01 Nov
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Leap-Tools-Inc.-1
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Toronto
01 Nov
Leap-Tools-Inc.-1
Toronto
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. 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. Simply upload a picture of your room using your mobile phone, and slide the rug under your coffee table: We are adding a Staff-level engineer to provide technical leadership across multiple projects and engineering teams within our Dealer Solutions organization. Our Dealer Solutions products help businesses in the flooring industry manage their operations and serve their customers. These are business-critical applications with complex workflows, demanding reliability requirements, and significant opportunities for technical innovation. As a Staff Software Developer, you will help shape the architecture and technical direction of these products, tackle complex engineering challenges, and guide teams in building scalable, maintainable solutions. You will work across multiple technologies and systems, balancing long-term architectural decisions with the practical needs of delivering value to customers. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, not a people-management position. You will work closely with engineering managers, product leaders, and senior technical leadership to influence technical strategy, establish engineering standards, and drive high-impact initiatives across teams.
You enjoy setting the bar high and clearing it. Your technical knowledge is matched only by your passion to design, create, and succeed with others. Python, Django, C++, PostgreSQL Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript AWS, Azure, Kubernetes Web and Windows desktop applications Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, shaping architecture, technical direction, and engineering practices. Design and evolve complex software systems, balancing scalability, reliability, maintainability, and business requirements. Lead significant cross-team technical initiatives from initial design through successful delivery, remaining hands-on where your expertise adds the most value. Anticipate future technical needs, identify foundational investments, and break complex initiatives into manageable deliverables. Lead architecture and design discussions across backend services, web applications, desktop software, databases, and cloud infrastructure. Evaluate competing technical approaches, considering quality, risk, delivery timelines, and team expertise. Establish and champion engineering best practices, including code quality, automated testing, observability, and technical documentation. Mentor and develop engineers across teams, helping them strengthen their technical skills, architectural thinking, and ability to make independent decisions. Identify opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, scalability,
and operational efficiency. Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and senior technical leadership to align technical decisions with business priorities. Collaborate across teams to resolve complex technical challenges, manage dependencies, and improve engineering effectiveness. Help shape the long-term technical vision and culture of the engineering organization. 8+ years of software development experience building and operating scalable, reliable systems that businesses depend on in production. A track record of leading a multi-team migration or re-platforming of a system with live users and live data, end-to-end. Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, networking, databases. Strong data modelling and relational database skills, including designing schemas and evolving data-intensive applications. Proven ability to design distributed services with performance, observability, and fault tolerance in mind. Solid architectural instincts and the ability to make high-leverage technical decisions that hold across multiple teams and codebases. Demonstrated ability to influence and mentor senior engineers, guide teams through ambiguity, and raise engineering practices across the board. Experience with ERP, accounting, or other business management software, or with e-commerce and catalogue management. Experience building and maintaining Windows desktop applications, particularly in C++ or comparable native desktop technologies. Experience working with Microsoft Azure, including infrastructure supporting production applications. Familiarity with Azure Virtual Desktop is a plus. Experience with Python and Django on the backend, or a comparable f
📌 Staff Software Developer, Dealer Solutions (Toronto)
🏢 Leap-Tools-Inc.-1
📍 Toronto