Devops à Canada

• Location: : This opportunity is available remotely across Canada (excluding Quebec) or can be onsite, hybrid, or remote in Surrey, BC.
  
• Annual Base Salary: $236,000 - $261,000 CAD
• Please note that employment is contingent upon the successful completion of reference checks and background checks, including a Canadian criminal background check.

Application Instructions:

• Please upload your application files in PDF format only.

Safe Software is seeking a Vice President of Software Engineering to oversee the structure, performance, and growth of our engineering organization. This is a critical executive role responsible for defining how engineering is organized, how teams execute, and how delivery is aligned with product strategy and business objectives.

As a senior leader on the Product Development team, you’ll support multiple domains, including FME Form, FME Flow, Engine/Integrations, Foundation, and DevOps. You will work closely with Directors and Engineering Managers to establish scalable operating models, strengthen leadership capability, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation.

Our Engineering team builds and maintains the FME Platform. The team includes developers, QA analysts, and technical leaders working across a wide range of domains. As VP, you will join the Product Development leadership team and collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, customer success, and business operations teams to help shape the future of our software.

As VP Of Software Engineering, you will:

Development Engineering Leadership

• Oversee all Engineering Managers and their teams, supporting scale, clarity, and consistency across 5+ domains.
• Define and evolve the engineering operating model, team structures, delivery rhythms, and cross-functional alignment practices.
• Foster a healthy engineering culture grounded in collaboration, learning, and accountability.

Talent Systems & Leadership Development

• Own and evolve engineering talent systems: hiring practices, onboarding, career pathing, and performance management.
• Coach Directors and Engineering Managers, and help grow the next generation of technical leaders.
• Support headcount planning and resourcing for fast-scaling teams.

Process, Quality & Execution

• Set expectations for delivery discipline, code quality, architectural oversight, and test coverage.
• Drive metrics and mechanisms that track engineering health, productivity, and impact.
• Lead the adoption of AI-assisted development tools and practices across engineering.

Strategy & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product leadership to align engineering execution with roadmap priorities and long-term product vision.
• Participate in company-wide planning cycles, and represent engineering needs and trade-offs in executive decision-making.
• Ensure technical strategy is supported through resourcing, prioritization, and alignment with business goals.

Scale & Growth

• Lead the evolution of the engineering org to support future growth.
• Identify structure, process, and culture shifts needed to support scale and maintain a high standard of technical excellence.

Safers come from a variety of backgrounds with a diversity in skills and knowledge. That said, we find that those who are most successful in this role have experience with the following areas.

Required skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 20+ years in software development, with 10+ years in senior engineering leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading both cloud-first and desktop-native engineering orgs with divergent workflows.
• Experienced in change management, particularly in scaling teams for growth.
• Proven track record of scaling teams and delivery practices in a growing product-focused company.
• Deep understanding of multi-product based software/cloud architecture, CI/CD, quality frameworks, and agile delivery.
• Strong architectural understanding and ability to support technical decision-making at scale.
• Expertise in delivery process design, team operating models, and engineering systems at the org level.
• Skilled at building high-performing teams and inclusive environments.
• Proven ability to mentor and grow technical leaders, especially at Director and EM levels.
• Strong performance management, coaching, and team development practices.
• Comfortable navigating executive-level conversations and making trade-offs between product, tech, and business needs.
• Excellent communicator across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strategic thinker who brings clarity to complex systems and leads through ambiguity.

When you choose a career with Safe Software, you’re also choosing…

• Meaningful Work: Make a profound impact across our business, workplace and data integration product.
• A Supportive Environment: Feel empowered to share your ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support.
• Social Responsibility: Become part of a team that finds meaningful ways to give back. Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Safe-organized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives.
• Learning & Career Development: We believe in your continuous learning and growth. Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.
• Flexible Working Hours: Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Work when you want, and how you want to.
• Work-Life Balance: There's no place for burnout at Safe. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge, plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year.
• Health & Wellness: Extended health, dental and counseling benefits from day 1. That’s right, no waiting period.
• Shared Success: Share in Safe’s success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.
• An Accessible Commute: Regardless of your commute method, we’re located close to public transit, and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team!

Safe Software transforms organizations with FME, the only All-Data Any-AI Enterprise Integration Platform connecting all your data, anywhere, at any velocity. With over 30 years of expertise and 25,000+ enterprise customers across 125+ countries, we simplify your data journey, wherever it leads.

Founded in 1993, Safe is headquartered in Surrey, BC with over 200 team members and counting. We’re always looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds who are determined to learn and grow. Are you ready to join the team?

Safe Software is an equal opportunity employer and we truly believe that innovation and strength begin with diversity and inclusion. We welcome all candidates regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, ability, disability, national or ethnic origin, political belief, religion, or family status. Should you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact hr_dept@safe.com.