Merchant Growth Hiring for Director, Applications & Information Technology at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Merchant Growth is one of Canada’s leading fintech providers of credit to small businesses. The Company differentiates itself through a technology-driven application process, automated risk decisioning, and a customer-centric service model. Our mission is to bring the most convenient & accessible financing experience to Canadian business owners. We care about growing capable teams with creative and collaborative people. Your peers at Merchant Growth have diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and experiences who share a well-established track record of driving business innovation.

The company is seeking a full-time Director, Applications & Information Technology. If you’re looking to join a company poised for significant growth over the next few years, where you’ll have an immediate impact on the business and team, this is the perfect role for you. You’d also get the opportunity to work with and learn from some of our experienced leaders with a track record of success and impacting rapid organizational growth.

The Role:
We are looking for a Director, Applications & Information Technology who wants the opportunity to take their existing leadership skills to the next level, leading software development for an exciting fintech. The successful candidate will be strongly self-motivated and work independently while thriving in collaboration and brainstorming sessions.

In this role, you will oversee the software and systems engineering projects, applications programs and infrastructure at Merchant Growth. You will be both a hands-on builder capable of creating innovative solutions as well as a technology leader. You will be the voice of the department with a keen eye for spotting talent while mentoring and inspiring your team members to deliver on the company’s strategic goals. You will have strong communication skills to collaborate and work cross-functionally within the organization.

As a Director, Applications & Information Technology you will be looking for opportunities to establish and improve software development, operational processes, IT while engaging with key stakeholders of the organization.

Responsibilities

Set priorities for incoming projects and coordinate software development work between yourself and other software team members

Architect, design, and build new software and services

Manage all aspects of software development, conduct code reviews, maintain back-end processes, core-banking, and data infrastructure systems

Keep on top of modern approaches and best practices and apply them to improve existing and planned infrastructure

Collaborate with the Product and Data teams to produce reliable, scalable, and streamlined solutions

Work directly with the VP Product on strategies around IT priorities

Manage the company’s growing team of software developers, including both outside contractors and full-time employees

Evaluate new technologies/opportunities to improve the efficiency and capability of the company’s IT systems

Critically and continually assess the technology strategy and ensure alignment with the company’s strategic goals

Maintain clear documentation during the development lifecycle and release

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

Computer Science degree or equivalent

Experience in application development with hands-on full-stack coding experience

Strong knowledge of C# and the .NET platform, building desktop and web applications

Experience with SQL, SQL Server, and database design

Worked with/implemented source control systems like Git or SVN

Familiar with cloud hosting like AWS

Experience with WinForms and Asp.NET Web API

Good understanding of OOP, design patterns, and design principles

Other Assets

Experience building financial/accounting applications

Entity Framework

Salesforce Development

NoSQL Database

Angular JS

Success Factors

4+ years of experience in a leadership position

Thrives in a highly collaborative environment focussed on creative problem solving

No hesitation adopting and finding new ways to use online collaboration tools in a distributed team environment

Establishes expectations and milestones to keep development team members engaged and optimized

Sees challenges as opportunities and has a ‘let’s figure it out’ attitude

The position will require exceptional communication and the ability to adapt communication style to many different audiences at all levels of the business

Confidence and proven experience leading a team, and executing on deliverables using process-driven methodology

Proactively nurtures cross-functional relationships through various methods of engagement

Experience facilitating weekly standups, ideation/brainstorming sessions, learning sessions, icebreakers & onboarding

What we offer

A remote workplace with an option to work in the office

Competitive Salary

Comprehensive Group Health Benefits (Life, AD&D, Extended Health & Dental and Travel Insurance)

Company-wide Lunch and Learns

Monthly Team Events

A Collaborative Team Environment

On-site Fitness Facility

Education and Learning Benefits

Flexible Work Schedule

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only selected candidates for further consideration will be contacted.