Team Lead, Development (18-month term position)

Our organization

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) is the industry-funded regulator responsible for administering the province's securities laws. It is entrusted with fostering a fair and efficient capital market in Alberta and with protecting investors. As a member of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the ASC works to improve, coordinate and harmonize the regulation of Canada's capital markets.

The Information Technology (IT) team is responsible for making sure that the ASC has the appropriate resources necessary to ensure the consistent, reliable and secure delivery of services, and understanding and anticipating the organization’s unique technology requirements.

The opportunity

Reporting to the Manager, Infrastructure and Operations, this newly created 18-month term position is to support the continued development of the ASC’s IT Digital Strategy and is focused on bringing greater structure, oversight, and consistency to system development and delivery practices.

Working with the Manager, this position will help address technical challenges, reduce technical debt, and introduce stronger IT practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC), handling day-to-day execution by coordinating the development team, setting technical direction, and ensuring the delivery of reliable, high-quality solutions. This will appeal to a seasoned and hands-on IT professional who is motivated to further establish and mature IT best practices across the development team.

For this term role, the ASC offers a hybrid work environment and flexibility, a competitive total rewards package consisting of 100 per cent employer-paid benefits, effective your first day of employment. These benefits include a comprehensive health and dental plan, flex days; an employee family assistance program; transportation allowance, and a generous flexible spending account. We also encourage fun and giving back to the community with initiatives offered through our ASC Social Club and annual United Way Campaign.

Key responsibilities include

Leading a team

• Oversee day-to-day team operations, including team culture, engagement, and ways of working, in collaboration with the manager.
• Provide hands-on coaching, mentorship, and feedback to strengthen technical capability and problem solving, with input from the manager on priorities.
• Maintain regular stakeholder engagement (e.g., sprint ceremonies, demos, status updates) ensuring alignment and transparency, and providing the manager with updates on progress, risk and issues.

Offering technical guidance and delivery

• Provide technical leadership to help guide decision-making and delivery outcomes on architecture and design, aligned with the manager’s strategic direction.
• Lead initiatives end-to-end (design, build, test, release), ensuring solutions are scalable and maintainable.
• Balance business priorities with technical quality, sustainability, and long-term platform considerations, communicating trade-offs with the manager.
• Oversee post-release support, defect resolution, and root cause analysis in partnership with the Operations team, bringing forward risks or broader impacts to the manager.

Technical enablement

• Establish and maintain technical standards, controls, and best practices that are practical and balanced with delivery timelines in collaboration with the manager.
• Promote modern delivery practices, including CI/CD, automation, and DevOps pipelines and embed secure-by-design and privacy-by-design principles within solutions.
• Implement consistent quality practices (code reviews, testing, release readiness) define and track metrics to support continuous improvement.

Development

• Design and develop end-to-end application solutions across UI, business logic, and data layers.
• Build high-quality solutions using technologies such as C#, .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Power Platform.
• Develop integrations using APIs and web services and participate in all stages of the SDLC, including translation requirements, design, build, testing, release and post-release to aid team delivery.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues and contribute to providing stable production environments.

The ideal candidate will possess

• A university degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline (equivalent years of experience may be considered).
• 12 years or more of progressive IT experience in software development, solution delivery or enterprise application environments with deep expertise in designing, developing and delivering scalable, secure and maintainable application solutions.
• A minimum of three-four years of experience leading and developing an IT team including conducting performance reviews, mentoring, coaching and identifying development opportunities.
• Strong hands‑on development capability using C#, .NET, and JavaScript/TypeScript, with modern IDEs (Visual Studio / VS Code) and Git‑based version control.
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment, Microsoft Azure and cloud-based application delivery.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps (Boards, Repos, Pipelines), including CI/CD, automated testing, and modern SDLC practices.
• Experience with Dynamics 365 (CRM), Microsoft Power Platform, including: Dataverse, Power Apps (Canvas and Model‑driven apps), and Power Automate.
• A proven history of successfully managing relevant IT projects from inception through to implementation.
• Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills and the ability to operate effectively as a technical leader within a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving capabilities to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.

To apply

Click the Apply For This Job Online button to submit your resume, cover letter and salary expectations by July 3, 2026. This position will work out of the ASC office located in Calgary, Alberta. You will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. More information about working at the ASC including our comprehensive Total Rewards package can be found on our website at www.asc.ca.

The ASC is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive work environment where every employee feels valued and respected.