Hootsuite · Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta · posted 11/5/2026

We’re looking for a Lead, Software Development to help us build and lead a high-performance team that solves challenging engineering problems as we build the next generation of social products. You will support the Manager, Development to hire, grow, coach, and lead a team of developers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize our Identity infrastructure working on user management, Authentication and Authorization, Member status, Onboarding and provisioning and so much more user impacting domain features.This role is envisaged to be 50% technical and hands-on, 50% people leadership, process, and project management. While based in Canada (in locations where we can legally hire), you will report to the Manager, Software Development. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - Build, support and lead a high performance, cohesive team of developers, in close partnership with the Senior Manager, Development - Facilitate ongoing development conversations with your team to support their learning and career growth - Proactively share information, actively solicit feedback, and facilitate communication, within teams and portfolios - Participate in the hiring process, with an aim of attracting and hiring the best developers - Assess and prioritize the team's work, appropriately delegating to others and encouraging team ownership. - Maintain high standards of security, reliability, scalability, performance, and quality in all delivered projectsHelp shape our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build new products - Design, write, test, and deploy high quality scalable code - Work with the following technologies: Go, Scala, PHP, Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, MySQL, Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Test Driven Design and Agile, React and Typescript. WHAT YOU’LL NEED: - A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and at least 5 years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact - You are proficient in Go, Scala or a similar language and have a desire to learn other languages - Understanding of distributed systems and how to work in high availability environments - Experience with mentoring, coaching, and pairing with coworkers - An understanding of SaaS software development practice, previous experience working on a SaaS product will be viewed favorably - Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs - Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generating original and imaginative ideas, products, and/or solutions - Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems and looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems and proposes several possible solutions - Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects WHAT YOU’LL NEED: - A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and at least 5 years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact - You are proficient in Go, Scala or a similar language and have a desire to learn other languages - Understanding of distributed systems and how to work in high availability environments - Experience with mentoring, coaching, and pairing with coworkers - An understanding of SaaS software development practice, previous experience working on a SaaS product will be viewed favorably - Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs - Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generating original and imaginative ideas, products, and/or solutions - Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems and looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems and proposes several possible solutions - Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects WHO YOU ARE: - Solution seeker. You’re focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don’t wait to be asked. - Lifelong learner. You have a growth mindset – you’re here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn’t. - Resilient adapter. In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity. - Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information. - Critical challenger. You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result. - Active communicator. You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively. - Integrated thinker. You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team’s work drives broader organizational goals. - Accountable owner. You take pride in the work you’re responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes. - Bar-raiser. You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected. In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way: Step Up: Dare to go beyond the expected to achieve greatness. #StepUp One Team: Make Hootsuite a place we soar together by respecting each other's individuality, building trust, and showing up for the team. #OneTeam #FreeToBeMe Customer Obsessed: Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed. #CustomerObsessed Go Fast, Be Agile: Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity. #GoFastBeAgile Play to Win: Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders. #PlayToWin #NoExcuses Neighbours & Allies: Give back to our communities and be an ally. #SocialForGood #Allies Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. This posting is for a current vacancy for which we are actively hiring. Canada Pay Range For This Role $98,400—$137,800 CAD Use of AI in Hiring Hootsuite uses artificial intelligence (AI) to support our recruitment process. These tools may assist with screening and assessing applicants and / or summarizing interview feedback. All final hiring decisions are made by human decision-makers who use their professional judgement to review and evaluate relevant candidate information in addition to AI outputs. For more information about how we use AI and your rights, please see our Careers Privacy Policy.

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