Feature Lead: Platform Architecture & AI Innovation

Bank of America; Toronto; On-site; CAD 141,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a senior technology leader to own the GMT Canada platform's architecture, roadmap, and strategy. The role blends hands-on design, code reviews, and complex problem solving with strategic leadership across business and technology teams.

The candidate will modernize platforms, reduce technical debt, foster AI-enabled development, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards while guiding delivery and PI Planning in an in-office Canada hub.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, or technology leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Python, and SQL.
• Experience designing, developing, and evolving large-scale enterprise applications and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, cloud technologies, CI/CD, modern engineering practices, and AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience working in Agile environments, including PI Planning, backlog management, dependency coordination, estimation, and delivery planning.
• Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on software engineering with technology strategy, architecture ownership, and technical leadership.
• Proven ability to influence technology direction across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology vision, strategy, architecture, and roadmap for assigned business capabilities or platforms.
• Drive technology strategy and architecture while maintaining hands-on involvement in solution design, proof-of-concepts, code reviews, troubleshooting complex technical challenges, and critical development activities.
• Lead architectural decisions and ensure solutions align with enterprise standards, engineering best practices, and long-term business objectives.
• Drive platform modernization, technical debt reduction, automation, AI adoption, and engineering productivity improvements.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into technology solutions and investment priorities.
• Play a key role in Agile delivery and PI Planning by helping define technical priorities, assessing risks and dependencies, refining work, and shaping delivery plans.
• Influence engineering direction across teams and mentor developers on architecture, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Promote operational excellence, platform resiliency, observability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

Software architecture

APIs & Cloud

CI/CD

Agile / PI Planning

Technical leadership

Tools

React

Angular

TypeScript

Flask

C#

Oracle

SQL Server

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

Job description

Bank of America is seeking a senior technology leader to own the GMT Canada platform's architecture, roadmap, and strategy. The role blends hands-on design, code reviews, and complex problem solving with strategic leadership across business and technology teams.

The candidate will modernize platforms, reduce technical debt, foster AI-enabled development, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards while guiding delivery and PI Planning in an in-office Canada hub.