Lead Software Engineer – Team Lead

CSC Generation

Lead Software Engineer owning technical decisions for a retail service cloud. Designs and delivers features while mentoring engineers in a collaborative environment.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDjangoDynamoDBJavaScriptNode.jsPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as technical owner for your area or service within the retail service cloud, setting architecture direction and maintaining quality standards
Design, build, and ship features — reading and writing code daily alongside the team
Identify and resolve technical challenges across the stack, from profiling and refactoring to scaling the platform
Replace legacy code and services with modern, maintainable solutions and optimize the overall stack
Build frameworks and reusable patterns for upcoming projects across the portfolio
Plan and communicate product roadmaps, triage sprint tickets, and push back on requests when technical tradeoffs demand it
Mentor junior engineers through code review, pairing, and hands-on problem solving
Help build the team by driving developer productivity and contributing to hiring decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and Node.js
Proficiency / production experience with API Gateway, AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB.
Comfortable with IAM and CloudWatch for debugging + least-privilege design
Experience with Python and Django or comparable server-side frameworks
Track record of owning a product or service area technically — architecture decisions, code quality, and delivery outcomes
Demonstrated ability to mentor and elevate other engineers while remaining a significant individual contributor
Experience replacing or modernizing legacy systems in a production environment
Comfort triaging competing priorities, planning sprints, and communicating technical details to non-technical stakeholders
Strong opinions on code quality and engineering best practices, held loosely enough to find the best solution collaboratively

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid time off policies
401(k) match
Medical/dental/vision
A variety of supplemental policies
Employee discounts across our portfolio of brands

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Hard Skills & Tools

TypeScriptJavaScriptReactNode.jsAPI GatewayAWS LambdaS3DynamoDBPythonDjango

Soft Skills

mentoringproblem solvingcommunicationcollaborationprioritizationplanningcode reviewdeveloper productivitytechnical tradeoffsteam building