Development engineer Jobs in Calgary, AB

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Description

Inspirational, innovative and entrepreneurial - this is how we describe our empowered teams. Combine your passion with purpose and join a culture that is thriving in the face of change.

Make an impact with our Technology - Development team as a Senior Manager, Innovation Development. This diverse team of tech-savvy builders and problem solvers embraces digital transformation, and the possibilities technology brings to the future of our industry. We’re looking for team members who have a strong sense of ownership and drive, and who thrive on delivering high-quality solutions that are redefining the way MNP does business.

MNP is proudly Canadian. Providing business strategies and solutions, we are a leading national accounting, tax and business advisory firm in Canada. Entrepreneurial to our core, our talented team members transcend obstacles into opportunities and are successfully transforming mid-market business practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end‑to‑end development lifecycle for new innovation‑driven products and solutions, defining the technical vision, architecture direction, and engineering approach
• Collaborate closely with Innovation, Solution Delivery, and business stakeholders to translate new concepts and problem statements into clear technical requirements, user stories, and sprint plans
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and Machine Learning teams with experience to integrate AI/ML capabilities into production applications
• Establish engineering discipline from day one, ensuring code quality, automated testing, architectural consistency, and documentation practices that prevent the accumulation of technical debt over time
• Design and guide the development of modern, cloud‑native applications, leveraging microservices, event-driven patterns, and modern front-end architectures
• Ensure solutions are built for scale, reusability, and long-term sustainability, creating patterns, frameworks, and shared components that can be used across the firm’s innovation portfolio
• Provide hands-on architectural and technical leadership, reviewing technical decisions, solution designs, and implementation approaches
• Build and lead a high-performing development team, coaching developers, fostering a modern development culture, and enabling rapid learning, experimentation, and high-quality delivery
• Champion modern engineering best practices, including DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, test automation, security-by-design, and observability
• Collaborate with Architecture and Cloud Teams to ensure alignment on design patterns, cloud standards, integration approaches, and data strategy
• Drive continuous improvement, introducing tools, processes, and practices that increase developer velocity, reliability, and consistency of delivery
• Proactively manage delivery risks, dependencies, and timelines, ensuring innovation initiatives land with predictable quality and business impact
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies, evaluating new capabilities and recommending how they can be incorporated into the firm’s innovation roadmap

Skills and Experience

• At least seven years of experience leading modern software development teams, including senior developers, in an Agile, cloud-first environment
• Proven experience delivering cloud-native applications using C#, .NET, RESTful services, Azure, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks such as Angular or similar
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns, including microservices, domain-driven design, API-first development, and event-driven systems
• Experience with Azure data services (Cosmos DB, Azure SQL) and comfort working across hybrid data environments
• Demonstrated ability to implement engineering practices that prevent technical debt, including: automated testing CI/CD pipelines code review discipline architectural guardrails monitoring and observability
• Strong experience operating in Agile delivery models with the ability to shape backlog structure, refine requirements, and guide teams through rapid iteration
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and translate technical concepts clearly
• Strong problem-solving abilities and comfort operating in environments that require creativity, experimentation, and balancing practicality with innovation
• Experience in early-stage product development, R&D, or innovation environments is a strong asset