Lead Developer
About The Position
Purdys Chocolatier is delighted to have been voted by our employees as one of Canada's Best Employers. This esteemed award is a testament to the rich texture of our history and our more than 115 years of dedication to quality, trust,and supportive work environment. We’re looking for a Lead Developer to join our IT team based in the 8330 Chester Office in Vancouver, BC! This person will report to the IT Operations Manager. Job Overview: The Lead Developer leads the design, development, and support of enterprise applications and integrations across all business areas. This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical delivery, team mentorship, and strong collaboration with business and IT partners. A key focus of the role is leveraging AI to improve development productivity and to embed AI-driven capabilities into business applications. You will have the opportunity to: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to application developers, fostering best practices and high-quality delivery. Design, build, and support enterprise applications, ERP extensions, integrations, dashboards, reports, and web applications. Define, enforce, and continuously improve coding standards, architecture patterns, security practices, testing, documentation, and release processes. Lead code reviews to ensure maintainability, scalability, security, and consistent quality across applications. Partner with Project Managers, Business Analysts, and stakeholders to translate requirements into well-designed, scalable technical solutions. Support sprint planning, estimation, prioritization, and day-to-day execution. Own and enhance internal test automation strategy, tooling, standards, and adoption across the team. Govern source code repositories, deployment pipelines, and code integrity to ensure secure and reliable releases. Lead the organization’s transition to cloud technologies and advocate for modern engineering practices. Champion AI-assisted development tools and AI-enabled application features to enhance productivity, automation, and user experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences or a related field of study.
- 7+ years of application development experience, with 2+ years in a technical or lead role.
- Experience in ERP-centric environments, ideally with Infor SyteLine (CSI).
- Strong background in enterprise and web development: .NET Core, C#, React (Next.js), Python, HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript, and SQL Server.
- Skilled in using Visual Studio, managing source control, builds, and deployments via Azure DevOps and Bitbucket.
- Experienced in designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-based applications (Azure or AWS), including containerized workloads (Docker/Kubernetes), PaaS offerings, and managed database services..
- Demonstrated ability to apply best practices for scalability, reliability, security, and cost optimization, including minimizing unnecessary service calls and cloud consumption costs.
- Experience establishing or scaling automated testing practices (unit, integration, and/or end-to-end).
- Experience with source code repository and version control tools (such as BitBucket).
- Familiarity with Agile or sprint-based delivery models.
- Practical experience using AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Github Copilot) in software development and proven ability to embed AI capabilities into applications to improve user experience.
- Strong communication skills with both technical teams and business partners.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to application developers, fostering best practices and high-quality delivery.
- Design, build, and support enterprise applications, ERP extensions, integrations, dashboards, reports, and web applications.
- Define, enforce, and continuously improve coding standards, architecture patterns, security practices, testing, documentation, and release processes.
- Lead code reviews to ensure maintainability, scalability, security, and consistent quality across applications.
- Partner with Project Managers, Business Analysts, and stakeholders to translate requirements into well-designed, scalable technical solutions.
- Support sprint planning, estimation, prioritization, and day-to-day execution.
- Own and enhance internal test automation strategy, tooling, standards, and adoption across the team.
- Govern source code repositories, deployment pipelines, and code integrity to ensure secure and reliable releases.
- Lead the organization’s transition to cloud technologies and advocate for modern engineering practices.
- Champion AI-assisted development tools and AI-enabled application features to enhance productivity, automation, and user experience.
Benefits
- Flexible Work Arrangement Policy
- Possibility to work from home two days per week
- Extended Health & Dental Plan
- Sickness and Disability Plans
- RRSP Matching Program
- Profit Sharing depending on achieving the business goals
- Purdys Perks (Active Lifestyle Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee discount, and much more)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
