Agile Team Lead, Development

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

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

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 environment.

• Collaborate with solutions architects that are part of each initiative to create a conceptual/sequence MVP and future architecture diagrams and accompanying documentation.

• Develop partnerships with business units to better understand needs and priorities in order to best develop, enhance and maintain AMA business applications.

• You'll help your team create the learning path, level up, and empower them to achieve their goals on a continual basis.

• You'll foster an environment where learning is constant, collaboration is the norm, sharing is key, and mistakes are lessons and not failures.

• Perform leadership duties such as time-tracking, performance reviews, mentoring, and coaching.

• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices.

• Create user-centric applications by considering customer feedback, technical constraints, opportunities and usability findings.

• We follow a Scrum process that includes two-week sprints, planning, demos, and retrospectives. This allows us to jump on features together, push them through to completion, and start something new.

What You Bring to the Table

• You have a university degree or technical school diploma in Information Technology or Computer Science. Have a degree in something else? Tell us about it and why it's relevant to your career as an IT professional.

• You already have at least six (6) years of related application development experience under your belt. You'll get bonus points if you love to experiment with new things, have worked with new technology, and have leadership experience, official or otherwise.

• You have experience leading development teams using agile/scrum methodologies and SOLID principles.

• You know how to build strong business relationships with clients and members of the team.

• You have extensive experience with some of the following technologies:

  • .NET, C#, Angular (or React), TypeScript, Azure, MSSQL, Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines

• You'll get bonus points if you have:

  • Knowledge of digital marketing concepts, strategies and best practices, including SEO, web analytics and marketing automations.

  • Experience working in a hybrid work environment.

  • Experience working with or leading virtual teams.

  • Experience mentoring teammates.

Belonging Matters Here
AMA is committed to providing an inclusive, respectful, and accessible environment. If you require an accommodation at any time during our recruitment process, please contact . We'll work with you to feel supported throughout your journey with us.

WORK MODEL:

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.