Platform Engineer

What you'll do:

Software Development & Technical Leadership (Primary Focus)

• Lead the design, development, and evolution of full‑stack software solutions for Store and POS platforms.

• Serve as the technical leader for a team of developers, providing hands‑on guidance, mentorship, and code review across all phases of the SDLC.

• Drive strong engineering practices including clean architecture, test automation, secure coding, and maintainable design.

• Make and guide technical decisions that balance delivery speed, solution quality, and long‑term sustainability.

• Promote a language‑agnostic, OO‑driven approach, enabling teams to work effectively across backend, frontend, and client‑side technologies.

Store Platform Engineering

• Design and build backend services, APIs, and integration layers that support reliable transaction processing and in‑store workflows.

• Contribute to solutions supporting in‑store mobile applications and store‑resident systems.

• Ensure solutions are designed for store environments, including high availability, low latency, intermittent connectivity, and operational resilience.

• Partner with Solution and Enterprise Architects to implement approved architecture patterns, standards, and reference designs.

Business & Delivery Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Owners and Project Managers to understand business requirements and translate them into clear technical designs.

• Provide technical input into backlog refinement, estimates, delivery planning, and dependency management.

• Act as a trusted technical partner to business stakeholders, clearly communicating constraints, trade‑offs, risks, and implementation options.

• Support predictable, high‑quality delivery aligned with both short‑term priorities and long‑term platform direction.

SDLC, Quality & Engineering Excellence

• Lead and continuously improve end‑to‑end SDLC practices, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and production support.

• Establish and uphold engineering standards for source control, branching strategies, automated testing, and documentation.

• Ensure solutions are well‑documented and support effective onboarding and long‑term maintainability.

DevOps Enablement (Supporting Focus)

• Collaborate with platform and DevOps teams to enable CI/CD pipelines that support rapid and safe application delivery.

• Ensure systems are built with operability in mind, including deployment readiness, monitoring, and rollback capability.

• Contribute to deployment strategies such as phased rollouts and controlled releases appropriate for store‑critical systems.

Reliability, Performance & Support

• Design systems with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and transaction integrity.

• Support incident triage and root‑cause analysis, driving code‑level and design improvements to prevent recurrence.

• Encourage observability practices that provide visibility into application behaviour across store locations.

Governance & Standards Adherence

• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, security, and governance standards.

• Provide practical feedback into standards and patterns based on hands‑on development experience.

What you bring:

Core Technical & Leadership Skills

• Strong, hands‑on experience as a full‑stack software engineer and technical leader.

• Deep understanding of object‑oriented design, application architecture, and modern engineering practices.

• Proven ability to lead teams through the full SDLC, delivering high‑quality, production‑ready software.

• Experience working with integration‑heavy, distributed, and business‑critical systems.

• Strong understanding of performance optimization, resiliency patterns, and error handling.

Languages & Frameworks (Nice to Have)

• Experience with one or more object‑oriented languages, such as Java (Spring Boot) and C++

• Experience with frontend or client‑side development using frameworks such as: Angular or Flutter

• Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new languages and frameworks is more important than deep expertise in any single stack.

DevOps & Platform Awareness

• Working knowledge of CI/CD practices and DevOps tooling as they relate to application delivery.

• Experience developing applications that run in containerized or cloud‑native environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code and configuration‑driven environments is an asset.

Collaboration & Ways of Working

• Experience working in Agile or SAFe environments, supporting multiple squads and shared dependencies.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Comfortable influencing outcomes without direct authority through technical credibility and collaboration.

Tools & Technologies

• Object‑oriented languages and frameworks such as Java (Spring Boot), C++, Angular, Flutter, or equivalent

• CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps or Jenkins

• Container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes

• Monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, new relic or similar

• Experience with retail store technology ecosystems (POS, in‑store mobility, edge or store‑resident systems) is a strong asset

We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs

• Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs

• Other perks to support your well-being

• Career growth opportunities and product discounts

Broadband Salary Range: $79,000 – $131,000.

Our typical hiring range is between $79,000 and $105,000. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.

This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations  

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.