Team Lead, Software Engineering

Questrade Financial Group (QFG), through its companies - Questrade, Questbank, Questrade Wealth Management, Community Trust Company, Zolo, and Flexiti, provides securities and foreign currency investment, professionally managed investment portfolios, mortgages, real estate services, financial services and more. We use cutting-edge technology to help Canadians become much more financially successful and secure.

At QFG, we combine human-centric collaboration with AI-driven innovation to redefine financial services. The ideal candidate will be a catalyst for change, using AI to transform and deliver unparalleled customer experiences and shaping a future where AI empowers our teams to do their best work.

Join our diverse, inclusive, and hybrid workplace to unleash your creativity and nurture your curiosity without limits. If you share this sense of infinite possibility, come shape your future at QFG.

What’s in it for you as an employee of QFG?

• Health & wellbeing resources and programs

• Paid vacation, personal, and sick days for work-life balance

• Competitive compensation and benefits packages

• Work-life balance in a hybrid environment with at least 3 days in office

• Career growth and development opportunities

• Opportunities to contribute to community causes

• Work with diverse team members in an inclusive and collaborative environment

This job posting is for an existing vacancy and the location can be Toronto, ON (5700 Yonge St/70 York St) OR Calgary, AB (Our Brand-New Office)

We’re looking for our next Team Lead, Software Engineering . Could It Be You?

The Team Lead architecturally orchestrates integration layers and unifies customer journeys across complex and legacy systems. This leadership role focuses on technical stewardship in areas like identity propagation, implementing resilience engineering patterns, and managing technical debt. The Team Lead also mentors engineers and partners cross-functionally to ensure structural soundness and feasibility during feature discovery..

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• Drive cross-domain orchestration by architecting resilient integration layers (e.g., GraphQL Federation, API Gateways) that aggregate legacy banking cores and microservices.

• Unify customer journeys, ensuring core workflows like money transfers deliver smooth, performant experiences across savings, brokerage, and lending products.

• Champion technical stewardship, owning single sign-on (SSO), cross-app session management, and identity propagation (KYC/AML) to balance security and usability.

• Implement resilience engineering patterns (circuit breakers, retries, bulkhead isolation) to prevent failure propagation across heterogeneous platforms.

• Lead and mentor Pod engineers, fostering a holistic engineering mindset regarding how system latency and data flows impact the broader user dashboard.

• Partner cross-functionally with UX Research and Product Management to embed technical feasibility into feature designs during early discovery.

• Make high-judgment calls on technical debt, distinguishing speed-buying workarounds from technical rot while navigating legacy middleware and APIs.

• Lead root-cause analysis for multi-system outages, focusing incident command on structural fixes rather than immediate workarounds.

So are YOU our next Team Lead, Software Engineering ? You are if you…

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 7+ years of software development experience with demonstrated technical leadership or Pod lead responsibilities.

• Proven experience designing and scaling orchestration layers (GraphQL Federation, API Gateways) across heterogeneous systems.

• Strong background in distributed transaction management, eventual consistency, and identity standards (OAuth2, OIDC, JWTs, SSO).

• Practical experience implementing resilience patterns (circuit breakers, retries, bulkhead isolation) across complex system boundaries.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, influence technical roadmaps, and partner cross-functionally with UX and Product

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience navigating financial regulatory requirements (PII, SOC 2, AML/KYC) while maintaining user experience standards.

• Incident command experience leading root-cause analysis across complex, multi-system outages.

• Strong track record of high-judgment calls on technical debt and legacy system modernization

Compensation Information:

• Base salary range: $130,000- $175,000

• The final compensation package will be commensurate with the successful candidate's experience, skills, and geographic location (Canada). It includes a comprehensive benefits plan and a competitive incentive (bonus) program for Full-Time Permanent roles.

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At Questrade Financial Group of Companies, with multiple office locations around the world, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible work environment. This is an environment where individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Here, the unique skills and experience you bring will be valued. You will be supported and motivated, so that you can harness your unlimited potential. Our team reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and operate in. Having a collaborative and diverse team helps us push boundaries to bring the future of fintech into existence—not only for the benefit of our customers, but for those who build their career with us.

Questrade Financial Group of companies Applicant Tracking System utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) for application screening. The AI system operates on predetermined criteria, with final decisions subject to human review.

Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly. If you require accommodation during the recruitment/selection process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.