Software Development Manager - ShareGate

Sharegate; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LTIP program

RRSP + family health insurance + telem

Flexible vacation policy

Remote work with Montreal office

In-person gatherings twice a year

Claude access

Job summary

ShareGate is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a growing team of engineers focused on Microsoft 365 governance and AI-enabled features. You’ll bridge product and design, set technical direction, and deliver value for customers across Canada and beyond.

You’ll manage 12 developers across 3 squads, collaborate with Product and Design, and maintain high standards in engineering practices. The role is remote-first with access to our Montreal office.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a software team of 5+ developers, from hiring to coaching, with the managerial courage to have the hard performance conversations.
• Strong product mindset: focus on customer problems and saying no to work that doesn't solve it.
• Solid knowledge of modern software development practices and architecture.
• Track record of improving how a team works with AI and automation, and measuring impact.
• Comfort with ambiguity and with making fast, reversible decisions.

Responsibilities

• Drive customer value by ensuring what the team ships improves the customer experience.
• Use AI to build faster, raise quality, and simplify maintenance while keeping squads focused.
• Build squads that fully own their part of the product, from design to production.
• Keep the roadmap ahead by collaborating with Product and Design to turn delivery speed into customer value.
• Raise the bar on engineering practices and on the people behind them, through coaching and hiring.

Skills

Team management

Product mindset

Modern SD practices

AI/Automation impact

Decision making under uncertainty

Job description

Software Development Manager - ShareGate

About ShareGate

ShareGate is the leading Microsoft 365 migration and governance platform, trusted by over 100,000 IT pros for its unmatched simplicity.

It offers the simplest, most reliable, and most affordable way to move business data to Microsoft 365.

Whether migrating from Google Workspace, file shares, Exchange Online, SharePoint On-Premises, or tenant-to-tenant, ShareGate gets the job done, without surprises. From cloud transformation to M&A integration, it keeps things just damn simple.

ShareGate also helps organizations stay in control once their data is migrated. Its powerful governance features let users assess environments, uncover issues, and apply fixes on the spot, so everything stays clean, secure, and optimized. It lays the groundwork for safe Microsoft Copilot deployment within organizations.

ShareGate is developed by Workleap Technologies, a Montréal‑based software company.

Your role

Microsoft 365 is where work happens. It keeps getting bigger, busier and harder to keep under control. ShareGate helps more than 100,000 IT pros move, understand and govern their Microsoft 365 environments with confidence. AI now lets us build faster than ever, so the real question is whether we're building the right things. We're looking for a Software Development Manager to bridge the two: someone who moves fast with every tool available and keeps the team focused on what makes a difference for customers.

Your impact:

• Drive customer value by making sure what the team ships improves the customer experience, and challenge work that doesn't.
• Use AI to build faster, raise the quality of what we deliver and simplify maintenance, while keeping every squad focused on the right priorities.
• Build squads that fully own their part of the product, from design to production.
• Keep the roadmap ahead of the team by working with Product and Design, so delivery speed turns into customer value.
• Raise the bar on engineering practices and on the people behind them, from coaching to hiring developers who make the team stronger.

Your team

AI is changing how we build software. Our developers already use agents to design, build, test and maintain the product, and we ship faster than ever. The next challenge isn't going faster. It's making sure that speed turns into more value for customers: better experiences, sharper insights and problems solved before they become problems. Under the hood, a data ingestion platform continuously reads Microsoft 365 environments so customers always see what's really going on.

You’ll lead 12 developers organized in 3 squads, each owning its part of the product. We work closely with Product and Design, decide fast and fix course even faster. We're remote-first, with access to our Montreal office.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing a software team of 5+ developers, from hiring to coaching, with the managerial courage to have the hard performance conversations, give direct feedback and keep standards high so the people around you grow;
• A strong product mindset: you start from the customer problem and you're comfortable saying no to work that doesn't solve it;
• Solid knowledge of modern software development practices and architecture, enough to challenge technical decisions;
• A track record of improving how a team works with AI and automation, and measuring the impact;
• Comfort with ambiguity and with making fast, reversible decisions.

Most of this sounds like you?

What the job comes with

• Base salary: $155 000 to $185 000. This range reflects our Canada-wide compensation scale. Final offers may be adjusted based on the candidate's region to align with local market conditions.
• LTIP program, share in Workleap's long-term growth.
• RRSP + Family health insurance + telemedicine + annual wellness budget.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Remote work, with access to our Montreal office.
• In-person gatherings twice a year.
• Claude access, for everyone.

What drives us

We build software that sits at the center of how people experience work, every day, at every level.

We move fast. Priorities shift, decisions get made with the information we have, and we iterate. If you thrive on intensity and ambiguity doesn't slow you down, you'll feel right at home.
We're builders. We do what it takes to move forward. AI is part of our toolkit. We use it to go faster and decide smarter, not to replace judgment.

If you want real impact and a place where your decisions matter, this is it.

How we hire

Transparency is how we hire — for you as much as for us.

Here's how it works: a first call with a recruiter, then a virtual interview with the hiring manager. You'll then complete a take-home case study, followed by a meet with future colleagues to discuss it together. Depending on the role, the process may vary slightly — your recruiter will walk you through it on your first call.

We use AI to support certain steps of the process, but every hiring decision remains human.

We can't wait to meet you.