Software Engineering Architect

Dexterra Group; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite Hybrid work model

Employee Referral Program

We are growing!

Great Place to Work 2025-2026

Job summary

Dexterra Group is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Architect to elevate engineering practices across dispersed teams. You’ll establish standards, drive secure, scalable and maintainable solutions, and partner with cybersecurity, architecture, and business stakeholders to align technical direction with business goals.

You’ll lead modernization efforts, champion CI/CD, code quality and release readiness, and mentor engineers while embedding security and AI enablement into the

Qualifications

• You’re an experienced software engineering leader who brings structure to complex development environments and aligns dispersed teams around better practices.
• You’re curious about how things can work better and turn ideas into practical improvements.
• You have strong communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• You know how to translate business needs into technical scope and delivery plans.
• You have experience modernizing legacy applications using microservices and API-first architectures.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve our software engineering practice with clear standards and processes.
• Connect development efforts across the organization to create alignment on design, development and delivery.
• Lead modernization of enterprise platforms with microservices and API-first approaches.
• Establish and improve CI/CD, code quality, observability and release management.
• Mentor engineers and champion security, compliance and enterprise standards.

Skills

Leadership

Ownership

Communication

Problem solving

Team coordination

Curiosity

Continuous learning

Education

Degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Cloud engineering

CI/CD

DevOps

AI/ML

LLM-based solutions

Job description

WHO ARE WE?

Dexterra Group (TSX: DXT) is a leading provider of support services and infrastructure support solutions across Canada and the United States. Through our diverse businesses, we deliver facilities management, food services, remote workforce accommodations, forestry services, and other operational solutions that help organizations operate safely, efficiently, and sustainably.

For more than 80 years, Dexterra has supported clients across a wide range of industries and environments, from commercial and institutional facilities to remote worksites and natural resource operations. We are committed to delivering exceptional service while creating meaningful opportunities for our people, clients, and communities.

Job Description

Work That Matters, People Who Care.

What's The Role

Great software engineering isn’t just about writing better code. It’s about creating the standards, structure and accountability that allow teams to build better solutions consistently.

Dexterra is a services company, not a software engineering company, and that’s what makes this opportunity different. Technology supports a diverse and evolving business, with development happening across teams, functions and initiatives. As Software Engineering Architect, you’ll bring those efforts together, establish stronger engineering practices and create the structure needed to deliver secure, scalable and maintainable solutions.

Reporting to the Enterprise Architect, you’ll take ownership of how software engineering is practised across Dexterra. Working cross-functionally with dispersed development teams, technology partners and business stakeholders, you’ll strengthen delivery, modernize enterprise platforms and help advance our internal software engineering and AI capabilities.

This is an opportunity for someone who sees what can be better and takes ownership of making it happen.

What You'll Do

• Own and evolve our software engineering practice, establishing clear standards, processes and expectations that improve consistency, quality and accountability.
• Connect development efforts across the organization, working cross-functionally with dispersed teams, technology partners and business stakeholders to create alignment around how software is designed, developed and delivered.
• Bring structure without unnecessary bureaucracy, introducing practical engineering disciplines that improve security, scalability, maintainability and delivery.
• Lead engineering activities supporting the modernization of enterprise platforms, including PVC Connect, with a focus on microservices, API-first development, integrations and scalable architecture.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering practices for CI/CD, code quality, observability, release management and secure software development.
• Strengthen delivery through effective technical and code reviews, proof-of-concept initiatives, quality controls and release-readiness practices.
• Partner with cybersecurity, architecture and cross-functional technology teams to embed security, compliance and enterprise standards into the development lifecycle.
• Help advance internal AI and software engineering capabilities, including AI-powered solutions, copilots, automation and productivity tools.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical scope, architecture decisions and achievable delivery plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, tools and ways of working, then turn those opportunities into practical change.
• Mentor engineers, share knowledge and help build a culture grounded in quality, accountability, curiosity and continuous learning.
• Provide clear visibility into technical decisions, dependencies, risks and progress for technology and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You’re an experienced software engineering leader who combines technical depth with an ownership mindset. You know how to bring structure to complex development environments, align dispersed teams around better practices and influence change across an organization.

Just as importantly, you’re curious about how things can work better. You’re comfortable challenging existing approaches, solving problems and turning ideas into practical improvements.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in team or technical leadership.
• A degree or diploma in computer science, engineering, information systems or a related field.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications using microservices and API-first architectures.
• Strong knowledge of cloud engineering, CI/CD, DevOps, cybersecurity and secure software development.
• Experience with enterprise integrations and AI/ML or LLM-based solutions.
• The ability to coordinate dispersed teams, influence technical direction and translate business needs into practical solutions.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• Ownership and Accountability: You take responsibility for outcomes, create clarity and follow through.
• Process Improvement: You challenge inefficient or inconsistent ways of working and turn opportunities into practical change.
• Curiosity and Continuous Learning: You ask thoughtful questions, stay current and apply what you learn to make engineering practices better.

Additional Information

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Be part of an industry that's more important than ever!
• Award winning safety culture.
• Supportive team environment with room to grow together.
• Onsite Hybrid work model.
• Employee Referral Program.
• We are growing!
• Certified as a Great Place to Work 2025-2026!

Dexterra Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans’ status, Indigenous status, or any other legally protected factors. Special needs accommodation is available upon request at all stages of the selection process.

We thank all applicants for their interest and will contact those candidates selected for interview.

Note, we are not accepting candidates from recruitment agencies.