Full Stack Tech Lead

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Main location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto

Position ID:J0626-1300

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

CGI is seeking a Full Stack Tech Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade cloud solutions for a strategic client engagement. This role combines technical leadership, people leadership, solution architecture, and hands-on software development responsibilities. The successful candidate will lead cross-functional teams, drive technical excellence, and ensure successful delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing applications.

This role is hybrid and requires you to be at our downtown Toronto office and/or the client office a minimum of four (4) days per week. This requirement is subject to change at any time based on business and client needs.

Your future duties and responsibilities:
• Lead and mentor software engineering teams while fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle from requirements gathering through production deployment and support.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native applications and services.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, product owners, and development teams to define technical solutions and delivery strategies.
• Lead architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical design sessions.
• Coordinate team activities and ensure successful project and operational delivery.
• Drive DevOps, CI/CD, quality assurance, and automation best practices.
• Support cloud modernization initiatives leveraging Azure, AWS, and container-based platforms.
• Ensure application security, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Contribute hands-on to development activities when required.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
• Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience.
• Minimum 8 years of software development experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with C#, .NET, Angular, and Vue.js.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with database technologies, data modeling, and data design using SQL and NoSQL platforms.
• Minimum 3 years coordinating technical teams in project delivery or operational environments.
• Minimum 6 years of full stack development experience building cloud-based solutions, with Azure preferred and AWS experience considered an asset.
• Strong experience designing and developing modern web applications and APIs.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Experience leading Agile delivery teams and participating in release planning activities.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have
• 8+ years of experience with JavaScript frameworks and tooling including Angular, React, and Vue.js.
• 8+ years managing software development projects through complete release cycles.
• 4+ years leading software engineering teams.
• Experience with Azure cloud services and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Experience with AWS, OpenStack, or other cloud platforms.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tools including GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube.
• Experience with quality engineering and automated testing tools including Selenium, Cucumber, JUnit, NUnit, SoapUI, and Postman.
• Experience with Unix/Linux shell scripting.
• Experience with serverless computing and event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of data management methodologies and governance frameworks.
• Experience with UI/UX development, design systems, CSS, Web Components, Less, and Sass.
• Microsoft Azure, .NET, or cloud platform certifications.

**CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $95,000-$145,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

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Skills:

• Angular
• Azure
• C#
• Financial Services
• SQL
• Vue.js
• Amazon Web Services Cloud
• GitHub
• JavaScript
• Selenium