Software Development Manager

Meet Benevity

Benevity is the way the world does good, providing companies (and their employees) with technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re as committed to purpose as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and more!

Benevity is on a dynamic growth trajectory, where embracing change is part of our DNA. We're on the lookout for a talented Software Development Manager who thrives in a fast-paced environment and values collaboration in a diverse and inclusive team setting. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in software development including expertise leading teams in AI-led development. You’ll have strong experience working in cloud infrastructure. You will contribute to the building of financial services and business layer capabilities that empower companies (and their employees) to make a trusted positive impact across the globe. Your contributions will involve working closely with technical leaders, product leaders and stakeholders across various teams to deliver value that exceeds client expectations. You will foster a culture of high performance.

What you’ll do:

• Lead teams in the AI-DLC process to deliver software solutions at pace

  • Own team throughput within the AI-DLC, measured across initiative, bolt, and PR-level cycle time and quality metrics

  • Ensure initiatives enter inception with high quality bolt-ready artifacts

  • Facilitate Mob Elaboration and Mob Construction so they produce results, aligned product and engineering intent from inception and quality code shipped to production from Construction

  • Maintain “human in the loop, always” as an engineering discipline. Ensuring developers understand and can defend the code AI generates and PR processes ensure quality outcomes.

  • Actively manage the bolt / BAU (business as usual) balance within the team. Protecting team focus while ensuring key BAU is completed.

  • Build a team culture of delivery of high quality outputs at pace. A team that understands when to challenge AI output and when to ship.

• Aligns team activities with Benevity Scorecard and clarify the link between the work and the Scorecard/Playbook as necessary

• Direct functional people leadership: Recruiting, performance management, team culture and engagement, budget and cost control

• Maintains a high level of technical knowledge across domains, with the ability to apply AI effectively across the software development lifecycle to drive better engineering and delivery outcomes. Engages with the team to validate assumptions, provide guidance, and ensure the team is making sound technology decisions while balancing business, engineering and architectural constraints.

• Accountable for timely delivery of the team's work commitments

• Actively balances business, engineering and architectural objectives when decision making

• Ensures all members of the team are adhering to Benevity governance, controls and standards

• Provides visibility into team's execution via performance measures and reporting

• Understands current, unspoken, and future business context for the team and ensures resource allocation, skill development and cost decisions align with business needs

• Coordinates initiative sequencing and backlog readiness with product management, ensuring the team is always pulling work that is ready for bolt or BAU.

• Ensures that technical team leaders and the team are making decisions that reflect their need to consider documented or undocumented standards, costs, and architectural roadmap

• Fosters a culture of continuous innovation within the team's day-to-day work, encouraging engineers to identify and close gaps in the business or processes; ensures the team makes use of dedicated innovation time to pursue and complete ideas that wouldn't otherwise surface through normal delivery.

• Ensures that teams are correctly resourced and flags any resourcing issues to senior leadership.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience working in Agentic software development

• You actively use AI to augment your own leadership practice, automating routine management tasks to create space to focus on the work that requires human judgment

• You have a successful track record as a software development manager working with cloud-based technologies

• You love to build technology teams that deliver exceptional product experiences in high-growth companies

• You thrive on developing people, building team culture and engagement, and direct functional people leadership

• You have experience in end-to-end SaaS product development, at scale, in enterprise environments

• You maintain a high level of technical knowledge, including at a code level, and bring hands-on experience with AI-led development to accurately engage with the team, validate assumptions, and drive sound engineering decisions

• You provide guidance and ensure the team is making sound technology decisions while balancing business and technical constraints

• You lead with empathy and have a high degree of self-awareness

• You help build business context for the team to foster a sense of team excellence

• You are passionate, not pedantic, about development methodologies and are able to adapt and change approaches

• You take satisfaction in leaving code, processes, and people better than when you got there

• You ensure you keep up to date with the latest technologies, processes and best practices, to ensure solutions continue to be innovative and robust

Discover your purpose at work

We’re not employees, we’re Benevity-ites. From all locations, backgrounds and walks of life, who deserve more …

Innovative work. Growth opportunities. Caring co-workers. And a chance to do work that fills us with a sense of purpose.

If the idea of working on tech that helps people do good in the world lights you up ... If you want a career where you’re valued for who you are and challenged to see who you can become …

It’s time to join Benevity. We’re so excited to meet you.

Where We Work

At Benevity, we embrace a flexible hybrid approach to where we work that empowers our people in a way that supports great work, strong relationships, and personal well-being. For those located near one of our offices, while there’s no set requirement for in-office time, we do value the moments when coming together in person helps us build connection and collaboration. Whether it’s for onboarding, project work, or a chance to align and bond as a team, we trust our people to make thoughtful decisions about when showing up in person matters most.

Join a company where DEIB isn’t a buzzword

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are part of Benevity’s DNA. You’ll see the impact of our massive investment in DEIB daily — from our well-supported employee resources groups to the exceptional diversity on our leadership and tech teams.

We know that diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and passions are what move our business and our people forward, so we're committed to creating a culture of belonging with equal opportunities for everyone to shine.

That starts with a fair and accessible hiring process. If you want to feel seen, heard and celebrated, you belong at Benevity.

Candidates with disabilities who may require accommodations throughout the hiring or assessment process are encouraged to reach out to [email protected].