Software Development Manager - Payroll

About the role

Powerpay, a cloud payroll solution for small Canadian businesses, is looking for a Software Development Manager to lead a team that builds and enhances modern payroll experiences using Java, Spring Boot, React and AI-enabled technologies. The role combines people leadership with technical and delivery excellence, working closely with Product Management, Architecture and other engineering teams.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of software engineers through feedback, mentoring and career planning, and foster an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, succession planning and employee engagement.
• Own team execution and delivery of product roadmap commitments, partnering with Product Managers to prioritize work.
• Facilitate Agile practices (sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives) and remove delivery impediments.
• Provide technical guidance on architecture, design, testing and deployment, and lead scalable applications with Java, Spring Boot, React, REST APIs and cloud technologies.
• Promote engineering best practices: code quality, automation, security, performance and operational excellence.
• Drive adoption of AI and Generative AI capabilities and stay current on payroll technology and software trends.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, Architecture, Operations, Compliance and Customer Support teams and communicate progress and risks to stakeholders.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Experience leading Agile software development teams in a people management capacity.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise SaaS applications.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing engineering teams and delivering business outcomes.

Required skills

• Java and Spring Boot; React, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML and CSS.
• Microservices, REST APIs, cloud-native architectures and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with Azure or AWS.
• Automated testing, monitoring and DevOps practices.