Feature Lead - Technology

Careerwebsite; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 141,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America in Toronto is seeking a Feature Lead in Global Markets Technology (GMT) Canada to own technology vision, define strategy, and drive architecture decisions across business capabilities. This role combines leadership with hands-on engineering to shape roadmaps and deliver high-impact platforms.

You will partner with stakeholders, mentor teams, and push modernization, resiliency, and AI adoption while aligning technology investments with business objectives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, architecture, or technology leadership.
• Hands-on experience with Java, Python, and SQL.
• Experience designing, developing, and evolving large-scale enterprise apps, APIs, cloud, CI/CD, AI-assisted tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology vision, strategy, architecture, and roadmap for assigned platforms.
• Lead architecture decisions and ensure alignment with enterprise standards and long-term objectives.
• Drive modernization, technical debt reduction, automation, and AI adoption.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate objectives into technology investments.
• Mentor developers on architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
• Contribute to solution design, code reviews, and critical development activities.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

APIs

Cloud

AI-assisted development

Agile

Leadership

Architecture

PI Planning

Tools

React

Angular

TypeScript

Flask

C#

Oracle

SQL Server

MongoDB

Snowflake

Job description

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description

The Feature Lead serves as the technology owner for a business capability, application portfolio, or strategic platform within Global Markets Technology (GMT) Canada. The role is responsible for defining technology strategy, driving architecture decisions, shaping roadmaps, and leading execution across business and technology teams.

This is a player-coach role that combines technology strategy, architecture leadership, and hands‑on engineering. The Feature Lead is expected to remain close to the technology by contributing to solution design, proof‑of‑concepts, code reviews, critical development activities, and complex problem resolution, while influencing the long‑term direction of the platform.

The Feature Lead partners with business stakeholders, architects, engineers, and delivery teams to modernize platforms, improve resiliency, accelerate AI adoption, and ensure technology investments align with business objectives.

• 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.

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.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in Capital Markets, Global Markets, Fixed Income, Credit, Equities, Derivatives, Post‑Trade, Risk, or Operations Technology.
• Experience adopting and scaling AI‑enabled engineering practices, intelligent automation, agentic workflows, developer productivity tools, and software delivery optimization.
• Technology strategy and roadmap development.
• Application and solution architecture.
• AI adoption, intelligent automation, agentic workflows, and engineering productivity tools.
• Modern engineering practices, cloud platforms, APIs, and event‑driven systems.
• Hands‑on experience delivering solutions using technologies such as React, Angular, TypeScript, Flask, and C#, along with enterprise and cloud data platforms including Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake.
• Modernization, platform simplification, and engineering transformation initiatives.

What Bank of America Offers

Bank of America embodies a culture that extends from how we think, to how we behave, and to how we measure performance. By achieving excellence - in everything we do, every time we do it - we deliver the full value of Bank of America for our clients, our shareholders and our employees.

Bank of America places a high value on talent and on maintaining a culture defined by meritocracy. For these reasons, it is deeply committed to professional development, opportunity and accountability at all levels of the organization.

Bank of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Bank of America encourages applications from all qualified individuals. Applicants with disabilities may notify us of any accommodations needed to support your participation in the recruitment process. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying. Please be aware that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted for this position.

This posting is for an existing open position.

Shift:

Hours Per Week:

37.5

Pay Transparency details

CA - Toronto - 181 BAY ST (101803)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$141,100.00 - $165,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide competitive benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.