Platform Lead - Core Banking

Vancity; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 91,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking credit union as a Platform Lead, where your expertise in platform architecture and technical leadership will drive innovation and enhance user experience. In this hybrid role, you will collaborate with diverse teams to develop strategic roadmaps, ensuring the stability and performance of essential banking platforms. With a commitment to social justice and community empowerment, this organization offers a supportive environment where your contributions will create lasting change. Embrace the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies while enjoying competitive rewards and benefits that prioritize your well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

Attractive benefit packages

Three to four weeks of vacation

Defined benefits pension plan

Care days for personal illness

Qualifications

• 8+ years in platform development and management, with 2 years in leadership.
• Proficient in cloud technologies and platform architecture.

Responsibilities

• Oversee technical direction and implementation of technology platforms.
• Lead cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with business goals.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Splunk

Job description

About Vancity

Vancity is a member-owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. A relentless commitment to their values has helped them challenge the status quo and break down barriers since day one in 1946. They have bold commitments to make Vancity net-zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans and are pursuing strategies on Indigenous banking and to improve the financial resilience of their members.

Vancity is the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and has been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada. If you’re interested in joining their team of 2,700 diverse individuals and accessing competitive rewards and benefits, all while knowing you are part of a greater movement, then apply today!

About the workplace

As a Platform Lead for our Core Banking team, you oversee the technical direction, development, and implementation of our technology platforms within the organization. This role requires a deep understanding of platform architecture, integration, and scalability to ensure the delivery of robust and efficient platform services. The Platform Tech Lead will work closely with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with business objectives and drive innovation. This role is responsible for ensuring the stability and performance of our platforms, as well as supporting our ITS strategic roadmap.

This role will enjoy hybrid working arrangements which can be fulfilled primarily from the Vancity head office location and your Lower Mainland based home office or Toronto home based office. Vancouver-based candidates may be expected to come into office at least once per week.

A typical day would involve:

• Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for platform development that aligns with business goals and enhances user experience.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the platform team, ensuring best practices in architecture, design, and coding. Lead a cross-functional team of engineers, architects, and product managers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Ensure the platform architecture is robust, scalable, and secure. Provide guidance on best practices and technical standards.
• Implement and maintain metrics to monitor platform performance, reliability, and user engagement. Use data-driven insights to identify improvements.
• Lead platform-related projects, from planning and execution to delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals and timelines. Coordinate with stakeholders to define project technical requirements and objectives.
• Work closely with internal teams (e.g., product, data platforms, retail) to understand needs and ensure platform solutions meet user demands.
• Manage relationships with external vendors and service providers to optimize platform functionality and integrations.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities to leverage new tools and processes.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and industry regulations related to platform usage and data security. Incorporate into the platform roadmap compliance / regulatory items and legacy systems modernization.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in platform development, integration and management, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.
• Understanding of Canadian banking and/or payments ecosystem including the partner landscape is an asset
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of data privacy and security regulations.
• Proficiency in the platform full stack (Web, Application, Database)
• Good understanding of cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure), API development, microservices architecture.
• Strong understanding of platform architecture and integration technologies.
• Familiar with multi-server environments.
• Working knowledge of DevOps principles.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Splunk.
• Strong technical leadership abilities, with experience in technical decision-making, road mapping & platform optimization.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross functional teams & articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

You are:

• A Strong Communicator – You have strong interpersonal skills and you are comfortable communicating with stakeholders in different levels of the organization. Demonstrate confidence and provide highly specialized technical expertise and advice.
• Analytical & Decisive - with your strong problem solving and decision-making skills, you can diagnose challenges and issues; develop innovative investigative solutions. You make timely decisions while assessing business, financial and member impacts, and to identify viable solutions.
• A subject-matter expert and learner – you possess significant knowledge in your functional area and areas that can impact your work. You ensure to keep updated with the most relevant developments in your space.

The salary range for this role is $91,000 to $136,400 annually. Base pay offered may vary depending on factors such as relevant qualifications, skills, previous experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards package, employees may also be eligible for our annual incentive program, subject to program eligibility requirements.

Posting Deadline: Posted until filled

A career at Vancity is more than just a job, you’re joining a tradition of change-makers who are creating lasting change for our communities. Beyond base pay, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package to ensure our employees are empowered to thrive:

We offer:

• We are the largest private-sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada.
• Our permanent employees qualify for attractive benefit packages that can be customized and changed each year to meet their evolving needs.
• New employees receive between three to four weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year, and the number of vacation days grows.
• In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia, Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of short-term personal illness or emergency family illness.
• We have flex credits for our health care & dental benefits offer three levels of coverage for you to select from. These benefits will also be effective immediately based on your hire date.
• We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we will offer you a Defined benefits pension plan that pays you a retirement income for life.

At Vancity we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. Diversity in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent, understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require any accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail] for confidential support. In-person assistance is also available. We will collaborate with you to ensure your needs are met promptly and effectively.