Senior Delivery Lead – Java, Spring boot

FP Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 137,000 - 168,000; Part time

Job summary

FP Inc. in Downtown Toronto is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead - Java, Spring Boot to partner with multiple teams across the bank to drive strategy and successful delivery. The role emphasizes modernizing software applications, architecture collaboration, and accountability for project outcomes.

The candidate will work in a hybrid setting, bring strong Java/Spring Boot hands-on skills, cloud experience, and a proven ability to influence stakeholders and mentor technical teams.

Qualifications

• Senior Delivery Lead with 7+ years of experience and leadership in delivery.
• Hands-on Java and Spring Boot experience in a full-stack environment.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and architecture.
• Experience in Agile environments and cloud-based deployments.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategy and delivery across multiple teams.
• Challenge solution engineers to build quality products.
• Reduce technical debt and ensure maintainability.
• Participate in architecture discussions and roadmaps.
• Mentor team members and align solutions with enterprise standards.
• Communicate progress to stakeholders and manage commitments.

Skills

Senior Delivery Lead

Java

Spring Boot

OO & Scripting

Agile

SOAP/REST

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

Duration: 2 Months

Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Senior Delivery Lead - Java, Spring Boot to Partner with multiple teams across the bank to collaborate on strategy and direction. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in the role:

• Primarily focused on strategy, problem solving and challenging our solution engineers to build amazing products and services.
• Ensuring products are well maintained by identifying and eliminating technical debt.
• Ability to showcase progress in projects/initiatives/programs, holding people accountable to their commitments and making sure we are on track for successful delivery.
• Participating in design discussions focused on building the best customer experience,
• Design and implementation of best practices/processes.
• Assisting in architectural solution designs, roadmaps and related strategies that are aligned to Enterprise Standards in the effort to modernization software applications.
• Present and leverage technical information and solutions in a way that establishes trust relationships, persuades stakeholders and achieves understanding and consensus at all levels.
• Assess and analyze business strategy & requirements, the current technical environment and technology options to evaluate solution alternatives that meet business needs and bank strategy.
• Participating in planning and review sessions.
• Partner with multiple teams across the bank to collaborate on strategy and direction.
• Assisting senior management to enforce standards and methodology; ensuring solutions are in line with the technology roadmap and mentoring the technical team members on a project-to-project basis.

Must Have Skills:

• 7+ years of experience as a senior Delivery Lead
• Must have 3+ years of software engineering (full stack – Java and Spring boot) experience with object-oriented programming & scripting languages.
• Strong technical background (i.e. ability to read code, provide feedback, knowledge of software design patterns).
• Working experience in an Agile environment.
• Must have technical hands-on experience with SOAP / Rest Services.
• Must have technical working knowledge of User Experience best practices.
• Must have technical working experience with cloud-based applications, awareness of main public cloud offerings (Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure) and how Pivotal Cloud Foundry is best suited for deployments across these.
• Must understand the software release process (environments, binary repositories, CI/CD).

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• 3-5 years of banking/financial industry experience is an asset.
• Hands-on technical working experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives is a strong preference.
• Working experience in building globally scalable financial products
• Working experience in defining current and future state for products and the associated roadmaps.

Soft Skills Required:

• Must be flexible and ready to adapt to a dynamic environment.
• Have an attention to details, high standards for quality, ability to balance risk with technological advancements.
• Have excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with ability to build and foster relationships with business users, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors.
• Committed to maintaining a diversified set of skills through continued education and mentoring peers and team members.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree level or above education, ideally in business, financial or technology.
• Scrum Master certified is nice to have.

FP Inc. is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. In accordance with the requirements set out in the Employment Standards Act, FP Inc. hereby declares that AI is utilized in the screening process for this position. The hourly compensation range for this role is $70/hr -$86/hr. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities, and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.