Job Description:
Title: Team Lead, Engineering
Reports to: Manager, Engineering – OEM Solutions
Vacancy: New vacancy
The Role:
The Engineering Team Lead is responsible for technical project execution and owning team delivery outcomes, as well as day-to-day operational leadership of a multidisciplinary software development team. This role works closely with Business Unit stakeholders as an individual contributor while ensuring the efficient allocation, utilization, and effectiveness of Engineering staff. The Software Development Team Lead also works in close collaboration with the Software Development Manager to define, implement, and continuously improve best practices across all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle.
The Impact You Will Have in This Role:
You will directly influence delivery reliability, team productivity, and software quality by guiding day-to-day execution, removing blockers, and driving adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
What You’ll Be Doing in This Role:
Foster and maintain a positive, accountable, and collaborative work environment to motivate Engineering staff
Own team delivery outcomes, ensuring commitments are met with expected quality, velocity, and reliability
Contribute to the definition, adoption, and enforcement of best practices for all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle
Identify, track, and report on key engineering performance indicators (quality, velocity, productivity, delivery reliability)
Collaborate with Business Unit stakeholders to align priorities and allocate resources based on business objectives
Provide day-to-day functional oversight and leadership for Engineering staff
Identify and remove obstacles that prevent the team from meeting delivery commitments
Provide continuous performance feedback through regular one-on-one meetings
Conduct formal performance reviews for staff as per the schedule defined by Human Resources
Develop training plans to address business needs and support ongoing growth of staff
Actively participate in the recruitment process to grow the Engineering organization
Manage onboarding of new software developers and interns to accelerate contribution
Maintain visibility into team health, skills, and knowledge depth, addressing gaps where needed
Design and develop software applications from business and technical specifications
Develop and execute unit, component, and integration level tests to verify requirements are met
Ensure adherence to coding standards and test coverage targets to maintain product quality
Investigate and resolve technical issues and delivery risks for assigned projects
Collaborate with architects and stakeholders on solution design and technical direction
Contribute to the creation of technical and end user product documentation
Qualifications of this Role:
5+ years of software development experience
Proven technical team leadership abilities including on and offshore multidisciplinary teams
Experience working with a variety of software development languages
Experience with service-oriented architecture and design principles
Experience with relational and non-relational database design
Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization
Exceptionally self-motivated, accountable, and detail-oriented
Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
The Hiring Manager says:
“I’m looking for a leader who takes ownership of outcomes, keeps teams focused on what matters, removes obstacles quickly, and continuously improves both delivery and engineering practices. This role is about driving results through people, process, and strong technical judgment.”
This position has a starting salary range of $110,000 - $130,000 CAD per year. This is the range we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay for the role at the time of posting. An employee’s pay within the range is determined by a number of factors, including relevant skills, education, qualifications, experience, performance, business or organizational needs, and geographic location.
Company Mission
Our mission in the market we serve is clear. To power every auto-related decision through proprietary data, advanced analytics, deep industry expertise, and seamless workflows that connect insight to action.
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We POWER Our Customer's Success
We are Innovative, Collaborative and Grounded in Data
We Make Things Easy
We Get It Done
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