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Director, Software Engineering
full-timeToronto$170k - $220k

Summary

Location

Toronto

Salary

$170k - $220k (CAD)

Type

full-time

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About this role

At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experience, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. From our office in Downtown Toronto, we’ve created leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started.

Why is this role important?

At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experiences, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. Loblaw Digital is the team responsible for building and operating the online businesses of Canada’s largest and most successful retailer. Based in downtown Toronto, we are an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and collaborative team working towards transforming the way Canadians shop by creating leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, loyalty, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started! To achieve these goals, we are looking for talented and passionate individuals who want to collaborate and solve challenging problems and make significant and lasting impact on Canadians. 

 

What you'll do

As a technical leader, you will assist the team in building, improving, and maintaining a world class digital ecosystem. You will roll up your sleeves to lead a team of engineers and software development managers in designing, developing, integrating, and testing services and platforms.

You should have extensive experience designing and building microservices on the cloud, Web applications, excellent communication skills, and a drive to make a significant impact in the ways Canadians’ shop. Expect to take ownership of technical vision and strategy, to take the lead on key architectural decisions, to mentor a growing team, to hold high standards in operation excellence and production availability.

Acting as a member of the technology leadership team, you will ensure that the platform for our eCommerce solution scales to meet ambitious growth targets for the business while addressing the functional and non-functional requirements. You will lead and mentor a talented team, focusing on continuous improvement, engineering excellence, while running a high performing development organization. In addition to our internal team, you will also be accountable for managing our outsourced development partners across onshore and offshore teams.

·   Lead and mentor a high performing team in a rapid development environment.

·   Ensure consistent, and timely delivery of new digital experiences across multiple web interfaces while driving good application design, scalability, development velocity, predictability, and quality.

·   Apply the right development approach – agile or blended – based on project and business needs and effectively coordinating the implementations across internal, partner and vendor teams.

·   Communicate project status and issues in a concise and accurate manner to executives.

·   Collaborate with multiple business and technical teams to define and deliver complex features.

·   Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints

·   Plan and manage multiple parallel projects

·   Work with the product management team to continuously improve our product development methodologies.

·   Recruit and retain top development talent

What you bring

·   You have 3+ years of experience in a senior management or director level role, preferably in retail digital eCommerce business, and you’re looking for a new challenge.

·   You’re always looking to support your team, to grow your next leaders both from a technical perspective, as well as communication skills.

·   You’re a developer at heart. You’re passionate about writing good software, and you’re experienced in making wise tradeoffs.

·   You love to get a group of talented engineers together to solve difficult problems. You wish you had more time to code, but you recognize that you now can have higher-leverage contributions for your team.

·   You are always learning and growing. Not one to rest on your laurels, you actively seek out things outside your comfort zone.

·   Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science required, advanced degree preferred.

·   Excellent understanding of the cloud technology stack and microservices architecture.

·   Excellent understanding of the agile principles and methodologies.

·   Good understanding of both front end and back end technologies

·   Strong interpersonal skills including ability to work in a cross-functional environment and communicate with influence at all levels of the organization.

·   History of ability to driving clear action and ownership among large development teams.

·   A true leader – someone who enables and inspires their team to do their best work and demonstrates a history of building high performance development teams

·   Hands-on technologist who can dive deep and hold their own with senior developers building a scalable product.

·   Demonstrated ability to harness the power of technology and people to accomplish big things.

·   Strong sense of urgency and personal commitment.

How You’ll Succeed: 

At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. 

We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce.

If you have big ideas, undeniable enthusiasm, and thrive in a collaborative, creative, and diverse group, we’ll get along just fine.

Looking for a challenge? Good. Love an innovative work environment? Even better.

Apply today.

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Regular

Loblaw Digital recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing.  Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :

$170,000.00 - $220,000.00 / 170.000,00$ - 220.000,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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Other facts

Tech stack
Software Engineering,Microservices,Cloud Technology,Agile Methodologies,Team Leadership,Project Management,Communication Skills,Problem Solving,Application Design,Development Velocity,Scalability,Quality Assurance,Cross-Functional Collaboration,Mentoring,Continuous Improvement,Technical Vision

About Loblaw Companies Limited

Our Purpose – Live Life Well

Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, the nation’s largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw – and its portfolio of grocery, health and beauty, financial services and apparel businesses – provides Canadians with an unparalleled mix of value, assortment and convenience, and offers Canadians two of the country’s most recognized brands – President’s Choice and no name.

The acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart, along with the powerful Life Brand and Optimum brand, has only served to reinforce our leadership position in the marketplace. As well, our PC Plus program, omni-channel efforts and multicultural merchandising offerings continued to be points of differentiation for our customer experience.

In 2019, Loblaw has been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Best Diversity Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.

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IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT FRAUD AFFECTING OUR JOBSEEKERS.

Please be advised that recruitment fraud has affected a number of Canadian companies. In such schemes, individuals posing as legitimate recruiters may request personal information and payment from those seeking employment.

Loblaw Companies Limited, its subsidiaries, and recruiting agencies will never ask for payment at any stage in the recruitment process. All legitimate postings may be accessed via our career website.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Retail

What you'll do

  • As a technical leader, you will assist the team in building, improving, and maintaining a world-class digital ecosystem while leading a team of engineers and software development managers. You will ensure the platform for our eCommerce solution scales to meet ambitious growth targets while maintaining operational excellence.

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What does Loblaw Companies Limited pay for a Director, Software Engineering?

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What does a Director, Software Engineering do at Loblaw Companies Limited?

As a Director, Software Engineering at Loblaw Companies Limited, you will: as a technical leader, you will assist the team in building, improving, and maintaining a world-class digital ecosystem while leading a team of engineers and software development managers. You will ensure the platform for our eCommerce solution scales to meet ambitious growth targets while maintaining operational excellence..

Why join Loblaw Companies Limited as a Director, Software Engineering?

Loblaw Companies Limited is a leading Retail company. The Director, Software Engineering role offers competitive compensation.

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