Lead Software Engineer
About The Position
At Morningstar Retirement Group, we’re all in for investors. Our mission is to empower individuals to achieve better retirement outcomes through personalized, data-driven guidance. We build innovative tools that adapt to each investor’s unique financial situation. Our teams combine strong product thinking, close cross-functional collaboration, and thoughtful application of AI to solve complex problems and deliver high-impact solutions. In this role, you’ll split your time evenly between technical team leadership and individual contributor. As the leader of a cross-functional squad, you’ll collaborate closely with stakeholders to drive timely delivery of projects. Your responsibilities will encompass end-to-end ownership of components, with a focus on maintaining quality, stability, and driving technical enhancements. You will form strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure alignment and success. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to learn and adapt to emerging technologies, as we strive to innovate and refine our business. As an engineer, you’ll primarily work with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks such as Vue3, Nuxt, and NestJS, while contributing to backend systems built with C#/.NET and SQL.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building production-grade applications
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., Vue.js or React)
- Solid understanding of browser technologies, HTML, and CSS
- Experience building backend services using frameworks such as Nuxt or NestJS
- Strong understanding of fundamental software concepts including Design Patterns, Object-Oriented Programming, HTTP(S), RESTful API, SSO, security, unit testing, and databases.
- Possesses Agile and project management skills to contribute effectively to team workflows
- Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
- Experience using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, CLI-based agents) to enhance development workflows
Responsibilities
- Lead technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions for new features and services
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, secure, and high-quality software solutions
- Mentor engineers to uphold code standards and to contribute to the team's technical growth
- Continuously learn and adapt to new technologies and processes
- Participate in the on-call rotation for production support every two months
Benefits
- Base Salary Compensation Range $90,489.00-$132,711.00 CAD
- Incentive Target Percentage 12.5% Annual
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
