Location: Downtown Toronto
Hybrid: 3 days in-office (will increase to 4 days in future)
Anchor days: Monday, Thursday, Friday
Contract Duration: 11/02/2026 to 01/31/2027
Possibility of extension: Yes, based on performance and business needs
Conversion to FTE: Yes, based on performance and business needs
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week
Typical Day in Role:
- Primarily focused on strategy, problem solving and challenging our solution engineers to build amazing products and services.
- Ensuring products are well maintained by identifying and eliminating technical debt.
- Ability to showcase progress in projects/initiatives/programs, holding people accountable to their commitments and making sure we are on track for successful delivery.
- Participating in design discussions focused on building the best customer experience,
- Design and implementation of best practices/processes.
- Assisting in architectural solution designs, roadmaps and related strategies that are aligned to Enterprise Standards in the effort to modernization software applications.
- Present and leverage technical information and solutions in a way that establishes trust relationships, persuades stakeholders and achieves understanding and consensus at all levels.
- Assess and analyze business strategy & requirements, the current technical environment and technology options to evaluate solution alternatives that meet business needs and bank strategy.
- Participating in planning and review sessions.
- Partner with multiple teams across the bank to collaborate on strategy and direction.
- Assisting senior management to enforce standards and methodology; ensuring solutions are in line with the technology roadmap and mentoring the technical team members on a project-to-project basis.
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
- 7+ years of experience as a senior Delivery Lead
- Must have 3+ years of software engineering (full stack – Java and Spring boot) experience with object-oriented programming & scripting languages.
- Strong technical background (i.e. ability to read code, provide feedback, knowledge of software design patterns).
- Working experience in an Agile environment.
- Must have technical hands-on experience with SOAP / Rest Services.
- Must have technical working knowledge of User Experience best practices.
- Must have technical working experience with cloud-based applications, awareness of main public cloud offerings (Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure) and how Pivotal Cloud Foundry is best suited for deployments across these.
- Must understand the software release process (environments, binary repositories, CI/CD).
Nice-To-Have Skills:
- 3-5 years of banking/financial industry experience is an asset.
- Hands-on technical working experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives is a strong preference.
- Working experience in building globally scalable financial products
- Working experience in defining current and future state for products and the associated roadmaps.
Best vs. Average Candidate:
The ideal candidate will be a strong IT Delivery Lead with strong experience with Software development and IT Technologies. Must have strong technical background with proven ability to read code, provide feedback, knowledge of software design patterns. Previous experience with banking/financial industry is very nice to have.
Also seeking stronger stakeholder management and leadership experience, rather than a hands-on technical resource. Strong communication skills and the ability to manage technical stakeholders are key requirements for this role.
Candidate Review & Selection
2 Rounds of interviews
1st- Video Interview (60 mins) with HM and a senior Team member: Questions based on previous experience.
2nd round in-person with HM (60 mins): Interview to gauge the team fit.
