Job Description

Team Lead, Software Engineering, GenAI & AI Applications
5700 Yonge St, North York, ON M2M 4K2, Canada Req #3121
Friday, January 24, 2025
Questrade Financial Group (QFG), through its companies - Questrade, Inc., Questrade Wealth Management Inc., Community Trust Company, ThinkInsure, Zolo, and Flexiti, provides securities and foreign currency investment, professionally managed investment portfolios, mortgages, insurance, real estate services, financial services and more. Questrade uses cutting-edge technologies to develop innovative products that give customers better, more affordable ways to take control of their money.
We are everything a traditional financial institution is not. At QFG, you will be constantly moving forward, bringing the future of fintech into existence. You will be a part of a collaborative team that cares deeply about our mission and each other. Your team members will help you conquer challenges, push boundaries and discover what you are truly capable of.
This is a place where you can explore, discover and learn with continuous growth. As a diverse and inclusive place to work, with a hybrid working environment you can unleash your creativity and curiosity with no limits. If you share the same sense of infinite possibility, come shape your future at QFG.
Whats 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
Were looking for our next Team Lead, Software Engineering GenAI & AI Applications. Could It Be You?
The Team Lead will be responsible for the people management of a software engineering team focused on maintaining and further developing our GenAI core platform. This involves leading a team of software engineers through all stages of the Agile software development life cycle, from inception to implementation, with a focus on developing a functionally rich, scalable, robust, and user-friendly platform.
This person will collaborate with Data Science, UI/UX, product, and business teams to deliver business value specifically related to the GenAI core platform. The ideal candidate for this role should be able to thrive in dynamic environments, have a strong work ethic, positive energy, the ability to innovate in the field of GenAI, and good communication skills.
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In this role, responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Providing mentoring to team members to assist them in reaching their career goals, including performing 1:1 sessions with them on a regular basis
Do the performance reviews of the engineering team
Manage promotions and career path of team members
Work to unblock the team, assuring the deliverables committed by them
Addressing team member performance issues in a timely manner
Applying significant knowledge of industry trends to help Questrade improve and build innovative products.
Coordinating external software development teams and vendors to define requirements and validate outputs.
Planning, designing and coordinating software development activities and mitigating the technical risks throughout the software development lifecycle.
Reviewing code to ensure quality and correctness of solutions
Enhancing and modifying existing applications as needed to add new features or improve user-experience
Meeting regularly and interacting with a diverse team of business stakeholders, UI/UX designers, architects and engineers to elicit and define requirements for new applications.
Playing an active role in defining and implementing best practices, standards and procedures including quality and delivery methodologies
Participating in and contributing to all Agile Scrum ceremonies
Leading the support efforts of the application in production, addressing issues in a timely fashion in order to meet SLAs
Developing and debugging code as well as writing automated tests for back-end services and web applications
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Degree, diploma or equivalent directly related work experience.
Minimum 7 years of experience in web-based technologies.
Exposure to the full software development life cycle, including design, configuration, integration, testing and support including, but not limited to, gathering requirements, designing the future state solution, the development work breakdown, as well as supporting quality assurance and post-production efforts.
Preferred technical stack:
Data: BigQuery, MongoDB, Redis Cache, SQL Server, MemSQL.
Back-end: .Net core and Python
Streaming: Google Pub/Sub, Kafka.
Infrastructure: Google Kubernetes Engine, and other Google Cloud Platform components, MongoDb
Tools: Gitlab, Jira, Confluence, preferably automated CI/CD.

• Experience with unit testing frameworks.

Strong skills at performance application tuning.
Have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills and the ability to interact with multiple levels of stakeholders.
Strong documentation, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent time-management and organizational abilities that facilitate structured teamwork.
Experience leading projects and other engineers
Ability to work under minimal supervision.
Ability to adapt and change based on new business requirements and environment.
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Experience with GenAI and Data Science is a bonus.
Digital financial services experience preferred.
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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.