Manager, Software Engineering, Digital Banking

EQ Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, is seeking a Manager, Software Engineering for their Digital Banking team. This role is part of an 18-24 month transformational journey to expand banking features and grow the engineering team. The position involves leading cross-functional pods (1-2 pods of 4-8 developers each) to launch new products and features for digital bank apps.

Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you'll be responsible for evolving the experience platform into a modern micro-frontend architecture using Azure Cloud, DevOps, API, and PaaS services. You'll work closely with Digital Banking Business and Product teams to prioritize and deliver outcome-driven solutions, including MVP approaches for faster learning towards customer goals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Driving product-centric, agile aspirations and mentoring team members
• Coordinating with Product teams to plan the agile horizon based on company objectives
• Leading backlog grooming and sprint planning activities
• Accountability for planning, designing, implementing, and supporting customer experiences
• Managing sprints and providing transparency to stakeholders
• Ensuring the team follows Scrum methodologies and champions continuous improvement
• Conducting code reviews and enforcing a unified branch strategy
• Coordinating QA strategy, release management, and deployment activities
• Providing employee development, team building, coaching, and mentoring
• Recruiting and developing a team of Technologists
• Providing L2/L3 application support for product incidents

The ideal candidate will have:

• 7+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams in web and mobile customer experiences
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building RESTful API solutions and/or Microservices
• Strong frontend development experience (70%) with some backend development experience (30%)
• Knowledge of web and mobile frameworks, API lifecycle management, and cloud development
• Experience with configuration, deployment, and testing of software applications

EQ Bank offers competitive compensation, including a discretionary bonus, RRSP match program, comprehensive benefits, and a generous vacation policy. The role is hybrid, with in-office time at 351 King Street East, Toronto, ON.

Join EQ Bank to be part of a team that's redefining the future of banking in Canada!