Director of Web & Mobile Engineering

We’re hiring an Engineering Director to lead a team of 10–20 engineers building scalable, production-grade SaaS platforms that serve customers across web and mobile. This is a newly created role reporting to the SVP of Engineering. It combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight—you’ll set direction, elevate engineering standards, and drive delivery. This is a hybrid role based in our Markham, Ontario office. Success in this Role

Delivery: the team consistently ships on commitments against the product roadmap

Modernization: meaningful progress moving the platform off legacy patterns toward a modern, cloud-native architecture

Velocity: measurable increase in delivery speed (cycle time, deploy frequency, lead time for change)

Usability & UX : measurable improvements in usability, performance, and customer satisfaction across web and mobile experiences

Engineering Excellence: best practices instilled across the team, including code review, testing, CI/CD, observability, and on-call discipline

What You’ll Do Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Key responsibilities

Leadership & Team Building: Lead and grow a team of 10 to 20 engineers across North America and India, fostering a high performance collaborative culture across time zones.

Technical Leadership: Own architecture and system design across the full stack, from responsive web and mobile front ends to complex, distributed systems on AWS. Stay close enough to the code to make sharp technical calls and mentor engineers on craft.

Cross-Functional Impact: Partner with product, design, and business leaders to translate strategy into technical roadmap, with a shared focus on usability and customer experience. Drive alignment across teams and influence technical strategy.

Delivery & Execution: Own delivery against the product and platform roadmap. Improve engineering velocity through process, tooling and best practice.

Engineering Excellence: Raise the bar on code quality, testing, and operational excellence. Build strong observability and incident response practice. Leverage modern AI tools to improve productivity and quality.

What You’ll Bring Minimum Qualifications

At least 7 years of software development experience, with 3+ years leading a team. This includes hiring, performance management, and developing senior engineers

Deep technical background in Java and Angular (or a comparable modern frontend framework such as React or Vue), with a strong sense for building responsive, usable web and mobile front ends

Experience building cross-platform mobile applications with Flutter, delivered across Android and iOS

Experience with Oracle, Postgres, or similar relational databases, including schema design, performance tuning, and the hard parts

Working experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra) and a clear sense of when to reach for them

Production AWS experience across computer, networking, and data services

Ability to comprehend and contribute to systems design, including scalability, reliability, trade-offs, and failure modes

Demonstrable use of AI tools in the software development lifecycle, such as coding assistants, agentic workflows, code review, and test generation. You should be able to show concretely how you and your teams ship faster and better with AI

BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Full-time, permanent position. This is a hybrid role based in our Markham, Ontario office, with a typical expectation of two to three days per week on-site.

RRSP with employer matching

Paid Time Off

Extended health insurance, LTD, life insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

High-growth oriented environment with results-driven team

Opportunity to create high-impact change for real users worldwide

This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Accommodations Plus International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.

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Accommodations Plus International (API) is a technology and services company focused on driving innovation across the travel and transportation industry. We partner with organizations in the airline, cruise, and rail sectors to deliver solutions that improve layover operations, enhance customer experience, and support long-term growth.

Our mission is to make layovers simpler and more efficient for crew members—and we bring that to life through deep industry expertise and a practical, results-driven approach.

Today, API’s platform powers over 18 million crew room nights each year for 100+ airlines and travel operators worldwide. Our Global Reach ensures that airline crews are rested, transported, and connected so global aviation runs on time.

At API, we’re building a culture rooted in succeeding and thriving together. It’s a place where people are encouraged to take ownership, develop their skills, and contribute to work that matters.

If you’re looking to grow your career in a company that values steady progress, real impact, and long-term development, we’d like to meet you!