Company Description
Grewal Guyatt LLP (“GG”) is a professional services firm based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, offering Assurance, Accounting, Tax, Advisory, Forensics, Business Valuations, Estate Planning, and Litigation Support services.
We serve both U.S. and Canadian clients, with our U.S. tax division experiencing rapid growth. Over the years, we’ve expanded our services and welcomed new teams into the firm, allowing us to work with a diverse group of clients, including high-net-worth individuals and families, real estate developers, entrepreneurial and fintech businesses, regulated professionals, nationally recognized organizations, and not-for-profit entities.
What sets GG apart is our people. We focus on building strong teams, providing hands-on experience, and creating real opportunities for learning and career growth. Our goal is to deliver thoughtful, practical solutions for our clients while maintaining the high standards expected of a leading professional services firm.
We value collaboration, open communication, and respect, and we’re proud of the inclusive and supportive environment we’ve built. At GG, you’ll work alongside approachable leaders, gain exposure to meaningful work, and grow your career in a place where your contributions are genuinely valued.
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Software Development Lead who brings a balance of strong technical architecture skills, solid software development delivery experience, and a mentorship style that empowers team members to deliver exceptional results.
Reporting to the Director of Product and Technology, you'll play a key role in delivering new features across our web platform while providing day-to-day technical leadership for a small team of junior developers. You will be responsible for translating product requirements into deliverable work, mentoring developers, maintaining engineering standards, and helping evolve our development processes.
This is a hands-on role, with approximately 70–80% focused on software development and the remainder on technical leadership, code quality, mentoring, and delivery.
$90,000 – $120,000 CAD per annum.
This job posting represents an active, current vacancy within our firm.
Role and Responsibilities
- Design, build and deliver high-quality full-stack applications using TypeScript, React, Next.js and PostgreSQL.
- Translate business requirements into technical tasks, estimates and development plans, assigning work across the team where appropriate.
- Provide technical leadership through mentoring, code reviews and support for junior developers.
- Establish and maintain engineering best practices, including automated testing, CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
- Participate in Agile delivery activities including sprint planning, backlog refinement and regular progress reviews.
- Troubleshoot production issues, improve system reliability and contribute to ongoing architectural and technical improvements.
- Promote a collaborative engineering culture focused on quality, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent commercial experience.
- 5+ years' professional experience developing modern web applications.
- Proven demonstrable experience integrating AI-assisted development tools into day-to-day software engineering workflows, using them to improve productivity, code quality, testing, documentation and overall delivery efficiency.
- Strong experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, React and Next.js.
- Experience mentoring developers through code reviews, technical guidance or team leadership.
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
- Experience implementing automated testing strategies (unit, integration and end-to-end).
- Solid understanding of relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions with minimal supervision.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to working within a small development team.
Why Work for Grewal Guyatt?
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Company-Paid Benefits
- Annual Performance Bonus
- Education Assistance Program
- 3+ Weeks of Vacation
- Employee Appreciation Paid Days Off
- Client Referral Program
- Employee Referral Program
- Social and Team-Building Events
- Mentorship and Opportunities for Advancement
Accessibility & Accommodation Statement
Grewal Guyatt LLP is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities.
Accommodations are available upon request throughout the recruitment and hiring process, including during interviews and assessments, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and its regulations.
If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Additional Information
Please note that we may use AI tools during our initial application screening. However, our actual evaluation and selection process is managed entirely by human staff.
Please visit https://www.grewalguyatt.ca for more information
