Director of Engineering

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Vaughan, ON, CAN
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
Lead engineering teams to design and deliver web, mobile, and cloud solutions; define architecture and development plans; manage projects end-to-end; enforce testing and code quality; mentor engineers; drive Agile practices; collaborate on talent acquisition, resource planning, and stakeholder communication.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Title: Director of Engineering
Exp: 15+ Years
Location: Vaughan

Job Overview
This is a full-time position for Head of Engineering specializing in the latest web, mobile and cloud
technologies, reporting to CTO and actively working with our global delivery teams in Canada and India.

Delivery Capability and Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead complex design sessions and work closely with customers and business partners to establish requirements to develop a given solution.
  • Identify options for potential solutions and assess them for technical and business suitability.
  • Provide expertise to customers to develop digital solutions to meet identified business needs
  • Support the delivery of solutions by assisting the programmers in their tasks.
  • Understand and give guidance on the implementation of concepts of unit testing, system testing, performance testing, and user acceptance testing.
  • Expert at project management concepts may be responsible for defining software development plans, including scoping, scheduling and implementation.
  • Make key decisions, including determining the most appropriate platform to complete application development requests and code quality assurance for the team.
  • Develop processes and procedures to organize workflow that ensures output quality, precision, and timeliness.
  • Handle multiple demands and competing priorities while ensuring deliverables are met.
  • Prepare accurate estimates for all development-related tasks and can validate estimates of others.
  • Provide leadership, including technical mentoring, architecture validation, and support for other team members
  • Strong experience in Agile development practices
  • Working with HR and Recruitment teams and be a crucial part of talent acquisition, career planning and retention (screening, onboarding, assignments and mentoring).

Leadership.
  • You are a strategic and analytical thought leader.
  • Expertly take a big-picture approach to system and application design based on in-depth business requirements analysis while keeping track of the short and long-term impact.
  • Experience managing projects from end to end, including evaluating vendors and partners, budgeting, resource allocation, setting up deliverables and communicating progress.
  • Results-driven, continuously seeking opportunities to optimize technical performance.
  • Have outstanding decision-making skills and can pivot your approach based on metrics and changing needs.
  • Understand the impact of technology (cost, timing, performance) on business theory, business processes, management, budgeting, and business office operations.
  • Interpersonal skills. Can inspire and guide the work of a team, providing insights and mentorship to elevate individual performance and group effectiveness.
  • Plan and present strategic recommendations to C-level audiences and effectively communicate with fast-paced, highly cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders.
  • Research the competitive landscape to determine how to create a differentiated digital solution.
  • Contribute to customer's direction and strategy and influence decision-making based on information gained from deep-dive and ad hoc analysis.

Requirements
  • Graduate in Engineering discipline. MS, MBA preferred.
  • 15+ Years of experience required for the position
  • Expert knowledge and experience working on MS Azure, AWS or GCP public cloud.
  • Hands-on experience working with Microsoft.NET, open-source stack, and current leading-edge UI and JavaScript framework

What We Offer:
  • Competitive Salary & Performance-Based Incentives
  • Monthly Rewards & Recognition
  • Upskilling & Cross-Skilling Opportunities
  • Opportunities to Work on Cutting-Edge Projects
  • Personal Client Engagement
  • Flexible Work Environment
  • Inclusive & Collaborative Culture
  • Career Growth & Internal Mobility

About TechBlocks
TechBlocks is a global digital product engineering company with 16+ years of experience helping Fortune 500 enterprises and high-growth brands accelerate innovation, modernize technology, and drive digital transformation. From cloud solutions and data engineering to experience design and platform modernization, we help businesses solve complex challenges and unlock new growth opportunities.

At TechBlocks, we believe technology is only as powerful as the people behind it. We foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning, where big ideas turn into real impact. Whether you're building seamless digital experiences, optimizing enterprise platforms, or tackling complex integrations, you'll be part of a dynamic, fast-moving team that values innovation and ownership.

Join us and shape the future of digital transformation

Skills Required

  • Graduate in Engineering discipline
  • MS or MBA
  • 15+ years of experience
  • Expert knowledge and experience with MS Azure, AWS or GCP public cloud
  • Hands-on experience with Microsoft .NET
  • Hands-on experience with JavaScript and modern UI frameworks
  • Strong experience in Agile development practices
  • Project management experience including scoping, scheduling, budgeting, and vendor evaluation
  • Leadership experience including technical mentoring, architecture validation, hiring and retention activities
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The Company
HQ: Vaughan, Ontario
345 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

@TechBlocks we power the software defined industries (SDI) of today and tomorrow. We are a software engineering and consulting firm. We build modern digital value chains and businesses reimagined to create frictionless experiences for innovative monetization methods and drive unforeseen efficiencies. We are known to build world class custom platforms and products that are cloud native for some of the worlds largest brands. We are the go to technology partners for born in digital businesses that grew with us from "Concept to Commercialization" and have revenues between $100M - $10B. We help modern businesses transition just from a technology outsourcing mentality to help create globally distributed digital COEs and mature them. Our converged COEs that we create in partnership with our clients help power software factories that are extremely dynamic. We have created modern digital COEs and factories that are created with a single minded goal to future proof our clients businesses. Everything we do is centred around two philosophies and practices - Design Thinking and Lean Engineering. Whether it is building digital commerce platforms, marketplace for worlds largest retailers or smart utilities applications and products or digital health products/platforms that power wearables, patches or devices across healthcare landscape; we do it all with speed and sophistication that is unmatched in the industry

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