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Technical Director

@ Parallelz

Toronto, Ontario

Full-time10+ years experience
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Overview

Parallelz is hiring a Technical Director to own the technical direction of its mobile-to-web application platform and lead a senior engineering team. The role combines architecture ownership, hands-on work on the hardest problems, and building an AI-native development system. The posting requires three or more in-office days per week in downtown Toronto.

Responsibilities:

  • Own platform architecture and technical roadmap
  • Lead hands-on work on the hardest technical problems
  • Design and run the AI-native development system
  • Turn product and partner priorities into technical plans
  • Grow and hire a senior engineering team

Requirements summary:

  • 10+ years building complex software
  • Staff, Principal or lead engineering experience with architecture ownership
  • Daily fluency with AI coding agents and agentic systems
  • Record of shipping live products in early-stage environments
  • Depth in performance-critical systems
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Employer posting date
2026-11-02
First seen by our source
2026-11-03
Source record updated
2026-11-03

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Job details

SeniorityLead
DepartmentSoftware development
Experience10+ years
Manages peopleYes
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Work settingOffice
PositionMostly sitting
Physical demandsphysical low · computer high
LanguagesEnglish
Perks mentionedGenerous paid time off, Retirement plan, Wellness

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Parallelz

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Parallelz instantly transforms native mobile applications into native web applications

Full company description

Parallelz is building a new platform and software architecture that instantly transforms native mobile apps into native web apps, with zero compromise in visual quality or user experience. Parallelz enables developers to easily distribute their applications across multiple digital and social channels, independently from app stores. Parallelz was founded by experienced mobile gaming and software leaders including serial entrepreneurs and technologists from Google, Mozilla, MIT Media Lab, Bridgewater Associates and other top technology companies.

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18,349
People associated on LinkedIn
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Reported office locations
  • Toronto, Ontario M5V 3L9, CA
Business categories
  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • Internet
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  • Parallelz
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Reported total investment
2,931,266

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Parallelz is building a new platform and software architecture that instantly transforms native mobile apps into native web apps, with zero compromise in visual quality or user experience. Parallelz enables developers to easily distribute their applications across multiple digital and social channels, independently from app stores. Parallelz was founded by experienced mobile gaming and software leaders including…

FieldValue
IndustryMobile Computing Software Products
Company size11-50 employees
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Organization typePrivately Held
Year founded2021
Open jobs on Jobsy6
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Job description

About Parallelz

Parallelz is building a new technology platform for delivering and discovering mobile applications. We let developers turn existing mobile apps and games into web-native experiences that run instantly in the browser, anywhere, with no changes to their code and no app store in between. Our games now run inside partner platforms, and we are scaling the system that delivers them.

AI is central to how we work. Every engineer pairs with capable agents, and agentic workflows run through how we triage, build, review, ship and operate. Our team and advisors include technologists from Google, Mozilla and MIT Media Lab, and we are backed by global venture funds and angel investors.

About the Role

As Technical Director, you will own the technical direction of Parallelz and lead a senior engineering team. You will work closely with the CEO and product leadership to turn priorities into architecture. You will stay close to the code: setting the design for the hardest problems, reviewing the work that matters, and building the agent-driven engineering system the team ships through.

This role suits a builder who has grown into leadership and still designs, writes and reviews software every day.

We value in-person collaboration. This role is based in our downtown Toronto office three or more days per week.

What You'll Do

  • Own the architecture and technical roadmap across our platform, balancing performance, reliability and cost as usage grows.
  • Lead hands-on on the hardest technical problems, working alongside senior engineers from design through production.
  • Design and run our AI-native development system: the agent workflows, guardrails and quality gates that take work from ticket to production.
  • Turn product and partner priorities into clear technical plans, and own delivery of the platform behind our live products and host integrations.
  • Grow a senior team with high standards for craft and AI-native work, and lead hiring and development for your reports.
  • Represent Parallelz technically with partners and across the wider group, including architecture reviews and technical due diligence.

Requirements

Must-haves:

  • 10+ years building complex software, including time as a Staff, Principal or lead engineer with architectural ownership of a production system, and experience leading senior teams.
  • Deep daily fluency with AI coding agents and agentic systems, a track record of bringing those workflows to a whole team, and a clear view on how to verify their output.
  • A record of shipping live products in early-stage, venture-backed environments.
  • Depth in performance-critical, deeply technical systems.
  • Clear written and verbal communication, and comfort working directly with the Founder in a hybrid team.

Backgrounds we see this working well from include:

  • Deep-tech, infrastructure or developer platform companies.
  • Gaming, ad tech or consumer platform companies.
  • Early-stage, zero-to-one experience as a founder or early technical leader, taking a product from idea to live users.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Group Retirement Savings Plan matching
  • Health, dental and vision coverage, including a Health and Wellness spending account
  • Generous time off
  • Access to leading AI tools and platforms

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