Software Development Manager, Frontend

At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experience, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. From our office in Downtown Toronto, we’ve created leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started.

Why is this role important?

Software Development Manager – Mobile

As the Software Development Manager – Mobile, you’ll lead a team of 12–15 developers, split roughly evenly between iOS and Android engineers, who are building and scaling the “Buy” experiences that power mobile shopping for Loblaw, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Joe Fresh. Your team owns the core flows that make shopping possible—adding items to cart, managing payment and loyalty, selecting fulfillment options, and completing checkout—helping millions of Canadians conveniently purchase groceries, health products, and fashion from their phones.

You’ll report to either a Senior Engineering Manager or Engineering Director, and work closely with product, design, analytics, and platform teams to deliver seamless, high-performing mobile experiences. From intuitive checkout flows to personalized recommendations and loyalty integrations, your team plays a central role in shaping the future of mobile commerce for some of Canada’s most trusted retail brands.

Your team operates with a DevOps mindset, fostering a “build it, own it” culture where engineers take end-to-end ownership of their services—from development to deployment to ongoing reliability. Team members participate in an on-call rotation to ensure our mobile apps remain performant, stable, and reliable for millions of users.

This is a hybrid role, with the expectation of spending one day per week in our Toronto office to foster collaboration and team connection.

It’s an opportunity to lead complex, high-impact technical initiatives—where every release helps Canadians shop smarter, faster, and more conveniently.

What You’ll Do

• Define and execute the long-term technical and product vision for mobile commerce across iOS and Android, aligned with company strategy and customer needs.
• Lead and grow an inclusive, high-performing engineering team with a strong culture of ownership, impact, and continuous learning.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, analytics, and platform partners to build and launch high-quality, user-centered mobile experiences.
• Champion engineering excellence by promoting best practices in mobile development, testing, CI/CD automation, and operational maturity.
• Stay close to the work—review code, guide architectural decisions, and provide technical leadership where needed.
• Mentor and coach mobile engineers, helping them grow in both technical depth and leadership capability.
• Run effective 1:1s to maintain alignment, engagement, and clarity across your team.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, documentation, and continuous improvement in both process and product.
• Apply Agile project management techniques to plan, forecast, and ensure accountability for delivery dates, project scope, and team commitments.
  
  

Does This Sound Like You?

• Experienced Software Development Manager with a background in mobile engineering (iOS and/or Android).
• 6+ years of software development experience, including hands-on mobile development and experience leading technical teams.
• 2+ years of people management experience, successfully leading and developing high-performing mobile engineering teams.
• While not coding daily, you’re technically fluent—able to guide design and architectural decisions, unblock technical challenges, and set high engineering standards.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale, consumer-facing mobile apps, ideally in eCommerce, retail, or other complex, high-impact domains.
• You understand the nuances of native app development, including performance optimization, accessibility, and mobile UX best practices.
• Comfortable working with modern mobile tech stacks, such as:
• iOS: Swift, SwiftUI, Combine, UIKit, Xcode
• Android: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Android Studio
• Familiarity with cross-platform patterns (e.g., modular architectures, shared libraries, or backend-driven UI).
• Server-driven UI (SDUI) architecture expereince is a plus.
• Experienced in mobile CI/CD, automated testing, feature flagging, and release management for App Store and Google Play.
• Strong understanding of RESTful and GraphQL APIs, event-driven architectures, and mobile performance monitoring tools (e.g., Firebase, New Relic, Datadog).
• Comfortable working in cloud-based ecosystems (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure) and integrating mobile apps with large-scale backend systems.
• You prioritize security, privacy, and compliance, ensuring customer trust and safe digital experiences.
• Skilled in planning and execution, able to balance technical debt, delivery risk, and stakeholder expectations effectively.
• Data-informed leader who uses metrics to assess product performance, team health, and engineering outcomes.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator, bridging technical, product, and business perspectives across brands and teams.
• Passionate about mentorship and team culture, fostering an environment of curiosity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  

How You’ll Succeed:

At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce.

If you have big ideas, undeniable enthusiasm, and thrive in a collaborative, creative, and diverse group, we’ll get along just fine.

Looking for a challenge? Good. Love an innovative work environment? Even better.

Apply today.

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Regular

Loblaw Digital recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

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