Director, Software Engineering

Broadridge • Toronto, ON

3d • CA$150,000 - CA$180,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you’re passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team. We are seeking an accomplished Engineering Leader to guide and inspire our Canadian broker dealer client communications tax and statement processing software engineering team, driving strategic initiatives to design, build, and deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions. This role demands a unique blend of visionary leadership, strategic planning, and hands-on technical expertise in mainframe and modern software architecture and design. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading large-scale mainframe and distributed application development initiatives specifically modern applications in a highly regulated financial environment to the latest technologies. You will be a catalyst for innovation, fostering a culture of continuous learning, improving development practices, and ensuring successful delivery from project inception to production in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading large-scale mainframe applications development initiative including integration with modern cloud platforms in highly regulated financial industries.
• Strong background in mainframe application 3GL language software development frameworks.
• Deep understanding of security, compliance, and risk management in financial systems.
• Successful track record of delivering end-to-end projects from inception through production.
• Demonstrated ability to implement processes and tools to drive software delivery quality improvements and enhance client satisfaction.
• Experience managing multiple teams in a fast-paced and geographically diverse environment.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Extensive managerial experience overseeing teams with direct reports.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in technologies e.g., PLI, Cobol, IMS, DB2, CICS, API, Java, Python, DevOPs/SRE and test automation frameworks.
• Experience transforming teams from waterfall and other SDLC frameworks to Agile.
• Passion for technology and business and continuous learning.
• Extensive development management experience in the Wealth Management application space is an asset.
• Experience with US or Canadian tax processing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and strategic leadership to software engineering teams.
• Define and execute the engineering roadmap aligned with business and product priorities.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and high-performance engineering culture.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of existing in-house applications, and/or integrate third party applications.
• Monitor application performance, support service restoration during incidents as required, identify improvement opportunities, and implement necessary enhancements.
• Support operations teams during critical periods, including tax processing season and monthly client statement generation.
• Ensure customer-centric service delivery.
• Lead, inspire, and manage a team of software engineers, setting clear objectives and fostering a culture of innovation and high performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, client services, operations and global stakeholders to align technology goals with business objectives.
• Mentor and develop engineering leaders to facilitate career growth and succession planning.
• Identify and address resource gaps, make strategic hiring decisions and leverage external partners as needed.
• Drive the adoption of an engineering strategy and technology roadmap that aligns with the company's strategic objectives.
• Oversee and guide the integration of legacy mainframe applications with cloud platforms products in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Ensure engineering best practices, code quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality software products by establishing and maintaining rigorous testing, performance monitoring, and quality assurance processes.
• Drive projects from ideation and architecture designs through full production deployment.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and regulatory changes; proactively identify opportunities for adoption of best of breed tax processes within Broadridge.
• Promote automation, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and agile methodologies.
• Continuously improve engineering processes, tools, and team capabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve engineering processes and tools; optimize team efficiency, product quality, and delivery timelines.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure the engineering team remains at the cutting edge.
• Partner with product, client, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver robust, compliant solutions.
• Stay abreast of regulatory and industry changes from CRA, MRQ, IRS, and CIRO.
• Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs effectively to executives and stakeholders.
• Serve as a technical and strategic advisor to senior leadership.

Benefits

• Compensation may vary depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location.
• We are committed to supporting flexible work arrangements, investing in technology or other resources to enable you to work from home effectively, wherever possible.
• Broadridge is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace ensuring that equal employment opportunities are provided to all individuals, regardless of race, colour, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, creed, age, disability, religious affiliation, or national origin or citizenship.
• We believe that associates do their best when they feel safe, understood, and valued, and we work diligently and collaboratively to ensure Broadridge is a company—and ultimately a community—that recognizes and celebrates everyone’s unique perspective.
• Broadridge provides educational opportunities, including formal classes, training programs and events.
• To enable learning in our hybrid working model, Broadridge has redesigned all development programs for 100% virtual delivery.
• Our associates have access to 8,500+ online courses covering business, leadership, technical, and function-specific topics through our LinkedIn Learning program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director