Software Engineering Lead - Toronto, On.

About Dokainish & Company Since 2011, Dokainish & Company has been delivering world-class project management and project controls consultancy services. We specialize in working diligently and collaboratively with our clients to achieve long-lasting, impactful results across numerous business functions. Our areas of expertise include Project Controls, Project Management, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Organizational Change Management, Enterprise Reporting, Estimating, Asset Management, and System Implementation for Capital Projects. We draw upon decades of project experience to deliver customized solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges. We are currently seeking an experienced Software Engineering Lead to join our high-performing, diverse, and innovative consulting team. The Opportunity The Engineering Lead is the senior engineering authority within the Product & Technology team, responsible for software architecture, engineering quality, technical delivery, production readiness, and technical go-to-market readiness across organization-owned products, internal tools, and client technology solutions. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role . The Engineering Lead will design solutions, write and review code, establish engineering standards, guide developers, support technical discovery and estimation, and ensure that software solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable, supportable, and ready for enterprise deployment and commercialization. This is a full-time non-remote, in-office role based in downtown Toronto. Eligible candidates must be able to commute to Toronto or willing to relocate independently to accommodate this requirement. The role will support: • Organization-owned software products • Internal digital tools and automation solutions • Client technology discovery, MVPs, and custom software builds • Product hardening, enterprise readiness, deployment, and go-to-market enablement For larger client engagements, the Engineering Lead will define the technical approach and provide architectural oversight while additional delivery resources are staffed against the signed SOW. Key Responsibilities Software Architecture & Engineering Leadership • Own solution architecture and major engineering design decisions across software products and client builds. • Translate business and product requirements into practical technical solutions. • Define application architecture, data models, integrations, APIs, authentication patterns, and deployment approaches. • Evaluate technology options and recommend appropriate frameworks, platforms, and services. • Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, reliability, maintainability, security, and performance. • Maintain appropriate technical documentation and architecture standards. Product & Go-to-Market Readiness • Lead the technical hardening required to move products from prototype or MVP stage into production and commercial use. • Assess and close gaps related to scalability, reliability, performance, security, monitoring, supportability, and deployment. • Establish production deployment and release processes appropriate for client-facing software. • Ensure products are technically prepared for enterprise client onboarding and broader user adoption. • Support implementation readiness, configuration approaches, client environments, and integration requirements. • Establish appropriate telemetry, logging, monitoring, error handling, backup, and recovery capabilities. • Support technical due diligence, security reviews, penetration testing, and enterprise client questionnaires. • Identify technical risks that could affect commercialization, implementation, client adoption, or service reliability. • Partner with Product to ensure roadmap decisions account for technical readiness and commercialization requirements. Hands-On Software Development • Remain actively involved in software development, particularly for complex, high-risk, or foundational components. • Build and maintain full-stack applications, APIs, integrations, and cloud-based services. • Develop proofs of concept and technical prototypes where required. • Troubleshoot complex production and application issues. • Support deployment, release, and production stabilization activities. Engineering Standards & Quality • Establish and enforce coding standards, branching strategies, code review practices, testing expectations, and development workflows. • Review pull requests and provide engineering guidance to developers. • Implement appropriate automated testing and quality controls. • Reduce technical debt and identify opportunities to improve existing applications. • Establish reusable components, patterns, and accelerators that improve delivery speed and margins across future projects. DevOps & Cloud Engineering • Own the technical design of application environments within Azure. • Establish CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices. • Implement appropriate logging, monitoring, backup, and recovery capabilities. • Work with the IT & Security Manager to ensure application environments comply with corporate security and governance requirements. • Support cost-efficient use of Azure and other development infrastructure. Technical Discovery & Client Delivery • Participate in client discovery workshops alongside Product and Business Analysis. • Assess technical feasibility, complexity, dependencies, integrations, and delivery risks. • Develop technical solution options and recommendations. • Produce engineering estimates and resource requirements for SOW development. • Support build-versus-buy assessments and technology evaluations. • Identify when a client engagement requires a dedicated engineering pod beyond the core team. • Provide technical leadership and architectural governance for client builds. Product Development • Partner with the Director, Product & Technology, Technology Business Analyst, and UI/UX Designer to convert product roadmaps into executable engineering plans. • Advise on technical implications of roadmap decisions and feature prioritization. • Support the progression of products from concept and MVP through production, enterprise readiness, launch, and scale. • Enable reuse of technology developed across products and client engagements where appropriate. • Help establish a common technology foundation across organization-owned applications. Team Leadership • Provide day-to-day engineering leadership to software engineers and developers. • Assign and review technical work based on priorities established with the Director, Product & Technology. • Mentor junior and intermediate developers. • Participate in technical interviews and engineering hiring decisions. • Identify capability or capacity gaps and recommend additional resources when required. • Support external developers or project-based engineering resources as engagements scale. Security & Compliance • Incorporate secure software development practices throughout the SDLC. • Implement appropriate authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets management, and application security controls. • Partner with the IT & Security Manager on cybersecurity, privacy, SOC 2, penetration testing, vulnerability remediation, and technology audits. • Ensure engineering teams remediate identified technical security issues. • Support client security and technical due-diligence requirements as needed. Decision Authority The Engineering Lead serves as the organization’s engineering authority for software development and application architecture . The Engineering Lead owns or provides the final technical recommendation on: • Software architecture • Development frameworks and engineering patterns • Application-level Azure architecture • Development and deployment practices • Engineering standards • Technical feasibility • Technical estimates • Code quality • Production readiness • Go-to-market technical readiness • Engine