Software Developer Manager (Montreal)

Intelerad

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager, Software Development leads a team of software developers responsible for developing and maintaining Intelerad's medical imaging solutions that serve healthcare providers and directly impact patient care delivery. This role balances technical leadership with people management, ensuring the team delivers high-quality, secure, and compliant software while fostering individual growth and team collaboration. The Manager partners closely with Product Management, Quality Assurance, and other R&D teams to drive successful delivery of features and capabilities that meet healthcare regulatory requirements and customer expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Development, or related technical field, or equivalent experience
7+ years of software development experience with at least 2 years in a leadership or team lead capacity
Demonstrated track record leading delivery teams and improving throughput or cycle time
Experience leading combined development and QA teams within an Agile framework
Experience leading developers/QA through changes in working practices and establishing new ways of working within an existing R&D organization
Proven ability to coach and develop developers, providing constructive feedback and supporting career growth
Hands-on experience using agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Devin, Cursor, or equivalent) against a production codebase, with informed judgment about their strengths, failure modes, and limits
Demonstrated ability to establish team-level standards, guardrails, review expectations, quality gates, and output validation for AI-assisted development, while integrating agentic AI into a formal, auditable SDLC with traceable and evidenced contributions.
Understanding of architecture, design, and regulatory considerations for client-server, SaaS, and hosted/cloud-based solutions
Strong knowledge of programming languages, operating systems (Linux/UNIX) and databases.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to convey technical issues to a broad range of stakeholders
Experience with quality assurance practices including code reviews, testing strategies, and continuous integration

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
Experience in healthcare technology, medical devices, or other regulated industries, including quality management systems (e.g., FDA, HIPAA, ISO 13485, ISO 9001)
Knowledge of medical imaging technologies including PACS, RIS, DICOM, HL7, FHIR, or IHE integration standards
Experience with cloud technologies, distributed systems, or microservices architectures, including AWS services
Background in front-end and/or back-end development for enterprise software applications
Java background
Previous experience managing remote or distributed R&D teams, including coordinating offshore or vendor-augmented teams alongside internal staff
Professional release management practices
Familiarity with complex, multi-threaded client/server architectures and database-enabled applications.
Flexibility to participate in on-call rotation for production support of critical healthcare systems
May require security clearance or background checks depending on customer contracts and healthcare facility access requirements

Responsibilities

Leads and develops a software development team through effective coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development, creating an environment where engineers can grow their technical skills and deliver their best work while maintaining high standards for code quality, testing, and documentation.
Drives technical execution and delivery of software features and capabilities aligned with product roadmaps, ensuring the team follows established engineering practices, architectural standards, and healthcare compliance requirements (HIPAA, FDA, DICOM, HL7) while meeting committed timelines and quality expectations.
Collaborates with cross-functional partners including Product Management, Quality Assurance, Technical Support, and other R&D teams to ensure clear requirements, effective prioritization, and smooth delivery of capabilities that meet customer needs and business objectives.
Ensures operational excellence and regulatory compliance for production systems by establishing rigorous processes for code review, testing, traceability, deployment, monitoring, and incident response while maintaining the reliability and performance standards required for mission-critical healthcare environments where system availability impacts patient care.
Contributes to technical strategy and continuous improvement by providing input on architectural decisions, evaluating emerging technologies and methods—including the rapidly evolving agentic AI tooling landscape—and identifying opportunities to improve development processes and tooling, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence within the team and broader R&D organization.