Manager Software Development Investly

Fidelity Canada•Toronto, ON

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Software Development, Investly is a technical people leader responsible for guiding software developers, software quality specialists, or other technical people on the software development team. This role provides technical leadership across the Investly platform, ensuring that software architecture, development practices, and delivery processes support high-quality, secure, scalable, and user-centric digital experiences. A key responsibility of this role is to shape and mature Investly’s software architecture, advance development best practices, and contribute to the evolution of the Software Development Life cycle. This leader will work closely with product, UX, analytics, business stakeholders, and external partners to ensure that technical decisions align with organizational goals while supporting performance, security, maintainability, and user experience.

Requirements

Ability to spot code smells, security issues, or other software development poor practices
Excellent communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills
Ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear, insight-driven direction
Strong decision-making abilities with a balance of technical depth and strategic thinking
Strong sense of user advocacy and experience working with cross-functional teams
Understanding of agile software development processes
Ability to inspire and motivate teams in a fast-paced, evolving environment
University Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent work experience
5+ years of software development experience, with at least 2 years in technical leadership or direct people management role.
Hands-on experience with backend, web, mobile, database, and cloud technologies.
Experience working with modern backend frameworks (e.g., Java/Spring Boot or similar), modern web frameworks (e.g., React or comparable), cross-platform mobile frameworks (e.g., React Native or similar), relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, and cloud environments such as AWS or comparable cloud provider
Strong background in software architecture, system design, and integration.
Expertise in development best practices across security, data governance, automation, testing, and cloud-native patterns.
Experience evolving SDLC or leading process improvements.

Responsibilities

Drive the software development pipeline
Lead and evolve end-to-end software development processes, integrating discovery, design, analytics, and agile delivery workflows
Improve SDLC processes to support faster development through improved integration techniques, collaborative contribution methods, and improved tooling
Develop, mature, and scale the design development process, ensuring consistent application of software design and security principles
Establish and reinforce best practices across development, testing, automation, and cloud-first solution design
Manage project timelines, resource planning and prioritization to ensure successful, predictable delivery
Monitor progress, remove roadblock and adjust plans to adapt to changing priorities
Provide leadership and build team culture
Foster team growth and development through coaching, training and mentorship
Create a healthy team culture and ensure the team operates with shared values and effective communication norms
Provide technical guidance, architecture and direction to software developers, software quality specialists, and other technical people on the software development team
Engage employees in development conversations and provide support towards their development goals, with a focus on continuous learning and upskilling
Conduct annual goal setting by establishing clear and measurable goals, ensuring alignment and support of department strategy
Successfully execute end to end yearend performance review cycle
Drive employee engagement by supporting and promoting people programs and enabling Fidelity’s culture
Provide technical governance
Participate in architectural reviews, performance tuning, and technical risk assessments
Guide and maintain modern software architecture across backend, web, mobile, and cloud layers
Provide technical leadership across the Investly technology ecosystem
Partner with security and infrastructure teams to ensure applications are reliable, secure and compliant with organizational standards
Contribute to the evolution of the SDLC focusing on security, data governance, automation, architecture, and testing excellence
Promote best practices for documentation, maintainability and operations readiness
Communicate and report to stakeholders
Present complex technical information, project updates, risks and technical considerations to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior executives
Partner with product, UX, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical designs
Contribute to strategic planning and product development roadmap

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements
Competitive total compensation
Company contributions to your group RRSP without a matching requirement from you
Comprehensive health benefits that start on your first day, with 100% employer-paid premiums
Up to $6000 annually for mental health services and therapy
Parental leave top-up to 100% of your salary for a period of 25 weeks
Up to $650 for home office equipment
Generous time off policy, including 2 paid days annually to volunteer at a charity of your choice
Diversity and inclusion programs, including an active network of Employee Resource Groups
Extensive professional development opportunities, including access to over 11,000 training and development courses, tuition reimbursement, and monetary rewards for completing a required designation