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Keep reading…\nDrive cross-domain orchestration by architecting resilient integration layers (e.g., GraphQL Federation, API Gateways) that aggregate legacy banking cores and microservices.\nUnify customer journeys, ensuring core workflows like money transfers deliver smooth, performant experiences across savings, brokerage, and lending products.\nChampion technical stewardship, owning single sign-on (SSO), cross-app session management, and identity propagation (KYC/AML) to balance security and usability.\nImplement resilience engineering patterns (circuit breakers, retries, bulkhead isolation) to prevent failure propagation across heterogeneous platforms.\nLead and mentor Pod engineers, fostering a holistic engineering mindset regarding how system latency and data flows impact the broader user dashboard.\nPartner cross-functionally with UX Research and Product Management to embed technical feasibility into feature designs during early discovery.\nMake high-judgment calls on technical debt, distinguishing speed-buying workarounds from technical rot while navigating legacy middleware and APIs.\nLead root-cause analysis for multi-system outages, focusing incident command on structural fixes rather than immediate workarounds.\nSo are YOU our next Team Lead, Software Engineering ? You are if you…\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.\n7+ years of software development experience with demonstrated technical leadership or Pod lead responsibilities.\nProven experience designing and scaling orchestration layers (GraphQL Federation, API Gateways) across heterogeneous systems.\nStrong background in distributed transaction management, eventual consistency, and identity standards (OAuth2, OIDC, JWTs, SSO).\nPractical experience implementing resilience patterns (circuit breakers, retries, bulkhead isolation) across complex system boundaries.\nDemonstrated ability to mentor engineers, influence technical roadmaps, and partner cross-functionally with UX and Product\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience navigating financial regulatory requirements (PII, SOC 2, AML/KYC) while maintaining user experience standards.\nIncident command experience leading root-cause analysis across complex, multi-system outages.\nStrong track record of high-judgment calls on technical debt and legacy system modernization\nCompensation Information:\nBase salary range: $130,000- $175,000\nThe final compensation package will be commensurate with the successful candidate's experience, skills, and geographic location (Canada). 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