As a Tech Lead, you'll drive technical decisions, mentor developers, ensure code quality, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful software solutions.
As a Tech Lead Software Development, you will be the technical anchor of your team. You’ll drive technical decisions, guide developers, ensure code and architectural quality, and partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Principal Devs to deliver meaningful outcomes. Your role is a hybrid of hands-on development and team enablement.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership
- Lead system design and architecture discussions within your team.
- Make key technical decisions that balance speed, scalability, and maintainability.
- Ensure delivery aligns with broader platform, data, and architecture.
- Build observability and monitoring tooling for the features the team ships.
Delivery & Execution
- Contribute hands-on to codebases.
- Write technical tickets that extend and complement business tickets, bridging the gap between functional intent and technical execution in collaboration with Product and Engineering teams.
- Drive reliable, high-quality delivery through planning, code reviews, and mentoring.
- Collaborate with all Engineering Tech Leads to ensure technical consistency and cross-team alignment.
Mentorship & Team Development
- Coach and mentor developers of all levels; help grow the next generation of senior talent.
- Create a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and ownership.
Cross-functional Collaboration
- Partner with Product Managers, Designers, Tech Leads, and Principal Devs to shape high-impact solutions.
- Represent engineering trade-offs and advocate for technical feasibility and scope clarity.
Quality & Process
- Champion best practices in software development (testing, observability, documentation).
- Champion the adoption and mastery of AI-assisted coding, testing, and debugging tools to significantly enhance team productivity and code quality.
- Work with the Platform Engineering team to improve DevEx and Software Development Life Cycle workflows.
- Contribute to technical KPIs (reliability, delivery performance, etc.).
Job Requirements:
- 8+ years of software development experience with 2+ years in a senior or lead role.
- Minor in Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience)
- Strong proficiency in modern web development in (Python or similar).
- Strong proficiency in modern front-end languages and frameworks such as React, Angular and TypeScript (or similar)
- Experience with architectural patterns (event-driven, service-oriented, hybrid monolith/microservice).
- Proven leadership in guiding teams through technical complexity.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., Azure, GCP), CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate and leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code generation, review) into professional software workflows.
- Comfortable working in cross-functional, agile environments.
- Bonus: experience in data-intensive applications, ESG.
What we offer
- Join an early-stage, well-financed company
- Advance Novisto’s purpose of contributing to the sustainability of the economy, environment, and society by empowering companies to make better decisions and disclosures through our ESG data management software
- Contribute your knowledge and insights to increase awareness and knowledge of sustainability
- Generous health benefits (100% Insurance coverage & access to Dialogue's telemedicine app)
- Flexible schedules & opportunity to work remotely
- 4 weeks of vacation
- Stock option plan
- Summer hours
Novisto Montréal, Québec, CAN Office
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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