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Team Lead, Software Development
@ Modern Campus
Remote in Canada
Overview
Modern Campus is hiring a Team Lead, Software Development to lead a Scrum team of 4 to 7 engineers building and supporting enterprise SaaS applications with agentic development processes. The role combines people leadership, delivery management and hands-on coding, with a focus on AI coding agents, architecture and quality. Eight to ten years of software development experience and Agile/Scrum experience are required.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a Scrum team of 4 to 7 engineers
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and manage delivery and releases
- Provide technical direction and remain hands-on in coding and code review
- Lead adoption of agentic development practices
Requirements summary:
- 8 to 10 years of professional software development experience
- Technical leadership or mentoring experience
- Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
- Experience with AI coding agents
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-06
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-22
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Modern Campus
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Attract. Engage. Retain. Learners For Life.
Full company description
Modern Campus is a leading student-centric SaaS platform built exclusively for higher education—helping more than 1,700 colleges and universities deliver connected experiences across web, curriculum, student engagement, and lifelong learning. We design technology around the needs of today’s learners—who no longer follow a single, linear path through education. For the first time in history, five generations are learning side by side—from Gen Z to baby boomers. We call this the Modern 5G Learner: individuals with different goals, but a shared expectation for flexible, personalized, and accessible education. Our platform supports this shift by connecting the full learner lifecycle—enabling institutions to deliver agile, data-driven experiences that evolve with their learners, whether they are exploring their first degree, advancing their careers, or returning to education later in life. Discover Help learners find their way to you. We help institutions to build digital experiences that help prospective learners explore programs, understand their options, and take the next step with confidence. Plan Better operations, better outcomes. We work with institutions to strengthen the academic operations that drive enrollment—creating a frictionless path from interest to action. Engage Keep learners connected. We enable timely, personalized communication that supports learners from first touch through enrollment and beyond. Evolve Build for the Modern 5G Learner. Learning is no longer linear. We help institutions support re-engagement, skill-building, and lifelong progression—creating lasting relationships across every stage of the learner journey. Learn more at moderncampus.com. Join Us: Looking for your next big opportunity? Join a team that is customer-obsessed, bold in tackling challenges, and united in delivering excellence. At Modern Campus, you won’t just build software - you’ll help build better futures.
- LinkedIn followers
- 68,318
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 330
- Reported office locations
- 330 N Lantana St, Suite 28 PMB 1014, Camarillo, California 93010, US
- Business categories
- Higher Education
- Education
- Software
- SaaS
- Other recorded names
- Modern Campus
- Specialties
- catalog management
- curriculum management
- campus maps
- campus virtual tours
- cms
- class schedule management
- student schedule optimization
- career planning
- co-curricular engagement
- non-traditional student management
- enrollment management software
- higher education cms
- higher education text messaging
- text messaging platform
- student success software
- registrar software
- and student engagement
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 59,000,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Modern Campus is a leading student-centric SaaS platform built exclusively for higher education—helping more than 1,700 colleges and universities deliver connected experiences across web, curriculum, student engagement, and lifelong learning. We design technology around the needs of today’s learners—who no longer follow a single, linear path through education. For the first time in history, five generations are…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Higher Education |
| Company size | 201-500 employees |
| Headquarters | Camarillo, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2018 |
| Specialties | catalog managementcurriculum managementcampus mapscampus virtual tourscmsclass schedule managementstudent schedule optimizationcareer planningco-curricular engagementnon-traditional student management |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 7 |
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About Modern Campus
Modern Campus empowers institutions to move with confidence across the modern learner journey. Our platform spans web content management, curriculum and catalog management, student engagement and lifelong learning — giving more than 1,700 colleges and universities the infrastructure they need to support the entire learner-to-earner lifecycle and deliver personalized, scalable experiences.
We partner with the education community to create new pathways for learning and opportunity, reimagining how institutions serve the modern learner and shape the future of education.
Our purpose — our north star — is to empower institutions to confidently serve and support the modern learner.
This mission and purpose come to life through how we show up every day:
- We exist to create empowerment through education.
- We lead with honesty and empathy.
- We shape the future through innovation.
- We become trusted partners.
- We make the complex feel possible.
Position Summary
We are looking for a Team Lead, Software Development to lead a small, high-performing Scrum team responsible for building, modernizing, and supporting enterprise SaaS applications utilizing agentic development processes
In this role, you will lead the team’s people, technology, and delivery while remaining hands-on in software development. You will guide technical decisions, mentor engineers, facilitate Scrum, and partner with Product, QA, Architecture, DevOps, and Security to deliver high-quality software.
You will also help lead our agentic-first approach to software development—using AI and coding agents to increase engineering leverage while maintaining strong standards for architecture, security, quality, and reliability.
What You'll Do
Team & Delivery Leadership
- Lead and develop a Scrum team of approximately 4–7 engineers.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, provide coaching and feedback, and support career development.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and promote effective Agile practices.
- Partner with Product and QA to refine work, define acceptance criteria, and align delivery with priorities.
- Manage team capacity, commitments, risks, dependencies, and release milestones.
- Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Technical Leadership
- Champion the development and adoption of agentic development best practices.
- Provide technical direction, lead design and architectural decisions within the team.
- Remain hands-on with design, coding, code reviews, testing, debugging, refactoring, and documentation.
- Guide modernization efforts and promote sound engineering practices.
- Champion CI/CD, automated testing, observability, code quality, and technical debt reduction.
- Partner with Architecture, DevOps, Systems, and Security to build secure, scalable, reliable solutions.
Agentic-First Engineering
- Lead adoption of agentic development practices within the team.
- Use AI coding agents across planning, development, testing, debugging, refactoring, code review, and documentation.
- Help engineers provide agents with clear context, constraints, architecture, and acceptance criteria.
- Establish practical standards for reviewing, testing, securing, and validating AI-generated code.
- Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity and delivery through agentic development.
Collaboration
- Work effectively across Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, DevOps, and Security.
- Communicate technical decisions, delivery status, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to stakeholders.
- Contribute to broader Engineering practices and standards.
What You'll Bring
Required Qualifications
- 8–10 yearsof professional software development experience, with demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, or team leadership experience.
- Strong hands-on software development background.
- Experience with enterprise applications, SaaS, microservices, or distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, databases, SDLC, CI/CD, testing, and production support.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and facilitating Scrum ceremonies.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- A strong sense of ownership and a drive to continuously learn and improve.
- Experience using AI coding agents or other agentic development tools, with an understanding of how to apply them responsibly and effectively.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with technologies such as Java/Spring Boot, React/TypeScript, relational databases, REST APIs, event-driven systems, AWS, CI/CD, and automated testing is beneficial.
- We value strong engineering fundamentals and adaptability over experience with a specific technology stack.
Why Join Modern Campus?
At Modern Campus, we're transforming how higher education institutions engage learners throughout the entire student lifecycle. We believe meaningful growth comes from understanding our customers, connecting their challenges to the right solutions, and creating experiences that deliver measurable value.
This role offers an opportunity to shape the future of demand generation at Modern Campus, building innovative, data-driven marketing strategies that strengthen customer engagement, accelerate growth, and connect marketing impact to business outcomes.
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