Since 2007, Dealer-FX has transformed how automotive retailers manage their service operations and interact with consumers. Through advanced data integrations and mobile technology, Dealer-FX streamlines processes and communication for automotive service departments while delivering convenience, transparency, and trust to consumers. Dealer-FX is a wholly owned subsidiary of Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE: SNA), which acquired Dealer-FX in 2021.

Dealer-FX has been serving automotive OEMs and dealerships for almost a decade. Dealer-FX is transforming how millions of consumers interact with automotive brands and their retailers. Our platform uses advanced data analysis and mobile applications to deliver convenience, transparency, and trust to consumers and increase efficiency, profitability, retention, and brand loyalty to OEMs and dealers.

What we are looking for

At Dealer-FX, we put our users first. The automotive landscape and world are constantly changing, so we need Development Team Leads who are continuously adapting and excited to work on products that affect thousands of people daily.

In this role, you will work closely with the senior technical and management teams to design new solutions, as well as identify areas of improvement for our existing products.  You will lead a team of developers in an agile environment to ensure that these new and current products are delivered on time, and with quality.

• Provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentoring to a team of software developers
• Maintain high standards of code quality by adhering to established best practices and processes
• Identify areas for improvement within the team, and establish plans for their improvement
• Collaborate with other team leads to ensure consistency in development best practices, and share opportunities for improvement
• Collaborate closely with the architecture team to understand the target architecture, and ensure that implementation follows that architecture
• Contribute to the full development cycle, including design, development, unit testing and code reviews.
• Identify risks and mitigation strategies throughout the development cycle.
• Collaborate with the product management team to understand requirements, and facilitate communication of these requirements to the development team members.
• Collaborate with the devops team to ensure the completed development work is deployed to the production environments efficiently.
• Work with senior management to provide high level estimates on long-term roadmap initiatives
• Assist the DevOps/support teams in various activities, such as troubleshooting high priority implementation issues, production investigations, etc.
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Minimum Qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree in computer science or a related major
• 5+ years of software development experience
• 2+ years of experience leading development teams
• Experience with Node.js and TypeScript for backend development
• Experience with serverless architecture
• Framework/Library experience (Angular 2+ preferred,  or similar, e.g., Vue.js, React)
• Experience with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Experience with RESTful APIs development
• Experience with AWS technologies (e.g., Lambda, EKS, S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, EventBridge)
• Experience with Microservices, Terraform, and CI/CD Pipeline
• Experience with PostgreSQL RDS, Database structures, and design
• Experience with SOAP services integration
• Experience using service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web Service Development
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Experience working with agile scrum methodology

Optional Qualifications:

• Experience with .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, MVC, Entity Framework, and RabbitMQ
• Experience with .NET WebAPI development
• Experience with C# and Async technologies
• Experience with MS SQL Server

What’s in it for you?

• Vast opportunities for growth
• Competitive compensation packages
• A flexible work schedule for work-life balance
• Comprehensive Training and Development support
• Group health and dental benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• Cool company events and team building

 Dealer-FX is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities.