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Software Development Manager

Posted 17 Days Ago
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Canada
Senior level
Canada
Senior level
Lead a full-stack engineering team to develop and deliver consumer-focused web applications, ensuring high execution velocity and strong team culture.
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At Leap Tools, we are building the world's most advanced solutions for the interior décor industry. With customers in 80+ countries, our clientele includes Fortune 500 companies such as Home Depot, local retailers such as Alexanian's, and everything in between. We have been recognized as one of the fastest-growing tech companies by Deloitte for multiple years in a row, and we are looking for ambitious challenge-seekers to fuel our momentum and help us create an iconic global tech company.

About our product

Our technology lets you preview products in your own room before you buy them. Imagine you want to redesign your home and have been searching for new tiles for your kitchen, or a new rug for your living room. You definitely want to make sure it will look good in your space. We enable you to do that through our proprietary cutting-edge technology, presented in an extraordinarily simple and accessible way. Try our rug demo now! Simply upload a picture of your room using your mobile phone, and slide the rug under your coffee table: https://www.roomvo.com/rugdemo...

About you

You are an experienced engineering manager with a strong technical foundation, ideally including hands-on experience with modern front-end architectures and consumer-facing products. You excel at helping teams move quickly without sacrificing quality, and you can create clarity in ambiguous environments. You’ve managed multiple teams, built high-performing engineering groups, and are comfortable partnering deeply with product and design.

You bring a systems mindset, strong execution instincts, and the ability to balance long-term technical health with day-to-day iteration speed. You communicate clearly, coach thoughtfully, and lead with empathy, accountability, and high standards.

About our stack

  • React, Next.js, Python, Django, AWS

    What you'll do

    • Lead and grow a consumer-focused full-stack team of ~12 engineers, ensuring high execution velocity, consistent delivery, and a strong team culture.
    • Drive the development of mobile-first, consumer-facing web applications used by millions of shoppers.
    • Work closely with product and design to shape requirements, challenge assumptions, and deliver polished user experiences.
    • Manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, setting direction, prioritizing effectively, and maintaining alignment across teams.
    • Establish and evolve engineering practices that support rapid iteration, scalability, reliability, and observability.
    • Provide technical leadership: guide architectural decisions, review designs, and help your team level up in their craft.
    • Develop engineers through mentorship, career planning, constructive feedback, and coaching at all levels.
    • Partner with other engineering leaders to drive cross-team initiatives and improve our overall engineering operating model.
    • Recruit top talent, help onboard new team members, and contribute to building a diverse, inclusive engineering organization.

          Requirements

          • 5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing multiple teams.
          • 7+ years of hands-on experience in software development, ideally including modern JavaScript/TypeScript front-end frameworks and full-stack web applications
          • Experience shipping consumer-facing products and working closely with product and design functions.
          • Strong technical leadership: ability to dive into architecture, clarify tradeoffs, and guide teams through complex decisions
          • Demonstrated success in building and scaling high-performing engineering teams
          • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
          • Startup or fast-growth environment experience strongly preferred.
          • Familiarity with our stack (React, Next.js, Django) is a plus, but similar experience is welcome.

          About our culture

          • We're a remote-first company that encourages our employees to work from where they're most productive.
          • We work in tight-knit teams to cultivate an ownership mentality.
          • We cherish curiosity and an obsession for details because we know these details are invaluable over the long run.
          • We're hyper-focused on our achievements and our ability to execute our promises. We act with urgency.
          • Work anywhere in the world for up to 3 months!
          • We value families, by offering a parental leave program
          • We offer a work-from-home stipend
          • We value work-life balance by offering generous time off
          • Your birthday (and our company's birthday) is a day off!

          About our hiring process

          • You upload your resume and complete a brief questionnaire.
          • Three rounds of technical assessment.
          • Culture fit assessment.
          • Final interview with leadership.
          • Offer

          Take the Leap. Apply now.

          Our demo, in case you missed it: https://www.roomvo.com/rugdemo4r

          Top Skills

          AWS
          Django
          Next.Js
          Python
          React

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