Director of Software Engineering

Redbrick builds and acquires software companies that help digital entrepreneurs thrive. Through results-driven marketing and a unique shared services team, Redbrick and its portfolio of companies—Animoto, Delivra, Leadpages, and Shift—inspire innovation, encourage sustainable business, and support thousands of entrepreneurs with technology that gives them a competitive edge. Redbrick is proud to be B Corp Certified, and has been named one of Canada’s Top Small and Medium Employers for five years running.

One thing that our team members say they value most is our fun and truly “people-first” culture. Ours is a place where you’re given the autonomy to do your best work, from home or in the office, with the tools and support you need to do so. We cheerlead your goals and accomplishments and are invested in your future. 

Here are some of the things our team loves most about working at Redbrick: 

• Highly competitive salary
• Attractive vacation, healthcare & benefits, including generous RRSP matching
• Monthly fitness reimbursements to support a healthy and active lifestyle
• State-of-the-art and centrally located office
• Flexible work hours and options to work remotely
• High-end hardware and equipment — in office and at home
• Autonomy and freedom to do your best work on your own terms
• Opportunities to learn and grow through professional development support, funding, and mentorship 
• Internal mobility: opportunities to work with various products and teams across the Redbrick portfolio of companies 
• Modern tech stacks 
• Opportunities to contribute to open-source communities 

“Redbrick is flexible, offers great work/life balance, and cares about growth–both personal and professional.”

             –Amee, Redbrick

What it means to be Director of Technology 

As a Director of Technology within the Redbrick portfolio, you will play a pivotal role in driving the successful delivery of complex technical solutions. Collaborating closely with software development managers, engineers, advertising operations and data scientists, you will be responsible for translating business requirements into technical specifications and ensuring these solutions are seamlessly integrated into production. You will establish and maintain strong partnerships with various teams across the organization to prioritize initiatives and ensure alignment with business goals.

In this role, you will have end-to-end ownership, executing strategy across engineering, partnerships and adops teams. This individual will work to build scalable solutions, monitoring progress and measuring success across the entire pipeline. You will be the champion for the products and services managed by your team, providing regular updates to senior leadership on all aspects of your programs. Your ability to drive cross-team collaboration, influence product roadmaps using a data-driven approach, and prioritize initiatives based on business impact will be key to your success. You will also be responsible for identifying and removing blockers, simplifying processes, and ensuring the timely delivery of projects.

We get it, you want to know what you’re signing up for before you apply, right? This is what you need to know. As a Director of Technology on the Redbrick team, you’ll be responsible for:

• Manage technical requirements, design, and oversee the overall coordination, quality, and productivity of the programs you lead.
• Serve as the primary point of unification for technical teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment of goals and finances.
• Lead data, engineering, and product execution backing into business and revenue objectives to deliver scalable solutions. 
• Create deployable infrastructure capable of supporting several hundred million concurrent users. 
• Develop and own project roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs. 
• Track service levels, schedule adherence, and ensure that individual stakeholder teams meet and exceed their performance targets.
• Apply best practices in science, engineering, and business to optimize program outcomes.
• Build the team and products of your dreams. 

After 1 week

• You will be onboarded with the engineering team and get a sense of how you fit within the company
• You will be introduced to your team in a group and in 1 on 1s 
• You will be getting familiar with the Company’s products and processes
• You will become familiar with our development environment and repositories

After 1 month

• You will know all members of the team and understand who to ask for what
• You will be introduced to our product roadmap and understand where you can make the greatest impact 
• You will find a rhythm with your direct reports and start to define plans for meeting their unique needs

After 6 months

• You will feel confident in your role and will be contributing on many fronts
• You have built a strong rapport with your team and are helping them learn and grow in their roles
• You will have offered valuable insights into engineering processes and are actively contributing to ongoing improvements
• You are actively communicating with your peers on the leadership team and cross-departmentally disseminating information appropriately

What we would like to see in you

Every Redbricker has three things in common: We’re curious, passionate, and good-humoured. We try our best to balance hard work with good, old-fashioned fun. As a Director of Technology, there are extra specialties we’re on the lookout for:

Basic “Must Have” Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams.
• 5+ years of experience in technical product or program management.
• 5+ years of experience managing technical programs in collaboration with software engineering teams.
• 3+ years of experience working directly in software development.
• Experience managing programs across cross-functional teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules.
• Deep familiarity with ad tech, SSPs, DSPs, the programmatic landscape, and/or media supply chain.

• Proven track record articulating a team vision and translating technical concepts into broadly understood material.

• Demonstrated experience data motivated decision-making and project management

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project management disciplines, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk management for desktop, tablet and mobile app development.
• 5+ years of experience in building advertising technology solutions, content distribution, and attribution.
• Proven experience managing projects across cross-functional teams, building sustainable processes, and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience defining and managing KPIs to drive multi-million dollar businesses, with a track record of reporting to senior leadership.
• Proven ability to drive the development of product strategy correlated to monetization.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment, are a creative problem-solver, communicate effectively and are adept at building internal and external relationships. 

Redbrick is committed to creating a diverse environment where everyone can be their true authentic selves. We value all differences as they are essential for a thriving, happy, and productive workplace. If you’d like to join us and help build a disruptive company where we are all proud to belong, here’s the next steps to becoming Redbrick’s next Director of Technology:

1. Apply with your cover letter, resume and links to your GitHub or public repos if applicable. 
2. Take this opportunity to tell us your story and why you’d be a good fit for our team.

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Redbrick is headquartered on the traditional Coast Salish territory, and we respectfully acknowledge the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ People of this region. With gratitude, we live, work, and care for this beautiful land.