Technical Lead - Full Stack Development

TECHNICAL LEAD - Full Stack Development Work Model: Fully Remote (Within Canada) Salary Range: $140,000 - $170,000 Base + 10% Bonus Vacation: 4 Weeks About Our Client Our client is a rapidly growing, award-winning InsurTech leader that is redefining commercial insurance for Canadian businesses. Recognized consistently as a top employer and named to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 list for multiple consecutive years, they combine advanced digital technology with deep industry expertise. They operate with a remote-first culture built on ownership, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. General Role Info As a Technical Lead, you will bring deep full-stack engineering expertise to help steer the technical direction of either the Core or Payments engineering teams. You will reinforce a culture of iterative, autonomous development, with a heavy focus on scalability, security, and high-quality deployment. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will work closely with Product Managers, Team Leads, and Staff Developers to design and implement robust front-end applications and back-end APIs. This role blends hands-on production-ready coding with architectural planning, mentorship, and cross-functional leadership. NOTE - if you feel this is a strong fit for you and you possess the below must have qualifications please feel free to forward your CV directly to me at ANDY.WETTLAUFER@RANDSTADDIGITAL.COM - due to volumes, only those who meet the must-have requirements, and have them demonstrated on their up-to-date CV will be contacted for next steps. Main Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Architecture: Design, build, and implement scalable apps and libraries. Discuss strategies, highlight architectural tradeoffs, and manage technical debt/bug prioritization.Product Collaboration: Partner with Product Management to analyze organizational objectives, refine roadmap items into epics, and break them down into actionable backlog tickets.Security & Infrastructure: Implement systems, infrastructure, and third-party integrations with a security-first mindset, adhering to organizational security strategies.Code Quality & Testing: Perform rigorous code reviews, utilize quality metrics to identify testing gaps, and write comprehensive unit/higher-level tests to ensure application stability.DevOps & Integration: Manage and optimize third-party integrations, ensuring performance and security. Foster an iterative deployment culture utilizing DORA metrics to measure cycle times and failure rates.Mentorship & Culture: Coach and mentor development team members, expanding their technical skills. Foster a culture of documentation, research, and continuous improvement. Must Haves Experience: 7+ years of experience building rich, complex, and scalable APIs (including third-party API integrations).Frontend Expertise: 5+ years of experience building front-end web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks.System Design: 2+ years of experience designing scalable and distributed systems, alongside experience architecting/augmenting large software systems.Tech Stack: Extensive full-stack experience working with React, Redux, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and JavaScript.Tooling & Frameworks: Strong familiarity with JavaScript tools (Webpack, Babel, Storybook) and Unit Testing frameworks (Jest, Mocha).Agile & DevOps: Extensive experience within the Scrum/Agile framework, including familiarity with DORA metrics.Soft Skills: Proven track record of mentoring developers, managing time effectively to meet deadlines, and clearly articulating complex technical ideas to stakeholder groups.Education: University degree/college diploma in a technical field or equivalent practical work experience.Nice to Haves Experience with test automation frameworks such as Cypress, Nightwatch, Selenium, or BrowserStack.Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and AWS.Experience with containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes.Experience building or working with microservices and micro front-ends. Benefits & Perks Flexible Work Environment: Fully remote setup with a home office allowance and an "office in a box" tech equipment package.Time Off: 4 weeks of vacation plus half-days before public holiday long weekends.Financial Incentives: A 10% annual discretionary bonus eligibility and performance-based incentives.Health & Wellness: Comprehensive, flexible health and dental plans (including mental health support), Health & Personal Spending Accounts, and parental leave top-up.Professional Growth: Dedicated education assistance reimbursement for courses, conferences, books, and professional memberships alongside well-defined career development tracks.Culture & Innovation: Semi-annual company-wide hackathons, regular tech talks, book clubs, and virtual/in-person team-building events.This post is for existing and upcoming vacancies