*Technical Engineering Manager, Digital Banking (WTL, ON)
About the role
Technical Engineering Manager – Digital Banking
Drive the next generation of digital banking solutions in a role that blends innovation, cloud technology, and technical leadership. Collaborate on impactful enterprise initiatives, build modern customer-facing applications, and work with advanced technologies in a fast-paced environment focused on scalability, performance, and digital transformation.
What is in it for you:
• Salaried: $90-95 per hour. • Incorporated Business Rate: $100-110 per hour. • 4-month contract with the potential for permanent employment. • Day schedule, 37.50 hours per week. • Hybrid work model based in Toronto or Waterloo.
Responsibilities:
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of front-end, back-end, full-stack, and QA engineers. • Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, inclusion, and continuous improvement. • Support team performance management and engineering talent development. • Provide hands-on technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, integration, deployment, and production support. • Contribute to software architecture, code quality reviews, technical design reviews, and implementation of key features. • Guide the development of resilient and maintainable applications using modern full-stack and cloud-native technologies. • Drive technical decision-making, identify trade-offs, and reduce delivery risks. • Lead investigative spikes and proof-of-concepts when required. • Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and operational standards. • Lead complex initiatives from concept to production delivery. • Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Cybersecurity, Operations, and engineering leaders to prioritize work and resolve dependencies. • Apply Agile and SAFe methodologies to support planning, predictability, and delivery performance. • Use engineering and delivery metrics, including DORA metrics, to improve quality, speed, and operational health. • Oversee application lifecycle management and technical asset health within the assigned area. • Support production releases, operational excellence, reliability, and issue resolution. • Contribute directly to development activities and assist in resolving technical issues in a player-coach capacity. • Lead technical teams while remaining actively involved in coding and solution delivery.
What you will need to succeed:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. • 7 years of experience in software engineering, including experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade applications across multiple layers of the stack. • Proven experience leading, mentoring, or coaching engineering teams. • Strong hands-on expertise in modern application development. • Proficiency with Java or Kotlin and Spring Boot. • Experience with C#/.NET, TypeScript, React, and Node.js. • Experience building and supporting applications within Azure and AKS environments. • Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, distributed systems, and modern application architecture patterns. • Experience with engineering and SDLC tools such as GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Maven, Snyk, and SonarQube. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native engineering practices, and platform modernization initiatives. • Familiarity with engineering performance and delivery metrics, including DORA metrics. • Experience in mobile application development for iOS and Android environments. • Experience with web-based banking applications. • Familiarity with IBM WebSphere and IBM Portal environments is considered an asset. • Experience working in financial services, banking, or other highly regulated environments is considered an asset. • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in ambiguous situations. • Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to balance technical execution with people leadership responsibilities. • Passion for mentoring engineers and supporting the growth of high-performing teams. • Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools and practices across the SDLC is considered an asset.
Why Recruit Action?
Recruit Action (agency permit: AP-2504511) provides recruitment services through quality support and a personalized approach. As part of the screening process, some applications may be reviewed using artificial intelligence tools. Only candidates who meet the hiring criteria will be contacted.
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*Technical Engineering Manager, Digital Banking (WTL, ON)
About the role
Technical Engineering Manager – Digital Banking
Drive the next generation of digital banking solutions in a role that blends innovation, cloud technology, and technical leadership. Collaborate on impactful enterprise initiatives, build modern customer-facing applications, and work with advanced technologies in a fast-paced environment focused on scalability, performance, and digital transformation.
What is in it for you:
• Salaried: $90-95 per hour. • Incorporated Business Rate: $100-110 per hour. • 4-month contract with the potential for permanent employment. • Day schedule, 37.50 hours per week. • Hybrid work model based in Toronto or Waterloo.
Responsibilities:
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of front-end, back-end, full-stack, and QA engineers. • Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, inclusion, and continuous improvement. • Support team performance management and engineering talent development. • Provide hands-on technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, integration, deployment, and production support. • Contribute to software architecture, code quality reviews, technical design reviews, and implementation of key features. • Guide the development of resilient and maintainable applications using modern full-stack and cloud-native technologies. • Drive technical decision-making, identify trade-offs, and reduce delivery risks. • Lead investigative spikes and proof-of-concepts when required. • Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and operational standards. • Lead complex initiatives from concept to production delivery. • Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Cybersecurity, Operations, and engineering leaders to prioritize work and resolve dependencies. • Apply Agile and SAFe methodologies to support planning, predictability, and delivery performance. • Use engineering and delivery metrics, including DORA metrics, to improve quality, speed, and operational health. • Oversee application lifecycle management and technical asset health within the assigned area. • Support production releases, operational excellence, reliability, and issue resolution. • Contribute directly to development activities and assist in resolving technical issues in a player-coach capacity. • Lead technical teams while remaining actively involved in coding and solution delivery.
What you will need to succeed:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. • 7 years of experience in software engineering, including experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade applications across multiple layers of the stack. • Proven experience leading, mentoring, or coaching engineering teams. • Strong hands-on expertise in modern application development. • Proficiency with Java or Kotlin and Spring Boot. • Experience with C#/.NET, TypeScript, React, and Node.js. • Experience building and supporting applications within Azure and AKS environments. • Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, distributed systems, and modern application architecture patterns. • Experience with engineering and SDLC tools such as GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Maven, Snyk, and SonarQube. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native engineering practices, and platform modernization initiatives. • Familiarity with engineering performance and delivery metrics, including DORA metrics. • Experience in mobile application development for iOS and Android environments. • Experience with web-based banking applications. • Familiarity with IBM WebSphere and IBM Portal environments is considered an asset. • Experience working in financial services, banking, or other highly regulated environments is considered an asset. • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in ambiguous situations. • Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to balance technical execution with people leadership responsibilities. • Passion for mentoring engineers and supporting the growth of high-performing teams. • Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools and practices across the SDLC is considered an asset.
Why Recruit Action?
Recruit Action (agency permit: AP-2504511) provides recruitment services through quality support and a personalized approach. As part of the screening process, some applications may be reviewed using artificial intelligence tools. Only candidates who meet the hiring criteria will be contacted.