Hands-on’ Senior Manager / Director of Engineering
Constellation Dealership Software
Company Overview
Operating as a group of companies since 2011, Constellation Dealership Software provides market-leading software products designed to help 6000+ specialty dealerships succeed in their specific industry.
Backed by the shared resources and expertise of 600+ companies owned by Constellation Software (publicly held and $3B+ in revenue);
we are the driving force behind most major benchmarks in our industries.
Role Overview
The software is written in VB.net, C# and SQL Server and is 70% cloud-based and 30% On-Premise. The role is to :
- Enhance our product quality and performance
- Build out new products based on the roadmap
- Build a focused, efficient and accountable development team for advancing the product
- Roll out regular and clean product releases
Responsibilities
- Build a customer-centric R&D organization / org chart with three teams and leaders Core application, Performance improvement, and OEM integrations
- Initially 60% of time will be spent managing and 40% coding / technical troubleshooting
- Ensure the best technology, development tools, and processes are in place to have an efficient team
- Drive best practices for all R&D processes including product delivery, rollout, feedback, and internal / external communication
- Train and onboard new team members
- Create a sense of urgency around product delivery
- Implement a DevOps system - build and deployment automation (CI / CD) and automated testing and QA best practices
Requirements and qualifications
- At least 5 years’ experience in managing and mentoring a development team
- Ability to optimize performance and uncover troubled development areas
- Experience managing remote employees
- Experience with Cloud based applications and Microsoft Azure
- Deep familiarity with VB.net, C# and Sql Server
- Receptive to criticism and ideas
- Strong Communicator
Reports to : General Manager
Direct Reports : 18 team members with a number offshore
Location : Toronto but remote work is fine.
Travel : Approx. 15%