Team Lead - Commerce

Medium; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital ordering solutions provider is looking for a Team Lead for the Commerce API team in Toronto. You will be responsible for leading a team of developers, ensuring the delivery of scalable APIs and mentoring junior developers. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in Python and a proven track record in software development leadership. This full-time position offers a hybrid work schedule, working 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in software development with leadership skills.
• 8+ years of experience using Python or willingness to learn.
• Experience building secure and scalable APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Commerce API team in Toronto, setting technical vision.
• Write well-tested, high-quality, secure code for APIs.
• Mentor developers, fostering continuous learning.

Skills

Lead software development teams

Mentorship

Building secure Web/REST APIs

Python

Collaboration

Tools

Git

Postman

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Department Focus

The Product Department at Deliverect is at the forefront of the digital ordering revolution, dedicated to consistently delivering groundbreaking solutions to the global marketplace. Our team of passionate and innovative engineers, designers, and product managers architect tools that empower businesses to thrive in the evolving digital landscape, streamlining digital ordering for delivery and on-premise services. We are committed to creating user-friendly, dependable, and scalable technology that simplifies operations and enhances customer experiences, playing an integral role in the success of businesses worldwide. In our department, innovation is not just a concept; it's the driving force behind everything we do.

The Commerce team powers one of Deliverect’s growing verticals—our first-party Commerce APIs. This team is responsible for developing new APIs and services that are used by our customers to build ordering and management experiences utilised by millions of consumers daily.

Your Impact

As the Team Lead for the Commerce API team, you will be a hands-on technical leader responsible for shaping the core of Deliverect’s growing commerce vertical. Your deep technical expertise will ensure the delivery of secure, performant, and scalable APIs, while your leadership and mentorship will be crucial in guiding the technical direction of the team and up-skilling developers, directly accelerating our platform's growth and impact on millions of daily consumer transactions.

This is a full-time, hybrid role with a flexible work schedule, offering 3 days in our Toronto, Canada office and 2 days from the comfort of your home.

What you will do

• Lead the Commerce API team in the Toronto office, setting the technical vision and driving execution of the team's roadmap, providing technical guidance, and acting as the local leader in the Toronto office.
• Write well-tested, high-quality, and secure code to build performant APIs that enable our Commerce platform (including Loyalty, Pay, and Basket APIs), and develop applications that allow our customers to manage their online ordering solutions.
• Mentor and guide developers in their work, up-skilling the team to solve complex problems and foster a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Architect solutions, actively participate in choosing new technologies and frameworks, proactively anticipate performance problems, and think at scale to ensure the platform remains reliable.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Customer Success, and Technical Account Managers to deeply understand customer problems and design effective solutions, communicating technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Own the team's development processes, including planning and executing sprints, leading code reviews, and ensuring that unit and integration tests meet our coverage requirements.
• Support platform stability by participating in the on-call rotation to ensure any incidents are addressed as soon as possible.

What you will bring

• Senior-level experience and demonstrable leadership within a software development context, with a passion for remaining a hands-on coder.
• 8 or more years of experience using Python in a web context (e.g., Flask, Eve) or equivalent work experience, with a willingness to learn Python quickly if your background is in another language (e.g., Ruby).
• Proven experience building secure and scalable Web/REST APIs and working with a variety of API standards.
• Expertise in developer mentorship and up-skilling, with the soft skills required to successfully lead teams in hybrid and multi-location environments.
• Experience with development tools including Git, the CLI, and API clients like Postman, Insomnia, or Bruno.
• Familiarity with SaaS products or experience working on a product with frequent releases within a rapidly scaling global company.
• A strong sense of ownership and initiative, readily identifying what needs to be done and proactively driving tasks to completion.

Nice to Have

• Good knowledge of databases, especially NoSQL (ideally MongoDB).
• Understanding of Docker or Kubernetes in a cloud environment.
• Experience with deployment safety and testing principles.