Team Lead, Software Development

OmniUpdate (Now Modern Campus); Toronto; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Team Lead of Software Development to drive modernization efforts for an enterprise SaaS platform. This role offers the chance to lead a dynamic Scrum team, leveraging your expertise in ReactJS, Java Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL. You'll be responsible for mentoring team members, fostering a collaborative environment, and ensuring project delivery meets high standards. With a focus on Agile methodologies, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of the platform while enjoying a remote-first workplace and a comprehensive benefits package. If you're passionate about technology and leadership, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Remote first workplace

RRSP/401(k) with matching contributions

Professional development opportunities

Flexible time off

Comprehensive benefits package

Mental health benefits

Financial health benefits

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in software product development with strong Agile experience.
• Proven leadership in mentoring teams and driving project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Scrum team in developing a SaaS microservices architecture application.
• Champion Agile methodologies and ensure high-quality delivery.

Skills

Agile Development

Problem Solving

Leadership

Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Equivalent experience in Engineering

Tools

ReactJS

Java Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

JavaScript

TypeScript

Job description

Who We Are…

Modern Campus is obsessed with empowering its 1,800+ higher education customers to thrive when radical transformation is required to respond to lower student enrollments and revenue, rising costs, crushing student debt and administrative complexity.

The Modern Campus engagement platform powers solutions for non-traditional student management, web content management, catalog and curriculum management, student engagement and development, conversational text messaging, career pathways, and campus maps and virtual tours. The result: innovative institutions can create a learner-to-earner lifecycle that engages modern learners for life, while providing modern administrators with the tools needed to streamline workflows and drive high efficiency.

Learn how Modern Campus is leading the modern learner engagement movement at moderncampus.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

What’s the role?

As a Team Lead of Software Development for our Message product, you will be the leader of a Scrum team responsible for designing, developing, and supporting an enterprise SaaS microservices architecture application platform. Your technical expertise will drive the modernization of our systems using ReactJS, Java Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL while leveraging your leadership skills to mentor and grow a high-performing team. This role demands a deep understanding of enterprise application architecture, hands-on coding expertise, and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams. You are expected to have an innate drive to learn and improve, be self-motivated, and possess strong communication and coordination skills between Product, Engineering, and QA. A versatile, energetic individual with a blend of technical experience and people management skills.

We are looking for someone who communicates effectively and has a solid understanding of Agile development methodologies. They will have a proven track record in delivering projects on schedule. And, most importantly, they will thrive in a highly collaborative environment.

1. Responsibilities:
2. Leadership:
1. Energize and motivate the team, fostering growth through career development and mentorship
2. Conduct regular 1:1s to provide coaching and support to team members
3. Champion Agile methodologies and lead Scrum ceremonies, ensuring iterative and high-quality delivery
4. Collaborate with Product Management to define acceptance criteria, refine user stories, and align the roadmap with technical feasibility
5. Manage resources to meet release goals, communicating schedules and milestones to stakeholders
3. Technology Leadership:
1. Strong understanding of SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation practices
2. Lead technical decisions around architectural frameworks and libraries, aligning with the go-forward stack: ReactJS, Java Spring Boot, PostgreSQL
3. Participate in hands-on development: defining, estimating, coding, reviewing, testing, and documenting solutions for new features and modernization efforts
4. Collaborate with Systems/DevOps teams to coordinate delivery logistics and ensure high system availability and scalability
5. Build for quality by driving practices such as code reviews, support of continuous integration, QA process improvements, test automation, and the burndown of technical debt
6. Experience with a broad range of technologies, programming languages, databases, and infrastructure
4. Platform Development & Modernization:
1. Drive the migration and modernization of legacy systems using forward-looking technologies, replacing RabbitMQ, Haskell, and MySQL components
2. Ensure the platform operates efficiently in a cloud-native, big-data ML environment with robust event-driven architectures
3. Triage and resolve Tier-3 support issues, including client integrations, system performance, and data integrity concerns
5. Technical Environment:
1. Frontend: ReactJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular (legacy)
2. Backend: Java Spring Boot, Scala (legacy), Kafka, RabbitMQ (deprecated)
3. Data: PostgreSQL, MySQL (legacy)
4. Cloud Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker
5. Mobile: React Native, iOS, Android

What we offer…

1. The salary range* for this full-time position is between $90,000 - $160,000
2. Remote first workplace – and you are located in anywhere in North America our employees get things done!
3. RRSP/401(k) with matching employer contributions
4. Professional development and internal career mobility opportunities
5. Flexible time off
6. Comprehensive benefits package
7. Mental health benefits
8. Financial health benefits
9. DEI, Culture and Environment employee led committees
10. Collaborative work environment

What you offer…Competencies
Innovative problem solver who can bring a business mindset to technical challenges. A well-spoken communicator that can motivate and encourage people. Comfort with enterprise level, big data, and SaaS environments.

1. Ability to write code and automate systems to lead the team where needed
2. Guide troubleshooting efforts of an application from all angles including performance, systems, and data integrity
3. Documenting architectures, code, and decisions in an easy-to-digest manner
4. Comfort with managing a distributed cross-functional team

Education and Experience

1. B.S. in Computer Science, or related Engineering field, or equivalent experience
2. Minimum 10 years of experience in a software product development environment
3. Experience as a scrum master, project manager, manager, or team lead with a strong emphasis on Scrum and Kanban
4. Strong proficiency with Scala or Java, and databases
5. Full SDLC experience with enterprise level software hosted in a cloud environment
6. Success in mentoring and coaching others to new heights
7. Experience problem-solving with large, complex web-based applications
8. Experience working in and maintaining a container-based environment
9. Experience in a scale-up or startup environment preferred
10. Ability to learn, adapt and grow. You want to be part of a team dedicated to creating and delivering quality software. You define and follow software engineering best practices
11. Outstanding communication. You will split your time between heads-down coding and team collaboration and innovation. We support each other out loud, working out solutions
12. Pride. You enjoy your work and getting a job done well. You want to be part of a team that promotes their accomplishments and sees the difference they make
13. Ownership. You can be counted on to deliver the best solution in collaboration with your team. You take ownership for your work, your tasks, your timelines
14. Driven. You want to be challenged and you are constantly seeking new opportunities to learn, gain and apply new skills and knowledge

What we believe…
At Modern Campus, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply for our positions. Modern Campus is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to bring on hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status (for US candidates). If you require accommodations during any part of the interview process due to a disability, please let our recruiter know.

Please note that selected candidates for this role will be required to complete a background check which includes resume verification, criminal record and references check.

Our salary ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hires for the position within the US and Canada. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.