Manager, Software Development

At Sectigo, we align around our mission and pride ourselves in helping thousands of customers sleep better at night.

Sectigo is the most innovative provider of certificate lifecycle management (CLM), delivering comprehensive solutions that secure human and machine identities for the world’s largest brands. Sectigo’s automated, cloud-native CLM platform issues and manages digital certificates across all certificate authorities (CAs) to simplify and improve security protocols within the enterprise. Sectigo is one of the largest, longest-standing, and most reputable CAs with more than 700,000 customers and two decades of delivering unparalleled digital trust.

“When people think Online trust management, they think Sectigo because we offer our customers unparalleled peace of mind.”

How we show up with each other and our customers every day is just as important, and we win as #OneSectigo by living out our core values - Support, Excellence, Communication, Teamwork, Integrity, Growth and Openness. We are committed to investing in our diverse teams where everyone understands their role and how they support our strategic goals, we drive operational excellence through scale and efficiency, and we strive to delight our customers and become the market leader in our industry. If you aspire to join a driven team that holds each other accountable to meeting our lofty goals and you’d like to be part of our growth story in delivering a market leading user experience, we’d like to talk to you.

We are looking for a talented Manager, Software Development to join our growing global team at Sectigo.

The Manager, Software Development leads a team of software engineers in building secure, scalable, and high-performing applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in application development (PHP, Ruby, Golang, cloud deployments) best practices and a solid understanding of SSL/TLS certificates, private keys, and secure communication principles. This role combines technical leadership with strategic oversight to ensure the delivery of robust and secure solutions. 

This is a full-time position, working in a hybrid model, and reporting to our Ottawa office at least 3-4 days a week. The compensation range for this role is between CAD 142,000 and CAD 165,000, subject upon internal equity and years of experience.  We may make further adjustments through an approval process if the targeted compensation range needs to be modified based on business needs and market trends.

Here are the core functions, responsibilities, and expectations for this role: 

Team Leadership  

• Lead, mentor, and develop small teams of software engineers. 
• Provide updates to stakeholders and input on team’s progress. 
• Guide the various services and products to be user-oriented. 
• Promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.  
• Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and deliverables.  

Application Development  

• Oversee the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade applications.  
• Ensure adherence to secure coding practices, design patterns, and industry standards.  
• Collaborate with security teams to align application architecture with compliance and security requirements.  
• Drive adoption of modern frameworks, tools, and methodologies.  

Stakeholder Collaboration  

• Work closely with product managers, architects, and QA teams to align technical solutions with business goals.  
• Ensure application features provide value to customers  
• Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders effectively. 

Additional tasks associated with this position may be assigned in response to company initiatives and business needs.

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field is strongly recommended. 

Experience:

• Minimum of 7+ years in software development, with at least 3 years in a leadership role is required. 
• Experienced in cloud deployments of mature PHP and Ruby applications. 
• Experienced with web applications (HTML/JS/CSS) and modern front end development. 
• Strong understanding of cloud services, AWS in particular. 
• Strong understanding of SSL/TLS concepts, certificate chains, and private key management principles.  
• Proven experience implementing secure application architectures.  

Ideal Candidate Profiles, Talents, and Desired Qualifications:

• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and team management abilities.  
• Ability to manage and thrive in a global, fast-paced, and deadline-driven environment with multiple priorities.   
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget.  
• Attention to detail in work and ability to identify ambiguities in specifications.   
• Knowledgeable and passionate about software development and organizational management.   
• Strong multi-tasking and problem resolution abilities with proficient organization and time management skills.   
• Self-starter and quick learner with desire to learn new tools and techniques   
• Strong verbal & written communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to interface with a diverse set of audiences.   
• Willing to take direction while also bringing new and innovative ideas to the team.   
• Motivated, resourceful, and eager to make an impact.   
• Strong understanding of concepts related to computer architecture, data structures and programming practices, SQL, and back-end concepts.   
• Ability to work in both a self-directed and team environment to meet project goals and deliver results.   

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Global team. Global reach. Global impact.

At Sectigo, we believe doing good is good business. Our strength and our success come from our team of passionate, engaged individuals who make a difference, both locally and globally. Our commitment to engagement is rooted in an unconditionally inclusive workforce, embodying our unique perspectives, heritages, and backgrounds, all as diverse as the experiences of each Sectigo employee. Importantly, we strive to be recognized not only as the CLM leader but also for our intentional efforts to promote employees into the roles that most challenge and excite them, into experiences that allow them to grow their interests as we grow the business. We are committed to bringing a little bit of fun and a whole lot of happiness into everything we do so that our work – and our team members – reflect the positive outcomes we deliver to our customers every day.