Senior Release Engineer — AI-Driven CI/CD for FinTech

Questrade Financial Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Questrade Financial Group in Toronto is seeking a Senior Release Engineer to own, optimize, and modernize CI/CD pipelines across C++ Linux microservices, .NET Core, Node.js, Python, and more. You will eliminate build friction, accelerate feedback, embed AI SDLC tooling, and ensure safe automated releases for active trading systems.

Requirements include 5+ years of software/DevOps experience with 3+ years in release engineering, and advanced expertise in GitLab CI, CircleCI or Jenkins, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software/DevOps experience, with 3+ years in release engineering and CI/CD.
• Deep knowledge of GitLab CI, CircleCI, or Jenkins for complex pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect, standardize, and maintain modular CI/CD pipelines for polyglot codebases.
• Optimize builds for native C++ (Linux) and multi-language microservices.
• Automate Apigee deployment workflows and IaC using Terraform and Docker.
• Embed AI SDLC tooling and automated security tests into PR checks.
• Collaborate with enterprise platform teams to enforce governance and quality gates.

Skills

Release engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Build optimization

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Jenkins

Python

Bash

Go

Terraform

Docker

Apigee

CodeRabbit

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Jenkins

Apigee

Terraform

Docker

Snyk

Semgrep

SonarQube

CodeRabbit

Job description

Questrade Financial Group in Toronto is seeking a Senior Release Engineer to own, optimize, and modernize CI/CD pipelines across C++ Linux microservices, .NET Core, Node.js, Python, and more. You will eliminate build friction, accelerate feedback, embed AI SDLC tooling, and ensure safe automated releases for active trading systems.

Requirements include 5+ years of software/DevOps experience with 3+ years in release engineering, and advanced expertise in GitLab CI, CircleCI or Jenkins, and