Software Engineer II

Description

The company is hiring a Team Lead, Software Engineering to give hands-on technical direction to a group of 3 to 5 engineers.

The role covers the full software lifecycle, from requirements and design through build, testing, release, production support and ongoing upkeep of applications.

You will also move the team toward AI-assisted engineering and use approved AI tools responsibly.

Candidates of interest will be contacted to arrange an interview, and outcomes are shared by email or phone.

Responsibilities

• Give hands-on senior advice across the lifecycle on complex problems involving applications, integrations, APIs, data, infrastructure and production.
• Work with architecture, security, infrastructure, platform, DevOps, quality, product, business and operations colleagues to deliver and roll out solutions.
• Design solutions for new features, upgrades, modernization, integrations and fixes that are practical, scalable, secure, resilient and easy to support.
• Write designs in the required templates covering build, testing, rollout, readiness and support, and keep architecture, API, integration, data flow, infrastructure and business logic documentation current.
• Run technical design reviews and make sure actions, risks, assumptions, dependencies and decisions are recorded and handled.
• Lead responses to high-priority incidents, guiding investigation, debugging, root cause analysis and lasting fixes.
• Feed incident lessons into engineering, testing, monitoring and design, and push better logging, observability, resilience and readiness.
• Lead application releases and production rollouts, making sure the System Implementation Plan (SIP) and Master Execution Steps (MES) are accurate, complete, reviewed, approved and current.
• Check rollout steps, dependencies, sequencing, verification, rollback plans and readiness before each release.
• Lead technical work during rollout and post-implementation checks until deployment issues are resolved.
• Review pull requests for quality, maintainability, security, performance, test coverage and standards.
• Make sure team work and applications meet industry and internal rules for development, architecture, security, data, operational risk and engineering.
• Promote disciplined coding, testing, documentation, deployment and support using reusable, resilient, scalable, observable, secure, maintainable and testable patterns.
• Improve source control, CI/CD, automated testing, code quality tools and vulnerability scanning over time.
• Track application health and keep frameworks, libraries, platforms and dependencies current and supported; identify technical debt and plan practical fixes.
• Find, rank, track and fix security flaws and outdated technology, and close Archer findings and technology risks on committed timelines.
• Make sure backup, recovery and disaster recovery testing is completed, evidence is kept, and findings are tracked to closure.
• Escalate material application, security, operational, resiliency and technology risks, and keep technical evidence for governance, risk, control and audit.
• Check that AI-generated code and technical artifacts meet security, architecture, privacy, quality and development standards.
• Look for AI uses that cut repetitive work, speed modernization, strengthen testing and make engineering more consistent.
• Lead day-to-day delivery for a team of 3 to 5 engineers.
• Mentor engineers to build technical skill, engineering discipline, problem solving and team effectiveness.
• Act as the technical escalation point and encourage knowledge sharing, cross-training, teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Lead adoption of approved AI tools across analysis, design, development, review, testing, documentation, troubleshooting and modernization.
• Use approved tools such as GitHub Copilot to raise productivity, quality, documentation and developer experience.
• Coach engineers on AI-assisted development while keeping sound judgment, human oversight and accountability.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience building enterprise applications, with growing responsibility over time.
• Proven record of leading and mentoring software engineers.
• Strong hands-on skill with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, SQL and enterprise application development.
• Experience leading solution design and writing detailed technical documentation in set templates.
• Strong record of reviewing code and pull requests.
• Experience with application security, secure coding, vulnerability management and remediation, including SonarQube and Veracode.
• Experience with GitHub, Maven, CI/CD platforms, automated testing, Azure or a comparable cloud platform, Jira and Confluence.
• Experience supporting production applications and leading technical investigation of complex incidents.
• Proven skill with AI-enabled SDLC and AI-assisted engineering, including practical use of GitHub Copilot.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, problem solving and documentation skills.
• Experience with payments platforms or other high-availability, business-critical financial applications.
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design, microservice architectures, Kafka and event-driven or asynchronous processing.
• Knowledge of Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, EDP or comparable DevOps automation platforms.
• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and secure API development.
• Experience working in a highly regulated enterprise technology setting.

Conditions

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Hours listed as 5.

Line of business: Technology Solutions.

Base pay range: $81,600 to $115,200 CAD.

Actual pay may vary with skills, experience, job knowledge, location and business needs.

Ask your recruiter about compensation; they can give you more detail on this role.

Employment is subject to provincial regulation, and each province or territory may have its own rules.

Benefits

• Total rewards include base salary, variable pay, health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement plans, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and recognition programs.
• Regular career, development and performance conversations with your manager.
• Access to an online learning platform and a range of mentoring programs.
• Training and onboarding sessions to prepare you for the role.