The Lead Software Developer is primarily responsible for designing, building and maintaining efficient, reusable, reliable code to develop high throughput, performance critical, scalable applications. Part of this role involves collaborating and building relationships with other software developers, engineers, and internal technical teams in a mentorship role, and contributing towards the development of the team’s roadmap.
What you'll do:As a Lead Software Developer your key area of responsibility will be designing, building and maintaining efficient, reusable, reliable code to develop high throughput, performance critical, scalable applications. You will be responsible for leading the development of scalable code, prototypes, and PoCs, taking ownership of complex, long-term projects, and ensuring timely delivery. You will need to work closely with other software developers, engineers, internal technical teams, cross-functional partners, product managers, and external stakeholders.
To be successful in this role you will be a strong team-player and mentor with an entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable working under pressure in a flat organization, and possessing excellent verbal and written communication skills to document complex technical systems. In addition, the successful candidate will have expert technical competence in design and architecture, exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, and strong project management capabilities to manage multiple fast-changing priorities simultaneously.
How you'll make an impact:- Independently and proactively identify key areas of architecture improvement, including preparing proposals on achieving the improvements.
- Lead, oversee and plan the development of scalable code, prototypes, minimum viable products and PoCs.
- Take ownership of complex/ long-term projects and contribute to their implementation, including defining scope, requirements, communicating project progress, challenges and solutions, while ensuring timely delivery.
- Collaborate with other development teams on design and implementation of features spanning multiple products.
- Conduct comprehensive testing and code reviews to ensure that code quality is maximized and best-practices are followed.
- Provide expert project-leadership and guidance as a SME, to the department and larger organization.
- Contributes to defining strategic direction, planning the roadmap, and synthesizing feedback to ensure team success.
- Serve as a cross functional resource across team/department and products to contribute to solving technical issues in development.
- Builds relationships and serve as a technical point of contact partnering with stakeholders including customers, product managers, cross-functional partners, and external partners and other internal team members.
- Mentor other developers on the team and work with the team leads to set the direction of the team and guide key stakeholders on execution choices and trade-offs, and advise manager with insights and recommendations to improve the team.
- Appropriately document system design and architecture such that it is easy to understand, maintain and extend.
- Support Geotab global strategic initiatives.
- Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotating schedule (if applicable).
- Independently evaluate technical solutions, while contributing to the team roadmap
- Present and lead technical discussions and training at the department wide level.
- Stay up to date on emerging technologies and changes in best practices in the development field and present them to senior leadership for consideration.
- Write complex scalable, high quality and secure software in a variety of programming languages and environments, such as C#, JavaScript, SQL.
- Serve as a domain expert (ex GBQ), consulting in the area of expertise for the department and across the organization.
- 7+ years of required of professional experience developing and supporting production software using C#/.NET, including object-oriented design
- Post-secondary Diploma/Degree with specialization in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent working experience.
- Experience diagnosing production issues using logs and tools such as BigQuery and Sentry.
- Proven expertise in design and architecture, particularly for large production systems spanning schedulers, report generation, templates, and dashboards.
- Experience with SQL Server and Postgres database design, optimization and writing queries.
- Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML, ES6, jQuery) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js, Vue.js) and experience with UI/UX design .
- Expert knowledge with optimizing databases (e.g. MySQL).
- Proficiency in Git, or some other distributed source control tool, and are comfortable with resolving merge conflicts and renaming branches, etc.
- Repeated success with mentorship and development of employees, including serving as the mentor for various interns over several years.
- High accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to problem-solve to well-judged decisions.
- Strong project management skills; able to identify needs, develop effective solutions and manage projects through to completion.
- A strong team-player with the ability to engage with all levels of the organization.
- Technical competence using software programs, including, but not limited to, Google Suite for business (Sheets, Docs, Slides).
- Able to research and solve open-ended design problems.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate and document complex technical systems and decisions.
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
- Ability to work well under pressure and respond to multiple fast changing priorities.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable in a flat organization.
Flex working arrangements
Home office reimbursement program
Baby bonus & parental leave top up program
Online learning and networking opportunities
Electric vehicle purchase incentive program
Competitive medical and dental benefits
Retirement savings program
*The above are offered to full-time permanent employees only
The annual base salary for this position is the expected annual salary for this role, and may be subject to change. Geotab offers various perks and benefits and other compensation components that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary for this position depends on a variety of factors such as but not limited to skills, qualifications, education and overall experience, including the location the applicant lives while performing the job. This also includes equity with other team members and alignment with local market data. All offers of employment are contingent upon proof of eligibility to work and the individual's ability to pass a background check.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of professional experience developing and supporting production software using C#/.NET and object-oriented design
- Post-secondary diploma or degree specializing in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Experience diagnosing production issues using logs and tools such as BigQuery and Sentry
- Expertise in software design and architecture for large production systems
- Experience designing, optimizing, and querying SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases
- Knowledge of front-end languages and libraries including HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML, ES6, and jQuery
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks including Angular, React, Node.js, or Vue.js
- Experience with UI/UX design
- Expert knowledge of database optimization, including MySQL
- Proficiency with Git or another distributed source control tool
- Demonstrated success mentoring and developing employees, including interns
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, documentation, and organizational skills
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple projects through completion
- Technical proficiency with business software including Google Suite for business
- Ability to research and solve open-ended design problems
- Ability to work under pressure and manage rapidly changing priorities
- Entrepreneurial mindset and comfort working in a flat organization
GEOTAB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GEOTAB and has not been reviewed or approved by GEOTAB.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage includes medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and an EAP as part of a comprehensive core package. U.S. offerings are presented as competitive and consistently paired with other core protections.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include a 401(k) with company match in the U.S., with RRSP or pension alternatives in other regions. Retirement savings support is treated as a standard component of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — A distinct “baby bonus” for birth or adoption stands out among family‑focused perks. Certain postings and summaries also reference parental leave top‑ups and related supports.
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What We Do
Welcome to Geotab, the #1 commercial telematics company in the world. Geotab is a place where passion, creativity and innovation align. We are committed to advancing technology, empowering businesses and making the roads safer for everyone. Geotab is the world’s leading connected vehicle company for fleets, providing open platform fleet management solutions to businesses of all sizes. Geotab’s intuitive, full-featured solutions are used by over 40,000 customers around the world to help them better manage their drivers and vehicles. With Geotab devices found in over 2 million vehicles, the company processes over 30 billion data points each day to provide insight into productivity, safety, fuel efficiency and more. Geotab’s employees are essential to our success! We strive to put our employees first and are constantly seeking ways to improve workplace culture. Maintaining our unique culture is vital - after all, staff that enjoy their work environment are motivated to reach their full potential. Employee growth and development has long been the basis of our philosophy, as staff are encouraged to carve their own path within the expanding organization. Challenging the status quo and seeking creative ideas is what we do best.
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