Director, Software Development and Architecture

Your Moneris Career - The Opportunity

We are looking for a Director, Software Development and Architecture with a understanding of the payments industry to lead Agile teams that develop and maintain Moneris' inhouse built payment authorization and terminal management platforms.

You will collaborate with other teams and departments, identifying and realising opportunities to share technology subject-matter expertise and best practices.

Location : You will be based in our Toronto office and will work in a Hybrid model.

Reporting Relationship : You will report to the Vice President, Software Development and Architecture

Your Moneris Career - What you'll do

Collaborate with product owners, engineering teams, and other partners to understand our requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

Establish and enforce architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and maintainability across our software products.

Guide the evolution of our software architecture to meet our needs, incorporating best practices, emerging technologies, and industry trends.

Maintain productive relationships with other Moneris departments / leaders and conduct platform and roadmap reviews with leadership and steering committee teams

Develop and sponsor strategies, project proposals and solutions related to the functional area and guide execution through the organization

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software architects and developers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and performance evaluations to ensure adherence to architectural principles and quality standards.

Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balancing our requirements, technical constraints and internal and external regulatory compliance

Build and oversee the business support and documentation functions for managed platforms. Provide leadership support to major RFPs and customer initiatives

Develop platform leaders and senior analysis / design professionals. Guide and mentors managers or senior professionals outside of the team.

Lead the direction, functional design and user experience of enterprise solutions; ensure that the functional design meets partner and organizational needs

Manage multiple parallel streams of work; oversee the release schedules and platform feature backlog; support programs by ensuring predictable deliveries to our company, planning minimizing design and schedule risks.

Your Moneris Career - What you bring

Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent work experience.

Minimum of 15 years of experience working in a software development / architecture role

Experience leading Agile teams.

Hands-on technical experience in the payments industry.

Expertise in working in software development, business intelligence environments, and data architecture environments along with solving problems without precedence and high accountability

Experience in partner management at higher levels

Experience promoting proposals to garner support and investment from senior management.

Your Moneris Career - What you get

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses, flexible benefits starting from day 1, and your choice of either a health spending account (HSA) or personal spending account (PSA)

RRSP matching & defined contribution pension plan

Learning & development programs and resources including unlimited free access to Coursera and an Educational Assistance Program

Holistic approach to your well-being, with an Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, access to 24 / 7 virtual health care, wellness events and a supportive workplace culture

A workplace committed to investing in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) through various initiatives including, employee inclusion groups (EIGs), mentorship, DEI learning and workshops, educational events, and various resources including an internal DEI website and newsletter

Company-wide paid year-end closure & personal time off (including religious, personal, and volunteer days)