Lead, Software Development

Summary

Join Hootsuite as a Team Lead, Data Technology and lead a high-performance team building and maintaining our next-generation data platform. You will work with a Senior Manager to hire, develop, and mentor a team of developers. This remote-first role requires experience in data engineering, pipeline architecture, and agile methodologies. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver data products and services. Success in this role demands strong leadership, communication, and technical skills. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to contribute significantly to Hootsuite's data infrastructure.

Requirements

• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and senior-level experience in developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of education or work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact
• Experience planning and leading a team using Scrum agile methodology ensuring timely delivery and continuous improvement
• Experience liaising with various business stakeholders to understand their data requirements and convey the technical solutions
• Experience with data warehousing and data modeling best practices
• Passionate interest in data engineering and infrastructure; ingestion, storage and compute in relational, NoSQL, and serverless architectures
• Experience developing data pipelines and integrations for high volume, velocity and variety of data
• Experience writing clean code that performs well at scale; ideally experienced with languages like Python, Scala, SQL and shell script
• Experience with various types of data stores, query engines and data frameworks, e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3, Redshift, Presto/Athena, Spark and dbt
• Experience working with message queues such as Kafka and Kinesis
• Experience with ETL and pipeline orchestration such as Airflow, AWS Glue
• Experience with JIRA in managing sprints and roadmaps
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
• Builds inclusive, cohesive teams which apply diversity to achieve common goals
• Capably delivers results through others, is good at establishing clear direction, helping others achieve their best work
• Identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; Builds an integrated plan for course of action to accomplish this vision
• Challenges and supports others to create results but also develop new capabilities
• Successfully develops the capacity and capability of the team and individuals on the teams

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of scalable and efficient data pipeline architecture
• Work within cross-functional teams, including Data Science, Analytics, Software Development, and business units, to deliver data products and services
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and translate requirements into scalable data solutions
• Monitor and communicate project statuses while mitigating risk and resolving issues
• Work closely with the Senior Manager to align team priorities with business objectives
• Assess and prioritize the team's work, appropriately delegating to others and encouraging team ownership
• Proactively share information, actively solicit feedback, and facilitate communication, within teams and other departments
• Design, write, test, and deploy high quality scalable code
• Maintain high standards of security, reliability, scalability, performance, and quality in all delivered projects
• Contribute to shape our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build our next generation data platform
• Build, support and lead a high performance, cohesive team of developers, in close partnership with the Senior Manager, Data Analytics
• Participate in the hiring process, with an aim of attracting and hiring the best developers
• Facilitate ongoing development conversations with your team to support their learning and career growth

Benefits

• Remote-first role
• $98,400 — $137,800 CAD