Staff Software Developer, Dealer Solutions
Leap Tools24 hours ago
Remote, Canada or Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and shape architecture, technical direction, and engineering practices.
- Design and evolve scalable, reliable, maintainable software systems across backend services, web applications, desktop software, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
- Lead significant cross-team technical initiatives, including migrations and re-platforming, from design through delivery while remaining hands-on where appropriate.
- Establish engineering best practices covering code quality, automated testing, observability, and technical documentation.
- Mentor engineers, influence senior technical staff, and contribute to hiring, onboarding, and talent development.
- Improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and senior leadership to align technical decisions with business priorities.
- Resolve complex technical challenges, manage dependencies, and help shape the organization’s long-term technical vision and culture.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software development experience building and operating scalable, reliable production systems.
- Track record of leading a multi-team migration or re-platforming of a system with live users and live data end-to-end.
- Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, networking, databases, data modeling, and relational database design.
- Experience designing distributed services with performance, observability, and fault tolerance in mind.
- Strong architectural judgment and ability to make high-leverage technical decisions across multiple teams and codebases.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and mentor senior engineers, guide teams through ambiguity, and improve engineering practices.
- Strong ownership, communication, cross-functional collaboration, and ability to work in a fast-paced, high-autonomy product environment.
- Preferred experience with ERP, accounting, business-management, e-commerce, or catalogue-management software.
- Preferred experience building and maintaining Windows desktop applications, particularly with C++ or comparable native desktop technologies.
- Preferred experience with Microsoft Azure, including production infrastructure; Azure Virtual Desktop familiarity is a plus.
- Preferred experience with Python and Django or a comparable backend framework, and experience across multiple technology stacks.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement with flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 months.
- Parental leave program.
- Work-from-home stipend.
- Birthday and company birthday days off.
- Inclusive and accessible workplace with accommodations available during the hiring process.
- Hiring process includes a resume and questionnaire, three technical assessments, a culture-fit assessment, and a final leadership interview.
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About Leap Tools
Leap Tools builds AR and computer-vision visualization software for home and interior décor retailers and brands, sold as B2B SaaS and embedded in e-commerce sites. Its Roomvo platform lets shoppers preview flooring, tile, rugs, and similar products in their own rooms to drive online and in-store sales. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Toronto, the company serves customers worldwide, including enterprise retailers such as The Home Depot.