Team Lead, Software Engineering (12 Month Contract)

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

• 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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