Director of Software

Overview

Position title : Director of Software

Location : Calgary

Salary range : 140k-160k

Position type : Full-time & permanent

Schedule : Flexible, with expected availability during regular office hours unless calendar blocked off

Reporting : Thomas Fox

About Highwood

Our mission is to collaborate, innovate, and educate our way to a world with effective and affordable emissions management solutions.

We believe that working alongside proactive energy companies to understand and lower carbon emissions is key to achieving meaningful and permanent change.

Our team works on the cutting edge of decarbonizing the world’s energy systems. Launched in September 2020, we are a new and dynamic company with massive potential.

We pride ourselves on having a strong culture of respect, fun, continuous learning, and hard work. Working at Highwood is not easy but it can be incredibly rewarding.

Join us as we endeavor to overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges and help mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Highwood Emissions Management (Highwood) is an equal opportunity employer working to enable diversity in the workforce. We welcome all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

We also value diversity of worldview, experience, and perspective.

Your Mission

Reducing GHG emissions from the oil and natural gas industry is one of the single greatest short-term impacts that we can make towards decarbonizing our economy.

Incentivizing the production, transportation, and end use of low-carbon energy is critical. Highwood is looking to expand its team and is currently seeking to fill the role of Director of Software.

Highwood is building our Emission Intelligence Platform (EIP), which allows customers to understand their emissions in new and valuable ways.

We are progressing towards MVP and will be establishing EIP as a SaaS product this year.

As Director of Software, you will be leading our small software team. Additionally, you will be working closely with the Product Team, R+D, and Sr Leadership.

You will be the face of the Software Team and ultimately accountable for the success of the Software Team.

We are looking for someone with a mix of strong technical skills along with experience as a leader in software. Many of our clients are large energy companies, so enterprise experience is considered a major asset.

A successful candidate will run a highly effective software team and help Highwood Emissions be a world class Software company.

You will report to the Chief Innovation Officer.

What is expected :

• Manage and build Software Team. Currently there are 3 highly effective members.
• Technical lead for the Software Team. Working closely with the team, responsible for the design, implementation, and support of the system.
• Participate in Senior Leadership meetings as the face of the Software Team.
• Work closely with the Product team and R+D to make the best decisions on what and how to build the product.
• Represent Highwood, as the Technical Expert, to customers, shareholders, and other external stakeholders.

The Benefits

At Highwood, we are committed to the physical and mental health of our employees and of their families. Here are some of the reasons why our employees love it here :

• Our benefits package is among the best. Each year it includes $1,500 in dental coverage and more for prescription drugs, vision, massage, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, and much more.
• Our benefits package includes your spouse and all children.
• We offer $5,000 / year to help cover non-essential educational pursuits of your choice.
• We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and you don’t need to pay to be a partial owner of Highwood and share in the success we achieve.
• We encourage employees to take breaks especially vacation.
• If that’s not enough our core value is People First’. Check out our Team Promise below.
• Finally, you get to work with the brightest and friendliest colleagues in the business!

About You

Here are some of the things we’re looking for. Note that we don’t expect you to have all of these qualifications, experiences, and / or skills.

We often choose to train someone with the right attitude over hiring the wrong person with the right skills.

• Experience in software leadership.
• 5+ years experience in enterprise software.
• 5+ years experience working with SaaS.
• 5+ years experience web development experience.
• Excited to be a manager / leader.
• Excited to contribute technically.
• Proficiency in 1 programming language (Typescript, JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, etc). Our stack is all written in Typescript.
• Experience with SQL. We use PostgreSQL.
• Experience working with a product team.
• Excellent communication skills.

Team Promise

Highwood’s promise to staff and contractors is to :

• Treat you with respect, fairness, and honesty.
• Give you a voice. We will encourage you to question the way we do things, and we will empower you to speak your mind.
• Understand your goals, insomuch as you are willing to share, and work to help you achieve them.
• Support your growth, promote you, and provide opportunities to expand your network and foster your professional identity.
• Appreciate, recognize, and reward your contributions and wins.
• Make time to have fun and celebrate success.
• Foster an environment that encourages you to share your concerns, no matter how small they might seem.

Your promise to Highwood is to :

• Treat others with respect, value their contributions, and lift them up, even when they fail. You never know how others might be struggling.
• Be patient with yourself. We work on unsolved challenges. We expect mistakes and see them as learning opportunities.
• Strive to continually learn and grow professionally and personally, regardless of where you started and where you might end up.
• Embrace innovation and change there is no destination.
• Do your best only you know what that means. Set boundaries and respect them. Take a break when you need it.

APPLY NOW

P lease submit a single pdf including your Resume / CV and cover letter by email to hr @highwoodemissions.com . The document naming convention should follow the format : LastName FirstName director software.pdf

Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Thank you for your interest.