JobberJO

Manager, Software Engineering, Back-end Foundations

Jobber provides operations management software for home service businesses, helping them streamline quoting, scheduling, invoicing, and payment processes. It aims to help small businesses modernize operations, increase earning potential, and meet evolving consumer expectations.

Jobber

Employee count: 501-1000

Salary: 169k-229k USD

Canada only

Are you as passionate about the development of people as you are about building impactful products for internal teams?

Then Jobber might be the place for you! We’re looking for a Manager, Software Engineering to be part of our Production Engineering department, managing our dynamic Back-end Foundations team.

Jobber exists to help people in small businesses be successful. We work with small home service businesses, like your local plumbers, painters, and landscapers, to transform the way service is delivered through technology. With Jobber they can quote, schedule, invoice, and collect payments from their customers, while providing an easy and professional customer experience. Running a small business today isn’t like it used to be—the way we consume and deliver service is changing rapidly, technology is evolving, and customers expect more. That’s why we put the power and flexibility in their hands to run their businesses how, where, and when they want!

Our culture of transparency, inclusivity, collaboration, and innovation has been recognized by Great Place to Work, Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, and more. Jobber has also been named on the Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies list, and Deloitte Canada’s Technology Fast 50™, Enterprise Fast 15, and Technology Fast 500™ lists. With an Executive team that has over thirty years of industry experience of leading the way, we’ve come a long way from our first customer in 2011—but we’ve just scratched the surface of what we want to accomplish for our customers.

We help employees grow professionally; we have a ton of onboarding resources, tutorials, hackathons and buddies to support learnings and provide opportunities to innovate. We have a range of experience levels on teams which allows for mentor/mentee opportunities. Leaders at Jobber work with empathy and support employees to build healthy work-life harmony. Bring your dedication and passion to this job to fulfill your goals.

The Team:

This team's mission is to support Jobber’s back-end both in flow and in order. This team enables Jobber and ecosystem partners to scale through our back-end technologies with API components.

The role:

As a leader and technical expert in Production Engineering, you’ll manage a team of 5 talented Senior and Staff level engineers to ensure our back-end foundations team optimally services internal technology for 30 teams connecting the middle layer between Site Reliability and Streaming engineering teams. In this next growth stage for Jobber, you’ll lead a team with huge impact as Jobber scales up and updates technologies to continue providing a strong product for SPs.

Reporting to a Senior Manager, Software Engineering, the Manager, Software Engineering will work with members of your teams to support and develop their skills and career, as we work together to empower small businesses. In addition, you will be heavily involved in the technical direction of our platform, building it out to be reliable and performant as the company grows.

The Manager, Software Engineering will:

  • Live and breathe performance facilitation. You want to work with your team(s) to help them master their individual crafts, while also collaborating to build extraordinary experiences and systems.
  • Be committed to the success of your people. You will help them set goals, have regular 1-on-1s, and provide constructive feedback and coaching to ensure your team's success. You’ll work to understand employees’ career direction and work to empower their journey by acting as a mentor and coach.
  • Develop a world-class team alongside a world-class organization. You’ll participate in recruiting events and the hiring process while also working to level up your internal team while implementing new processes, all to develop a world-class Fintech department.
  • Remove roadblocks and build guardrails. You’ll work with the other leaders to create and maintain an environment where people can rapidly produce top-quality work that ultimately helps our customers be successful.
  • Collaborate with other stakeholders across the business. Whether it’s our Management teams within Product, or our Business Technology teams, you’re working closely with other Jobberinos to find the best solutions in Jobber for small businesses.

To be successful, you should have:

  • A track record of success in being an established software engineer, as well as time spent in a leadership position, guiding a team in the delivery of quality software.
  • Strong full-stack technical background, including design and architectural experience. Deep knowledge and experience in Ruby On Rails environments is essential.
  • The ability to be agile in an agile environment. You’ll need to be able to lead and teach your team to adapt to change, while also thinking critically and creatively to find answers to problems.
  • Effective written and oral communication. Being transparent with your team and establishing an open dialogue will be a key to success in supporting your coaching conversations and discussions.
  • Collaboration down to an art. You’ll work with your direct reports or other teams to understand what they want to accomplish and develop a plan to achieve it.
  • To be a leader and mentor. You’ll bring your shared experience into conversations to influence and provide constructive feedback to direct reports throughout the journey to ensure goals are being met and exceeded.

Highly desired, but not a dealbreaker:

  • Previous experience with our development stack: AWS Cloud, GraphQL, Sidekick, Redis, Auth0.
  • Previous experience with production engineering teams like Cloud/DevOps, Site Reliability, Dev Acceleration and or Backend Foundation teams.
  • Previous experience working on internal-facing platform teams.

Compensation:

At Jobber, we also believe that compensation should be transparent, fair, and supportive of your experience and growth. This role has a minimum annual salary of $169,200 CAD, a midpoint of $199,100 CAD, and a maximum salary of $228,900 CAD, designed to reflect the progression from learning the ropes to truly excelling.

We design our compensation to reflect each new hire's skills, experience, and the complexity of the role, ensuring a fair and competitive salary. Our range is intentionally broad to support growth and long-term impact, with fully established hires typically starting around the midpoint. The higher end of the range is reserved for those who have demonstrated deep expertise and lasting contributions, while offers below the midpoint reflect strong potential with room to develop. This approach ensures that compensation aligns with both an individual's current capabilities and their opportunity for future growth.

Base salary is just one part of a total compensation package that will include equity rewards, annual stipends for health and wellness, retirement savings matching, and an extended health package with fully paid premiums for body and mind. Your professional growth matters to us too! You'll have access to a dedicated talent development program that includes career coaching and opportunities for career development.

We believe in transparency and open conversations about compensation. If you have any questions about our approach, we're happy to discuss them throughout the hiring process!

What you can expect from Jobber:

  • A total compensation package that includes an extended health benefits package with fully paid premiums for both body and mind, retirement savings plan matching, and stock options.
  • A dedicated Talent Development team and access to coaching, learning, and leadership programs to help you grow your career, reach your goals, and unlock your full potential.
  • Support for all your breaks: from vacation to rest and recharge, your birthday off to celebrate, health days to support your physical and mental health, and parental leave top-ups to support your growing family.
  • A unique opportunity to build, grow, and leave your impact on a $400-billion industry that has no dominant player...yet.
  • To work with a group of people who are humble, supportive, and give a sh*t about our customers.

We believe that diverse teams perform better and that fostering an inclusive work environment is a key part of growing a successful team. We welcome people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to working with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the hiring process.

A bit more about us:

Job by job, we’re transforming the way service is delivered. Your lawn care provider, home cleaning service, plumber or painter could use Jobber to better connect with their customers, save time in the office, invoice faster, and get paid! We’re bringing tens of thousands of people together with technology to deliver billions of dollars a year in services to happy customers. Jobber exists to help make these small businesses successful, and when they’re successful we all win!

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Many small home service businesses grapple with the complexities of daily operations, from efficiently scheduling jobs and managing crews to ensuring timely invoicing and payment collection. Our customers often find themselves overwhelmed by paperwork, struggling to keep up with customer expectations for convenience and quick responses, and bogged down by disconnected manual processes. These challenges can hinder their growth, profitability, and ability to provide the high-quality service their customers deserve. They need a streamlined way to manage their entire workflow, from the initial customer request to the final payment, without the hassle of juggling multiple, disparate tools. The pressure to modernize is immense, as customer expectations are continually evolving, and larger competitors often have more resources to invest in technology.

At Jobber, we understand these critical pain points because we were born from a desire to solve them for a local painting business back in 2011. We provide an all-in-one platform specifically designed to help these small home service businesses modernize their operations, enhance their earning potential, and consistently meet and exceed evolving consumer expectations. Our software supports businesses throughout the entire customer lifecycle, enabling them to send professional quotes, efficiently schedule and dispatch crews, manage job details on the go, invoice customers seamlessly, and accept credit card payments effortlessly. By bringing people and technology together, we empower these businesses to operate more efficiently, scale their operations effectively, and ultimately improve customer satisfaction. We believe that when small businesses win, our communities thrive, and we are dedicated to providing the tools and support they need to succeed in an increasingly competitive landscape. Our customers are the backbone of our communities, and we're committed to helping them navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship and build successful, sustainable businesses.

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Employee assistance program

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Your birthday off

A paid day off to celebrate your birthday.

Equity

Opportunity to have ownership in the company.

Life and travel insurance

Insurance coverage for life events and travel.

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