engineering
Posted 16 hours agoSoftware Engineer - Team Lead (Forward Deployed)
CanadaOn-site
Responsibilities
- What You’ll Do Lead Value Creation Projects (3-6 months): Drive deployment and integration of solutions for specific business units, solving materially hard problems like re-platforming or creating innovative features Lead Applications Projects (Long-term): Architect and maintain Volaris-focused applications that drive sustained value, providing ongoing support, roadmaps, and feature development Manage and develop up to 6 team members across various projects and assignments Design and build complex custom
Requirements
- You’ll leverage AI tools throughout the entire software development lifecycle to rapidly drive value.
- While you may have natural specialties, we expect full-stack capability accelerated by AI — no dedicated frontend, backend, or DevOps silos.
- experience Lead technical discussions and architectural decisions across multiple projects Occasionally travel to customer sites (as needed) for deployment or design sessions What You Bring Required: - 7+ years of professional
- experience in software engineering (Python, TypeScript, Java, .NET, or similar) - 2+ years of
- experience managing and developing engineering teams - Strong
- experience working with APIs, data pipelines, and distributed systems - Full-stack mindset: Proven ability to work across frontend, backend, and infrastructure with AI assistance - AI tool proficiency :
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools and practices - Proven track record of mentoring and developing junior and senior engineers -
- Experience with hiring, performance management, and career development - Comfort working directly with customer engineering or operations teams - Strong leadership skills with ability to lead by example - Excellent communication and influence skills - Ability to thrive in ambiguous, high-impact environments Nice to Have: -
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) - Prior work in AI, analytics, or enterprise SaaS deployments - Familiarity with customer success / implementation roles -
- Experience managing matrix organization or cross-functional teams Why You’ll Love It You’ll get to work on meaningful, high-impact projects where your code directly powers real customer outcomes — not theoretical demos.
Additional details
- You’ll work directly with enterprise clients to design, implement, and scale real-world solutions while leading and developing a team of up to 6 engineers.
- Job Description: We’re looking for a Software Engineer Team Lead (Forward Deployed) to join our customer engineering team as a player/ coach .
- As a player/coach, you’re not expected to be great at everything, but you are expected to lead by example and be willing to roll up your sleeves when things get challenging.
- You’ll balance hands-on technical work with people management, ensuring both project success and team member growth.
- At least 25% of your time is expected to be dedicated to hiring, talent management, and training your team members.
- As a player/ coach , you’ll have the opportunity to shape both technical direction and team culture, developing the next generation of engineers while staying hands-on with challenging technical problems.
- Worker Type: Regular Number of Openings Available: 2