Agile Team Lead, Digital Experience Development

3 hours ago

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada AMA - Alberta Motor Association Full-time

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A forward-thinking, forward-doing LEADER

The Opportunity

You’re a geek—and proud of it. You love working with computers, playing with computers and there are simply no words to describe your deep love for technology. You can’t help but dissect a website or an app to figure out how it works and how it could be improved for better experience for the end user. We could use a passionate techy like you

As an agile development team lead for our Digital Experience team, you’ll get to fuel that passion and creativity while being supported by a team that treats you like family. With so many diverse business lines, no other Alberta organization offers developers and team leads the learning opportunities that we do. You’ll dive right in, helping lead the development of various member-facing web applications to help our members live their lives with confidence, which will challenge you to flex your skills, work with best-in-class technology, and show off what you can do—all within a positive work environment that champions your growth.

The Team You’ve Been Looking For

AMA is more than a workplace; it’s a family. Together, we help protect the things that matter most to our more than one-million members—everything from roadside safety to retail savings, food security to childhood well-being. And with operations that span automotive, registries, travel, insurance, and more, the opportunities to grow with us are almost limitless

About

Building on a century of proud service in Alberta communities, we’re passionate about making a meaningful difference in the places where we live and work. And that all begins with our people. As part of the AMA team, you’ll enjoy:

  • Competitive salary and flexible benefits
  • Employer-paid retirement savings program
  • Employee-exclusive discounts on travel, insurance, memberships, and more
  • Free travel medical insurance for you and your immediate family
  • Ongoing professional development
  • Paid vacation and personal days, including a Volunteer Day and Me Day
  • Flexible work models that make sense for your lifestyle

For us, curiosity fuels innovation. We value people who are eager to explore new ideas and who are comfortable putting emerging technologies into practice. We see experience with AI‑powered tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and similar platforms as a real plus - especially when it’s used to work smarter, increase efficiency, and find better ways to get things done.

Who You Are

  • You’re a strong communicator…when you talk, others are interested in listening.
  • You’re an application developer at heart and terms like Agile, SOLID and Single-Page Applications are music to your soul.
  • You employ a DevOps mindset to deliver 0 downtime deployments, automated regression tests, CI/CD pipelines, and automated monitoring.
  • You’re a creative problem-solver who finds opportunity in every roadblock.
  • You're a natural at developing simple solutions to complex tech problems, then explaining them to the team members or stakeholders.
  • You lead and tackle every project, no matter its size, with enthusiasm, curiosity and a head for innovation.
  • You get what it means to be part of a team and thrive in a collaborative environment—whether open-office, remote or hybrid. For you, it’s about people before place
  • You work best in a culture of learning where you feel supported, motivated to grow, and are given ample opportunity to be a top performer.
  • You handle even the tightest deadlines with a cool head and clear vision.
  • You love to share thoughts and ideas – after all, two heads are always better than one.
  • Finding simple solutions to complicated problems and explaining them to others comes as naturally to you as breathing.
  • Cloud computing is a way of life.
  • You believe that a team is greater than the sum of its parts.

How You’ll Make An Impact

  • Reporting to the Manager, Digital Development, you’ll provide guidance to a team of developers who are responsible for developing, supporting, maintaining and enhancing new or existing external-facing web applications for AMA.
  • Guide the team in writing well-designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices, such as agile and SOLID.
  • Lead the team in creating user-centric applications by considering customer feedback, technical constraints, opportunities and usability findings.
  • Participate in the design and implementation of standards, tools and methodologies.
  • Recommend areas appropriate for further study and participate in any Proof of Concept projects required to investigate architectural possibilities.
  • Ensure all application changes are developed, tested, and implemented in a well-controlled environmen