your own room before you buy. Imagine you want to redesign your home and have been searching for new tiles for your kitchen or a new rug for your living room. You definitely want to make sure it will look good in your space. We enable that through cutting-edge computer vision technology, presented in an extraordinarily simple and accessible way.

Try our rug demo now! Simply upload a picture of your room using your mobile phone and slide the rug under your coffee table: https://www.roomvo.com/rugdemo4r

About you

You are an experienced engineering leader with a strong technical foundation and a passion for developing high-performing teams. You care deeply about enabling others to do their best work and understand how to strike the right balance between technical excellence, fast-paced execution, and a people-first approach. You lead with empathy, clarity, and decisiveness.

You're excited by the opportunity to own systems that power millions of visual commerce experiences globally, and you bring a thoughtful, systems-oriented mindset to solving tough technical and organizational challenges. You’ve grown and led high-performing engineering teams before, and you're looking for a new opportunity to scale both the people and the systems under your care.

About our Stack

• React, NextJS, Python, Django, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, AWS

What you\'ll do

• Drive the delivery of applications and services that power our visual experiences at scale.
• Manage and grow a team of talented software developers, focusing on mentorship, performance, and long-term career development.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and other engineering leads to align team initiatives with broader company priorities and ensure consistent execution.
• Establish and evolve team processes and technical practices to support high-velocity, high-quality software development.
• Partner with stakeholders and leadership to define and deliver on the product and platform roadmap.
• Support your team in designing scalable, observable, and maintainable systems, while keeping an eye on tech debt, reliability, and developer experience.
• Play a key role in hiring: evaluating candidates, onboarding new team members, and helping grow a diverse and inclusive engineering organization.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration, reinforcing company values, and modeling excellence and accountability across the team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience building scalable, production-grade backend systems.
• Experience owning mission-critical applications, services, and APIs.
• Strong technical instincts, able to guide architecture decisions, make trade-offs, and drive clarity through ambiguity.
• Proven track record of coaching and growing engineers at all levels, focusing on long-term growth and team health.
• Solid communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and autonomy is expected.
• Familiarity with our stack (React, Django, AWS) is a strong plus, but equivalent experience in similar environments is welcome.

About our culture

• We\'re a remote-first company that encourages our employees to work from where they\'re most productive.
• We work in tight-knit teams to cultivate an ownership mentality.
• We cherish curiosity and an obsession for details because we know these details are invaluable over the long run.
• We\'re hyper-focused on our achievements and our ability to execute our promises. We act with urgency.
• We value work-life balance by offering generous time off
• Work anywhere in the world for up to 3 months!
• We value families, by offering a parental leave program
• We offer a work-from-home stipend
• Your birthday (and our company\'s birthday) is a day off!

About our hiring process

Now: You upload your resume and complete a brief questionnaire.

Steps 1 and 2: Two Rounds of technical Assessment

Step 3: Culture fit assessment.

Step 4: Final interview with leadership.

Step 5: You receive an offer.

Take the Leap. Apply now.

Our demo, in case you missed it: https://www.roomvo.com/rugdemo4r