Team Lead, Software Engineering (12 Month Contract)

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

• 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.

This position is a 12-month contract.

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

We are hiring a hands-on Team Lead to lead the engineers of one squad at Questbank — our digital banking arm delivering personal bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages, and lending solutions. In this role, you will coordinate the development, improvement, and delivery of full-stack banking solutions, owning specific feature areas within the squad's portfolio while maintaining strong SDLC health. You will balance your time between hands-on engineering (coding, code reviews, and technical execution) and people leadership (growing team members, conducting performance reviews, and partnering with People & Culture).

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In this role, responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Technical delivery: Bringing deep, senior-level full-stack expertise; staying involved in code reviews, architectural design, development/QA, and troubleshooting and production support alongside the team.

• Mentorship & tech: Providing direct technical mentorship, evaluating candidate quality during technical assessments, staying current on industry trends, and evaluating new technologies that benefit the team.

• Ownership & collaboration: Making sensible day-to-day technical decisions within agreed standards; owning specific banking product features or system components; keeping squad development processes running smoothly.

• Vision & communication: Operating with clear purpose; identifying and collaborate with stakeholders; explaining complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences; writing clear documentation.

• People & culture: Building an engaged, inclusive team; giving timely, constructive feedback; owning performance reviews, hiring, and career development in partnership with P&C.

• AI-assisted workflow: Using AI coding assistants/agents fluently and coach the team to do so safely; treating review of AI-generated code as a larger effort than writing it, keeping humans accountable for what ships.

• Standards & guardrails: Setting and enforcing code-review standards for AI-generated code as a control layer; ensuring it meets the same security/quality bar, aligned with secure-dev practices and Questrade IT/cyber policies.

• Capability building: Prioritizing AI fluency, systems thinking, and output-evaluation judgment when developing and hiring engineers; adapting practices as tooling evolves.

• Governance: Ensuring your team's adherence to policies and standards, suggesting squad-level process improvements, and collaborating with governance teams within your domain.

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

• Have senior-level, hands-on full-stack experience with deep expertise in at least one core stack, plus a track record of mentorship, code review, and design contribution.

• Have experience leading or coordinating delivery within a squad, assessing candidate technical fit, and maintaining a balanced focus between hands-on technical work and team management.

• Are fluent with AI-assisted development and the judgment to review, evaluate, and govern AI-generated code.

• Have a people-first mindset and comfort partnering with P&C on performance, hiring, and development, and with IT/cyber governance on policy adherence.

Additional kudos if you…

• Have prior formal people-leadership experience and background in regulated financial services or a compliance-sensitive domain.

Compensation Information:

• Base salary range: $140,000 - $160,000

• 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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