At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a software development team and oversee technical delivery across innovative projects.
- Company: Join Idealogical Group, a leader in cutting-edge technology solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Engage in exciting projects like XR/MR applications and AI-assisted tools.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in tech while mentoring the next generation of developers.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in software development with leadership experience required.
The predicted salary is between 135000 - 165000 $ per year.
Idealogical Group is seeking a Technical Director to lead our software development team and own technical delivery across our product portfolio. Reporting to the CTO, the Technical Director is responsible for engineering leadership, system architecture, development process, and code quality across projects spanning XR/MR applications, real-time motion capture pipelines, embedded systems, and a multi-tenant cloud SaaS platform. This is a hands-on leadership position. The successful candidate will lead people and set direction while remaining directly engaged in architecture, technical review, and delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software developers
- Manage performance, career development, and technical growth of direct reports
- Participate in hiring, onboarding, and resource planning
- Foster engineering excellence with an emphasis on computer science fundamentals, design patterns, and language-agnostic problem solving
- Architecture & Technical Direction
- Steward and suggest system architecture across projects; define technical standards and design patterns
- Lead technical design reviews and architectural decision-making
- Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and appropriately documented
- Evaluate build-vs-buy and technology selection decisions with clear trade-off analysis
- Quality & Delivery
- Establish and enforce code review standards; personally conduct reviews of critical work
- Own engineering accountability for correctness, security, and performance of all shipped code, including AI-assisted output
- Manage delivery across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements through deployment and support
- Report delivery status, risk, and estimates to executive leadership
- Process & Innovation
- Own and continuously improve the team's development methodology and tooling
- Lead the evaluation and integration of AI-assisted and agentic development tools into the SDLC
- Monitor advancements in ML/LLM capabilities and efficiencies; assess business and engineering impact
- Drive adoption of process changes with measurable outcomes for consistency, quality, and team scalability
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Translate technical direction into business terms for the executive team
- Support client-facing technical discussions, proposals, and solution design as required
Qualifications
Required
- 8+ years of progressive software development experience, including 2+ years leading developers (formal management or technical lead capacity)
- Exceptional computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and system design, independent of any single language or framework
- Proven experience owning architecture for production systems
- Deep working knowledge of the full SDLC and modern DevOps practices
- Working knowledge of LLMs and machine learning approaches, including their architectures, capabilities, and limitations
- Hands-on experience integrating AI-assisted development tools into professional engineering workflows
- Excellent code review and technical validation skills
- Strong written and verbal communication, including experience presenting to senior leadership
Assets
- Unity/C# and XR/VR/MR development experience
- Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Cloud SQL, Cloud Build) and multi-tenant SaaS architecture
- Information retrieval systems (vector search, hybrid retrieval) or local model deployment
- Embedded systems exposure (microcontrollers, sensor integration)
- Experience in regulated or compliance-driven client environments
Technical Manager in Markham employer: Idealogical Systems Inc.
At Idealogical Group, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture. Our Technical Manager role offers not only competitive benefits but also ample opportunities for professional growth and development within a cutting-edge environment focused on XR/MR applications and AI integration. Located in a vibrant tech hub, our team enjoys a dynamic atmosphere that encourages creativity and technical excellence, making it a rewarding place to advance your career.
