Software development manager Jobs in Montreal, QC

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Where is the work:

Our BrainBox AI Workplace Presence model dedicates specific in-office days each month to focus on relationships, learning and innovation.

What's in it for you:

A sustainable future demands ongoing digital advancement. Our digital solutions team leads the way in developing next-generation climate technology focused on reducing demand-side energy consumption and emissions. Our team—including BrainBox AI, Nuvolo, and more—combines technical expertise with advanced analytics to create data-driven solutions that add real value for customers, communities, and the planet. Whether you're advancing AI in HVAC or driving analytics for greater efficiency, your ideas will help engineer solutions for stronger communities and a sustainable world.

You'll get to build the brains behind smarter buildings. As a Software Architect, you'll lead the design and development of the backend services that power our Cloud-based Building Management System. You'll solve complex technical challenges, influence architectural decisions, and drive the delivery of scalable, reliable software that has a real-world impact. Working alongside talented engineers and cross-functional teams, you'll help shape the technical direction of our platform while mentoring others and raising the engineering bar.

What You Will Do

• Define and evolve the architecture of scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems and microservices.
• Design end-to-end software solutions, ensuring seamless integration across services, platforms, and cloud infrastructure.
• Lead the architecture and design of distributed systems, cloud-native services, APIs, event-driven systems, and AI-powered applications.
• Design and deliver production-ready generative AI and agentic AI capabilities that enhance products, automate workflows, and create measurable business value.
• Partner with Product Managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical designs and architectural solutions.
• Establish and promote software engineering standards, design patterns, coding guidelines, and best practices across the team.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and tools to support current and future business needs.
• Identify technical risks, architectural bottlenecks, and scalability challenges, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship through architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Ensure software architecture aligns with security, performance, reliability, maintainability, and business objectives.
• Own technical delivery, coordinating implementation and aligning execution across multiple workstreams.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and engineering approaches, identifying opportunities to responsibly integrate them into products and practices.

What You Will Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including demonstrated experience designing software architecture for complex applications.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end software solutions from architecture and design through implementation and production deployment.
• Strong proficiency in Python and object-oriented software design principles.
• Demonstrated experience designing scalable, distributed, and cloud-based systems using AWS managed services (Lambda, SQS, API Gateway, EventBridge, etc.).
• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, APIs, relational and NoSQL databases, messaging systems, and system integration.
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, or MongoDB.
• Deep understanding of software engineering best practices including testing strategies, CI/CD, observability, code quality, and maintainability.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
• Strong proficiency with Git and modern software development practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across development teams.
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a desire to continuously learn and apply modern engineering practices.

Language Requirements

• French-English bilingualism is required.
• In addition to fluency in French, successful candidates must have full professional proficiency in English in order to support and collaborate with English-speaking clients, colleagues and/or various stakeholders.

As detailed in the job description, this position requires regular oral and written communication with other Trane teams located across Canada and occasionally the United States, with English speaking customers across Canada, and with English speaking vendors or suppliers across Canada and occasionally the United States. Based on an assessment of the duties of this position, we have determined that the position requires daily oral and written use of English, in addition to French.

Annual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range:

$111 308,33 - $155 435,00

Compensation Type:

Salary

Incentive Eligible:

No

Sales Commission Eligible:

No

Disclaimer: We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. The actual compensation will depend on elements such as seniority, merit, geographic location, education, experience, travel requirements, and union designation. Our compensation range is generally based on the national average for the country. Additionally, benefits may vary depending on the region, business alignment, union involvement, and employee status.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. The position is imminently available, and qualified candidates will be considered for immediate placement.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.