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Emburse

Manager, Software Engineering

Toronto, ON · On-site +1

Summary/Objective Emburse software engineers contribute to the development of an engaging and ... Develop, lead, coach, and assess the engineering team * Grows a team culture that is collaborative

INSTALILY.AI

Software Engineer II - Toronto

Toronto, ON · On-site

CA$90K - CA$110K/yr

Lead technical discovery with enterprise customers and partner with the Growth team; translate ... Bachelor's in CS, engineering, math, physics, or related: demonstrated ability matters more than ...

AltaML

Manager, Software Engineering

Toronto, ON · On-site

CA$140K - CA$170K/yr

Role Summary The Manager, Software Engineering leads multiple developers across delivery pods with ... Lead or actively participate in cross-pod technical guilds (e.g., Frontend, AI/ML, DevOps). People ...

PointClickCare

Software Engineering Manager

Mississauga, ON · Remote

CA$156K - CA$174K/yr

Lead and mentor cross-functional teams of developers and team of engineers. Drive end-to-end delivery of software projects using Agile methodologies. Own technical design and architecture decisions ...

Salesforce, Inc.

Software Engineering SMTS

Toronto, ON · On-site

Job Category Software Engineering Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where ... Lead a team to design and develop core database system functionality * Develop new architecture and ...

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As of Sep 3, 2026, the average yearly pay for lead software engineering in Toronto, ON is $130,716.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $104,977.00 and $155,080.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Manager, Software Engineering

Emburse

Toronto, ON • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Re-posted 13 days ago

Job description

Summary/Objective

Emburse software engineers contribute to the development of an engaging and interconnected set of system solutions. As an engineer, you will enhance the experiences of your customers, solve interesting challenges, and design new solutions. Emburse, known for its innovation and award-winning technologies, is strong on engineering. This ensures you will have access to the best and brightest minds in our industry to grow your experience and career within Emburse.

Essential Functions

Technical

  • 6 years of distributed software development experience
  • 2+ years of Manager or Lead position experience
  • Ability to analyze software requirements
  • Ability to review and influence design plans
  • Manage goal priorities as set by the senior management and delegate tasks to the appropriate resources
  • Develop, lead, coach, and assess the engineering team
  • Grows a team culture that is collaborative
  • Provide technical guidance and coaching, break down barriers that interfere with tasks
  • Drive AI Adoption throughout the software development lifecycle
  • Has direct reports, remote or local

Agile/Process

  • Familiar with all the policies, procedures and technical concepts related to software programming, including but not limited to security, deployments, build and UAT processes, SDLC, SSDLC, PCI/DSS, GDPR, and CCPA.
  • Participates in design activities
  • Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications

Impact

  • Leads small technical teams in delivering highly scalable and reliable applications that meet business budgets/timelines
  • Establishes attainable goals in order for the project to finish on time
  • Provides guidance to team members to encourage work productivity
  • Focused on one or more small projects or platforms at once
  • Monitors, evaluates and ensures the completion of tasks and projects
  • Improve engineering quality and efficiency (e.g. improve workflow, code review, etc.)
  • Aligns their product engineering team with the company's vision
  • Hire qualified candidates to strengthen company and team

Communication

  • Represents the product development team across the organization
  • Collaborate with cross-functional peers and leaders to deliver projects
Education & Experience

Education:

  • Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years'experience

Experience:

  • Required: Minimum of 4 years' professional experience in Java development. Experience working in OS X and Linux environments, Spring, AWS, Microservices, SQL, NoSQL, GIT.
  • Experience working in a scrum and DevOps environment. Good understanding of agile application development lifecycle.
  • Preferred: Experience Designing and building JSON or REST services, experience working with 3rd party APIs, AWS APIs, Docker or other containers, large-scale or distributed web applications, Test Driven Development and functional testing.

Certifications:

  • Required: None

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Required Skills:

  • Understanding of various design patterns and OOP paradigm
  • Experience in RESTful and security of API design
  • Knowledge in at least 1 OOP language
Core Competencies

Core Competencies

Problem Solving/Critical Thinking

  • Analysis/Reasoning
  • Dealing with ambiguity
  • Creative and innovative thinking
  • Decision
  • making/judgement
  • Mathematical reasoning
  • Problem solving

Personal Effectiveness 

  • Accountability / Dependability
  • Adaptability / Flexibility
  • Ethics / Integrity
  • Time Management
  • Attention to detail
  • Personal development / Continual learning
  • Commitment to the job

Interaction with Others

  • Tact
  • Teamwork
  • Relationship building
  • Influencing others
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Listening

Business Acumen 

  • Compliance/Best Practices
  • Functional Alignment

Leadership

  • Coaching / Mentorship
  • Cultural awareness
  • Project management
  • Business alignment
  • Evaluating Talent
  • Managing and measuring work
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional, open office environment.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
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