Lead Backend & Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS)

Momentum Financial Services Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Momentum Financial Services Group is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Backend & Cloud Platform to own and operate the Integration Hub, an AWS-based integration platform. You will lead backend services (APIs, event processing), data synchronization, file ingestion, and production operations while transitioning production support in-house.

The role requires leading an engineering team, mentoring, and establishing sustainable operational practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small engineering team, providing direction and performance feedback.
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Skills

Team leadership

Node.js

AWS

DevOps practices

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

NestJS

Kafka/MSK

Terraform

Redis

GitHub Actions

PostgreSQL

Job description

Momentum Financial Services Group is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Backend & Cloud Platform to own and operate the Integration Hub, an AWS-based integration platform. You will lead backend services (APIs, event processing), data synchronization, file ingestion, and production operations while transitioning production support in-house.

The role requires leading an engineering team, mentoring, and establishing sustainable operational practices.