Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Java/iOS)
Toronto
Digital Banking & Channel Tech – Digital Banking & Channel Technology /
Hybrid
Join a Challenger
Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.
We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform (eqbank.ca) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.
Equitable Interview
As we continue to scale our team, candidates selected for our comprehensive interview process may be considered for a different level — either higher or lower — based on their interview performance. This equitable hiring approach allows us to ensure that talented individuals from a variety of industries are set up for long-term success within EQB’s dynamic, growing environment. Our goal is to support candidates in building lasting careers, rather than relying solely on perceived experience. The hiring committee will thoughtfully assess each candidate’s skills and potential, and adjust the level of the role as needed to create the best possible fit.
Purpose of Job
EQ Bank is building a best-in-class agile product organization to put customers at the heart of everything we do as we build the future of banking in Canada. Cross-functional pods are empowered to own their own domains and metrics and focus deeply on how to serve and delight their users by leveraging research, insights, data, experimentation, customer feedback, best practices, and technical excellence - all with an emphasis on time-to-value. We care about solving customer problems, cross-functional collaboration, balancing real-time opportunities with longer term vision, and building the right thing(s), the right way(s). We are reimagining banking - come be a part of it!
Reporting to the Associate Director, Software Engineering, you will help drive forwards the evolution our experience platform into a modern, state-of-the-art micro-frontend architecture using foundational Azure Cloud, DevOps, API, and PaaS services to deliver dozens of production releases per month. You will work closely with a cross-functional team through all areas of Agile Software Development and will partner closely with Digital Banking Business and Product teams to prioritize and deliver outcome driven solutions. This will include enabling MVP approaches and faster learning towards our customer goals and objectives.
Asa Senior Full-Stack Engineer you will be responsible for designing, developing, and supporting our web. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to assess and clarify user experience and requirements, and provide technical guidance, mentorship, and knowledge sharing with other software engineers. You will also support experience design, functional requirements, and digital product definition by providing technical solutions, and analyze and provide feedback to evolve creative designs and functional requirements to define a customer-centric solution. Additionally, you will contribute to technical and non-functional requirements, and define an integrated solution design with support from front-end and back-end system teams.
Accountability
The Senior Full-Stack Engineer will create and execute plans to deliver the technology component of new projects and products. Cross-functional Pod resources will be managed day to day by the Technical Lead to accomplish the team’s objectives.
This role requires close collaboration with the Product Manager and Engineering Manager to identify the business objectives, establish and track the overall release plan, and report on delivery status. Alignment with other engineers, Technical Lead and Engineering Managers will be required to align linkages, dependencies and releases.
Main Activities
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of high-performant user experiences on the web
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and QA, to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals, and experience.
- Architect and implement robust and scalable solutions across platforms, ensuring code quality, performance, and maintainability.
- Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to continuously improve development processes across platforms.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior developers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration within the experience platform development teams.
- Conduct code reviews and contribute to the establishment and enforcement of coding standards to maintain high-quality codebase.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to web and native application development and performance.
- Work closely with product managers to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate the frontend applications with server-side components and third-party services.
- Participate in the entire application lifecycle, from concept and design to testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Optimize our frontend solutions for performance, scalability, and usability, ensuring a smooth and responsive user experience.
- Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and frameworks to identify opportunities for improving the development process.
- Contribute to the development of technical documentation and knowledge sharing within the engineering team.
Knowledge/Skill Requirements
- Web & API Development:
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience working in cross-functional, agile teams to deliver and support web & API applications.
- Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot
- Experience with cross-platform frameworks such as Swift/SwiftUI
- Architecture and Design:
- Strong understanding of web and application architecture and design patterns.
- Ability to architect scalable and maintainable solutions.
- Programming Languages:
- Expertise in programming languages relevant to web development.
- Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and functional programming concepts.
- API Integration:
- Experience integrating frontend applications with RESTful APIs and other web services.
- Knowledge of GraphQL and WebSocket is a plus.
- Version Control:
- Proficiency with version control systems, such as Github.
- Testing and Debugging:
- Strong skills in writing unit tests and conducting automated testing.
- Proficient in debugging and performance optimization for web & mobile applications.
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools to automate the development, testing, and deployment process.
- Security:
- Understanding of web security best practices.
- Knowledge of secure coding principles and encryption techniques.
- Database Knowledge:
- Familiarity with mobile database systems, both local and remote.
Soft Skills
- Problem-Solving:Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Communication:Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaboration:Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
- Leadership: Skills to mentor and guide junior developers.
- Learning Agility:Willingness and ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and tools.
- Project Management: Basic project management skills to plan and execute development projects effectively.
- Documentation: Ability to create and maintain technical documentation.
Job Complexities / Thinking Challenges
- The Senior Full-Stack Engineer will be required to conceptualize and think tactically within a technically complex environment, often relying on past experiences to navigate ambiguous and high-level requests. The incumbent will be required to drive a team to identify, analyze, build and test technology solutions.
- The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate the following:
- Mature, confident, personable, professional presence
- Ability to work in ambiguously defined situations with minimal supervision.
- Excellent communication and leadership to build alignment and champion delivery plan.
- Strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to manage time and adhere to tight deadlines
- Independent, self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with proven track record of developing relationships and maturity to interact with company leaders (VP, Director and Senior Manager levels)
- Focus on customer/end user experience
- Agile to handle different/ changing priorities
What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
💰 Competitive discretionary bonus
✨ Market leading RRSP match program
🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
📝 Employee Share Purchase Plan
👶🏽 Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one
🏝 Generous vacation policy and personal days
🖥 Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
🎓 Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program
💛 A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON.
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well.
We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.
We can’t wait to get to know you!
