Director, Software Engineering (PermanentFull-Time)

CoreFactor Inc.

Job Location:

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

CoreFactor is searching for a Director of Software Engineering on a permanent/full-time basis for a client in the GTA.

This position is hybrid and will require the successful incumbent to be in the office two (2) times per week.

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced and energetic Director of Software Engineering to manage lead and mentor software engineering teams in the North America region. Reporting to the Global Head of Software Engineering you will be responsible for managing capacity across resources and projects to ensure delivery on time & budget and in line with established engineering standards and processes. This role is both strategic and operational in nature requiring a leader with a background in software engineering and with proven capability in organizational development technical leadership and project capacity management. You will ensure a seamless collaboration with our Product Management Data & AI DevOps Infrastructure and other teams. Success in this role requires a balance of technical expertise leadership strategic thinking emotional and cultural intelligence and strong interpersonal skills.

Manage software engineering teams ensuring alignment with global strategy and roadmap.
Represent the engineering function in leadership forums contributing to strategic technology planning and budgeting.
Collaborate closely with peers to ensure global alignment on engineering practices resource sharing team coordination and technology standards.
Foster a strong culture of excellence collaboration inclusion and appreciation within and across distributed engineering teams.
Serve as a people leader coaching and mentoring managers and senior engineers while cultivating future leaders.
Build scale and manage high-performing software engineering teams across multiple domains and product lines.
Collaborate with global product and engineering leadership to assign teams and resources to projects based on skills capacity and strategic priority.
Drive the on-time on-budget delivery and quality of engineering projects ensuring project scope milestones and resourcing remain aligned with expectations and constraints.
Work closely with product management and other teams to identify risks remove blockers and proactively resolve delivery issues before they impact timelines or budget.
Ensure robust project tracking reporting and accountability frameworks are in place across all active initiatives.
Monitor and balance workload across teams to support employee wellbeing and productivity.
Establish operational practices and rituals that support agile delivery clear communication and effective cross-functional collaboration.
Ensure consistent adherence to technology and security standards and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Support the adoption of modern engineering practices methodologies and tools (incl. AI).
Promote engineering excellence through architectural design code quality oversight CI/CD & automation documentation and process improvements.
Track report and improve key performance indicators (e.g. velocity quality incident metrics team satisfaction).
Partner with DevOps and Engineering Operations teams to align processes tools and metrics.
Ensure compliance with global standards information security policies and regulatory requirements

Requirements

Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
10 years of experience in software engineering with at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
Proven experience building and managing regional or global engineering teams ideally in a matrix and distributed environment.
Hands-on experience in modern software development practices and open source technology stacks agile methodologies DevOps principles and cloud-native architectures.
Strong operational acumen in resource planning delivery management and performance tracking.
Demonstrated ability to create high-performing inclusive teams and inspire a culture of excellence.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills fluent in English.
Passionate about building high-quality software products with empowered teams.Understanding of secure development practices and compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO27001 GDPR SOC2).
Experience in working in a global multi-cultural organization.
Ability to work in a fast-paced growing tech environment and to foster change in larger organizations.

Required Skills:

Bachelors degree in Information Technology applied mathematics statistics or a related field Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the BI Development Expert level in PowerBI Strong experience with DAX language High proficiency with Microsoft Excel Expert of data relationships and a strong command of SQL syntax Demonstrated history of designing and building visual reports dashboards and KPI scorecards Familiarity with concept of Microsofts Azure Modern Data Warehouse platform such as Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake Storage Azure Synapse Analytics Business and analytical thinker with an ability to create BI solutions based on data analytics Ability to understand and tell the story embedded in the data at the core of our business Ability to communicate complex analytic ideas and insights to a non-technical business stakeholder Experience in analysis and design skills critical thinking and analytical problem solving Familiarity with commercial and multi-family real estate systems and data providers such as Yardi Argus Origin PLM etc. is a distinct advantage.

CoreFactor is searching for a Director of Software Engineering on a permanent/full-time basis for a client in the GTA.This position is hybrid and will require the successful incumbent to be in the office two (2) times per week. About the role: We are seeking an experienced and energetic Director of...

CoreFactor is searching for a Director of Software Engineering on a permanent/full-time basis for a client in the GTA.

This position is hybrid and will require the successful incumbent to be in the office two (2) times per week.

About the role:

Manage software engineering teams ensuring alignment with global strategy and roadmap.
Represent the engineering function in leadership forums contributing to strategic technology planning and budgeting.
Collaborate closely with peers to ensure global alignment on engineering practices resource sharing team coordination and technology standards.
Foster a strong culture of excellence collaboration inclusion and appreciation within and across distributed engineering teams.
Serve as a people leader coaching and mentoring managers and senior engineers while cultivating future leaders.
Build scale and manage high-performing software engineering teams across multiple domains and product lines.
Collaborate with global product and engineering leadership to assign teams and resources to projects based on skills capacity and strategic priority.
Drive the on-time on-budget delivery and quality of engineering projects ensuring project scope milestones and resourcing remain aligned with expectations and constraints.
Work closely with product management and other teams to identify risks remove blockers and proactively resolve delivery issues before they impact timelines or budget.
Ensure robust project tracking reporting and accountability frameworks are in place across all active initiatives.
Monitor and balance workload across teams to support employee wellbeing and productivity.
Establish operational practices and rituals that support agile delivery clear communication and effective cross-functional collaboration.
Ensure consistent adherence to technology and security standards and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Support the adoption of modern engineering practices methodologies and tools (incl. AI).
Promote engineering excellence through architectural design code quality oversight CI/CD & automation documentation and process improvements.
Track report and improve key performance indicators (e.g. velocity quality incident metrics team satisfaction).
Partner with DevOps and Engineering Operations teams to align processes tools and metrics.
Ensure compliance with global standards information security policies and regulatory requirements

Requirements

Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
10 years of experience in software engineering with at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
Proven experience building and managing regional or global engineering teams ideally in a matrix and distributed environment.
Hands-on experience in modern software development practices and open source technology stacks agile methodologies DevOps principles and cloud-native architectures.
Strong operational acumen in resource planning delivery management and performance tracking.
Demonstrated ability to create high-performing inclusive teams and inspire a culture of excellence.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills fluent in English.
Passionate about building high-quality software products with empowered teams.Understanding of secure development practices and compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO27001 GDPR SOC2).
Experience in working in a global multi-cultural organization.
Ability to work in a fast-paced growing tech environment and to foster change in larger organizations.