Engineering Team Lead

Summary

Join Roofr, a successful yet early-stage startup, and make a real impact as an Engineering Lead. You will lead a team, contribute to the technology roadmap, and build future products. This role requires 7+ years of software development experience and 3+ years in a leadership position. You will work collaboratively with product teams, mentor engineers, and ensure high-quality deliverables. Roofr offers a remote-first culture, flexible time off, and various benefits including paid time off, RRSP/401k match, parental leave, and more. The company prioritizes a strong engineering culture and provides ample learning and development opportunities.

Requirements

• Has 7+ years of software development experience and 3+ years in a leadership role
• Likes the idea of managing a team, still likes the idea of being an individual contributor
• Is a champion of agile methodologies and enjoys shipping code often and confidently
• Excels at organizing engineering plans, scheduling, and budgets
• Can coach/mentor individuals by establishing goals to improve their performance
• Has a track record on breaking down complex problems as incremental solutions
• Proactively recommends initiatives to improve our engineering technologies and culture
• Enjoys working in a collaborative environment where everyone helps each other grow
• Takes ownership of the product and is proud of the quality of their work
• Has excellent communication skills, and appreciates the value of good documentation
• Understands the challenges of early-stage company priorities
• Likes being an individual contributor, but also wants to focus on the bigger picture
• Understands challenges and strategy of rebuilding legacy systems
• Proven experience leading an engineering team with dedication growing both the team and individuals
• Understands micro service architecture, and creating scalable platforms
• Building Restful APIs
• Experience with PHP language & Laravel framework
• Experience with JavaScript language & React framework
• Knowledgeable on database technologies and domain design
• Experience building frontend testing and automation systems for unit tests, integration tests, regression tests, and user acceptance tests

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to help build future Roofr products and technology
• Growing an engineering team in a fast-paced organization
• Work in collaboration with product teams to develop product & technology roadmap
• Contribute organization wide standards and develop team level processes for software and technical methodologies
• Work in an early-stage company with engineering first culture
• Evaluate existing engineering tools & processes and recommend improvements
• Recommend and prototype new technologies to improve system performance and reliability
• Mentoring the engineering team and help grow their skills
• Ensuring we are meeting our high-quality deliverables and testing standards
• Analyze requirements and provide technical and functional recommendations

Preferred Qualifications

We would love someone that has skills in DevOps, Big Data / Data Science, Machine learning, GIS

Benefits

• 1st week of employment is mandatory PTO! Start your journey with Roofr by decompressing and recharging - we will see you in week 2!
• 1 Friday off per month (we call those our laundry days!)
• Company wide paid shutdown for the week between Christmas and New Years
• Flexible time off
• 80% employer paid benefits
• RRSP/401k match
• Generous Parental Leave policy
• We host 2 retreats per year and great team building activities
• Ample learning and development opportunities to continue growing your career
• Home office setup stipend
• Internet and phone allowance
• Remote first culture
• Weekly Friday paydays!