R&D Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Oversee the engineering team and shape the technical strategy for ProgressionLIVE.

• Take ownership of the platform's technical roadmap and convert it into actionable engineering plans that align with business goals.

• Make architectural decisions and advocate for them.

• Enhance the Java backend (Spring + Hibernate) and the web frontend (Vue 3 / TypeScript).

• Manage the mobile strategy.

• Ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of a multi-tenant SaaS hosted on AWS.

• Establish and uphold modern engineering practices.

• Oversee the platform's security measures.

• Monitor key technical metrics: uptime, performance, code quality, velocity, and technical debt.

• Drive the integration of agentic AI tools throughout the development lifecycle.

• Mentor developers, QA, and DevOps in the practical application of tools.

• Design and implement agentic workflows to boost team productivity.

• Identify significant automation opportunities within the engineering process.

• Recruit, mentor, and develop the engineering team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of software engineering experience, including a minimum of 3 years in a technical leadership position (team lead, engineering manager, lead developer, software architect, or similar).

• Strong backend expertise. Capable of understanding and reasoning about a Java monolith (Spring + Hibernate), recognizing its trade-offs, and leading a team that maintains and advances it.

• Solid frontend instincts. Proficient in modern Vue or React ecosystems with TypeScript, able to make architectural choices and assess delivered work.

• Extensive AWS experience: Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, Aurora, S3, SES, IAM, and networking. Experienced in operating a multi-tenant SaaS in production, with a clear perspective on the trade-offs among managed services, containers, and serverless.

• Database design expertise. Experience with Amazon Aurora MySQL or similar, with insights on multi-tenant schema design and query performance at scale.

• Proficiency in CI/CD and IaC: GitHub Actions, Terraform, along with an understanding of what a production deployment pipeline entails.

• Practical knowledge in security. Able to interpret a SAST/DAST report, triage vulnerabilities based on actual risk, and lead a response.

• Familiarity with mobile platforms. Understanding the trade-offs between native and hybrid approaches, mobile API design, versioning, backward compatibility, offline behavior, and synchronization.

• Product awareness. Recognizing that the best technical decisions serve both the user and the business, with experience in a product-driven setting.

• Proven, hands-on application of agentic AI tools in your daily tasks.

🏝️ Benefits

• 4-day workweek

• Remote work

• Group insurance after 3 months (50% covered by the company, family option available)

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Corporate medical program

• Group RRSP (employer retirement savings plan)

• 3 weeks of vacation starting from the first year (available after 3 months)

• Regular social and sports activities

• Annual training budget

• Annual personal budget (for sports gear or remote work equipment)

• Coffee, snacks, and a positive atmosphere assured in the office