At Redwood, we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes with industry leading products and platforms developed through an AI-Driven Software Development Life Cycle.
ABOUT USRedwood Software is the leading orchestration platform for the autonomous enterprise, driving business transformation at the lowest total cost of ownership. Redwood empowers organizations to intelligently automate and orchestrate mission-critical business and IT processes across complex ERP, hybrid cloud, data and emerging agentic AI systems. Through its SaaS-first automation fabric—with AI embedded across the automation lifecycle—Redwood accelerates the path to autonomous operations. Backed by 30 years of experience and trusted by more than 50% of the Fortune 50, Redwood helps organizations unlock human potential to focus on innovation, growth and what’s next.
CORE VALUES- One Team. One Redwood
- Make Your Own Weather
- Obsess over Customer Success
- Work the Problem
- Be Curious
- Own the Outcome
- Respect Each Other
Redwood Software delivers powerful automation solutions that simplify and accelerate critical business and IT processes for some of the world’s largest enterprises. The Redwood Automation Platform streamlines complex business workflows and operations, reduces manual effort, ensures compliance, and accelerates business outcomes through intelligent, cloud-native automation.
As Software Development Manager, Redwood Automation Platform, you will lead multiple development teams and you’ll report to the Head of Engineering for Redwood’s core product platform at our Toronto based Engineering hub. You’ll help to shape the technical strategy, scale engineering operations, and lead an engineering team building and evolving our SaaS-based business process automation platform that serves as the foundation for multiple Redwood products, solutions, and services. This is a high-impact role, requiring strong technical depth, leadership, and a passion for delivering world-class enterprise software.
- Partner with the Head of Engineering to help provide technical leadership for Redwood’s core RunMyJobs products and services.
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, Sales, Customer Success, and executive leadership to align engineering priorities with business goals.
- Improve engineering processes for Agile product development, continuous delivery, and cloud-native development.
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineers supporting career growth and succession planning.
- System Architecture & Design: Lead the design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems, focusing on resilience, low-latency, and fault tolerance within the Java ecosystem.
- Prompt Engineering for SDLC: Apply advanced prompt engineering techniques to maximize the efficacy of generative AI tools for writing comprehensive unit/integration tests, drafting technical documentation (Javadoc, API specs), and generating code refactoring suggestions.
- CI/CD and Observability: Oversee and enhance automated build, test, and deployment pipelines (CI/CD, Kubernetes/Docker) in a cloud environment (AWS/Azure/GCP), leveraging AI tools for proactive anomaly detection and monitoring.
- Partner with stakeholders to manage team capacity, hiring, and resource allocation as Redwood’s product portfolio grows.
- Track and report on key engineering KPIs related to delivery velocity, product quality, and operational performance.
- 6+ years of software development experience, with exposure coaching and or leading software developers.
- Proven success building and scaling enterprise SaaS products, ideally in automation, ERP, or workflow orchestration domains.
- Strong technical background in backend software development (e.g., Java or similar languages), distributed systems, and RESTful APIs.
- Experience leading teams building cloud-native applications on platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Track record of leading Agile software development processes and cross-functional product delivery.
- Experience in operationalizing DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and continuous cloud delivery best practices.
- AI Tool Fluency: Demonstrated ability to proficiently use AI-powered developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, CodeWhisperer) in a production environment.
- Code Judgment: Proven track record of evaluating and overriding AI-generated suggestions that are technically correct but architecturally flawed or non-compliant with security and performance best practices.
- Prompting Proficiency: Experience writing clear, contextual, and effective prompts for generative AI to produce usable code, tests, or documentation.
- Adaptability & Learning: High degree of curiosity and a proactive approach to learning new AI tools and techniques that continuously reshape the development workflow.
- Domain & Architectural Focus: The capacity to abstract away from low-level coding details to focus on high-value business logic and systemic architectural integrity.
Pay Transparency: The typical base salary range for this position is CAD $135,000- $160,000 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable. Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate's skills, experience, and relevant qualifications.
Vacancy Status: Existing vacancy
AI Transparency Disclosure: As part of our commitment to hiring transparency and in compliance with Ontario law, please be advised that we utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools during our interview process. Specifically, we may use an AI-enabled notetaking assistant to help capture and summarize interview discussions. This tool is used solely to assist our hiring team in summarizing candidate information; all final hiring and selection decisions are made exclusively by individuals on the hiring team.
If you like growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
THE LEGAL BIT
Redwood is an equal opportunity employer. Redwood prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, marital or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), sexual orientation, pregnancy or any other consideration made unlawful by regional or local laws. We also prohibit discrimination based on a perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful and will have a zero tolerance policy applied to it.
Redwood will comply with all local data protection laws, including GDPR when it comes to the handling and processing of personal data. Should you wish for us to remove your personal data from our recruitment database, please email us directly at [email protected]
Skills Required
- 6+ years of software development experience
- Experience coaching or leading software developers
- Experience building and scaling enterprise SaaS products
- Strong backend software development experience using Java or similar languages
- Experience with distributed systems and RESTful APIs
- Experience leading teams building cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience leading Agile software development processes and cross-functional product delivery
- Experience operationalizing DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and continuous cloud delivery
- Proficient use of AI-powered developer tools such as GitHub Copilot or CodeWhisperer in production
- Ability to evaluate and override AI-generated suggestions that conflict with architecture, security, or performance best practices
- Experience writing effective prompts for generative AI to produce code, tests, or documentation
- Curiosity and proactive learning of new AI tools and techniques
- Ability to focus on business logic and systemic architectural integrity
- Experience in automation, ERP, or workflow orchestration domains
Redwood Software Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Redwood Software and has not been reviewed or approved by Redwood Software.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is characterized as competitive or above average, with broad satisfaction around compensation and benefits. Earnings potential is portrayed as particularly strong in customer-facing revenue roles, reinforcing a positive total-rewards baseline.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as especially strong in the U.S., including instances of fully employer-paid insurance. Medical value is framed as a standout element of the overall package even when plan choice is narrower.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are characterized as notably strong, with a frequently highlighted and “fantastic” 401(k) match. This strengthens the perceived long-term value of the package beyond cash compensation.
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What We Do
Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower organizations to orchestrate, manage and monitor their workflows across any application, service or server – in the cloud or on premise – with confidence and control
