Job Specifications
Location: Ottawa, ON - 100% on-site
Employment Type: Full-Time/Permanent
Job Title: Lead Full Stack Software Developer
We’re looking for a seasoned Lead Full Stack Software Developer to join our Ottawa team. This is an on-site role to ensure close collaboration with our engineers and stakeholders. As our Technical Lead, you’ll shape the architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade, client-facing software solutions, driving engineering excellence across the department.
What You’ll Do
Architect, develop, integrate, and test robust client-facing software solutions.
Lead planning and design of enterprise software systems—proposing new concepts, evaluating alternatives, and defining system architectures.
Translate cross-functional requirements into clear, actionable software specifications.
Provide technical oversight through code reviews, ensuring performance, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.
Champion continuous improvement in design principles, coding standards, and the software development lifecycle.
Evolve development tools, processes, and practices to keep our solutions cutting-edge.
Mentor developers, fostering skill growth and technical leadership across the team.
What You Bring
Required
Post-secondary degree/diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, Web Development, or equivalent experience.
10+ years in full stack development delivering high-quality, highly available web applications.
Expertise in microservices architecture, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and automated testing.
Proficiency in:
Front-end frameworks and back-end technologies to build performant, end-to-end solutions.
Kafka, Redis, and messaging systems (RabbitMQ, MQTT).
SQL/NoSQL databases, web storage, file/data transfer, and AWS cloud services.
Git/GitLab version control.
Preferred
Proven track record mentoring and leading development teams.
Experience modernizing systems—migrating or reimplementing legacy features into next-gen platforms.
Contributions to the Open Source community.
Knowledge of satellite networks (Iridium) and mobile communication systems.
Familiarity with C#, .NET, and PHP.
About the Company
Now Morson Edge. Specialist talent for complex challenges. Morson Edge connects businesses in aerospace, defence, infrastructure, energy and technology with the people who make the difference. We do more than fill roles. We solve productivity problems by matching skills and mindsets that strengthen teams and raise performance standards. Our clients move faster because we find talent that sees further. From long-term pipelines to critical projects, we supply the specialists who make progress happen. As part of Morson Group, w...
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