Software Engineer II, Full-stack

EQ Bank | Equitable Bank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EQ Bank est à la recherche d'un Ingénieur Full-Stack pour moderniser sa plateforme d'expérience. Le candidat travaillera en étroite collaboration avec des équipes agiles pour développer des solutions robustes et évolutives, en utilisant des compétences en JavaScript, API et développement web. Cette position offre une occasion unique de contribuer à l'innovation et à la transformation de l'expérience bancaire au Canada.

Benefits

Competitive discretionary bonus

Market leading RRSP match program

Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Generous vacation policy and personal days

Annual professional development allowance

Qualifications

• Expérience minimum de 5-7 ans dans des équipes agiles.
• Proficience en intégration d'API RESTful.
• Expérience avec Flutter ou React Native est un plus.

Responsibilities

• Développer et maintenir des applications front-end et back-end.
• Collaborer avec des équipes interfonctionnelles pour concevoir des solutions évolutives.
• Participer à des revues de code pour assurer la qualité et les performances du code.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

Angular

CSS

HTML

Java

Spring Boot

API Integration

CI/CD

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Github

Job description

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Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.

Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.

We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform (eqbank.ca) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.

Equitable Interview

As we continue to scale our team, candidates selected for our comprehensive interview process may be considered for a different level — either higher or lower — based on their interview performance. This equitable hiring approach allows us to ensure that talented individuals from a variety of industries are set up for long-term success within EQB’s dynamic, growing environment. Our goal is to support candidates in building lasting careers, rather than relying solely on perceived experience. The hiring committee will thoughtfully assess each candidate’s skills and potential, and adjust the level of the role as needed to create the best possible fit.

Purpose of Job

EQ Bank is building a best-in-class agile product organization to put customers at the heart of everything we do as we build the future of banking in Canada. Cross-functional pods are empowered to own their own domains and metrics and focus deeply on how to serve and delight their users by leveraging research, insights, data, experimentation, customer feedback, best practices, and technical excellence - all with an emphasis on time-to-value. We care about solving customer problems, cross-functional collaboration, balancing real-time opportunities with longer term vision, and building the right thing(s), the right way(s). We are reimagining banking - come be a part of it!

Reporting to the Manager, Software Engineering, you will help drive forwards the evolution our experience platform into a modern, state-of-the-art micro-frontend architecture using foundational Azure Cloud, DevOps, API, and PaaS services to deliver dozens of production releases per month. You will work closely with a Senior Engineer, Tech Lead and cross-functional team through all areas of Agile Software Development to prioritize and deliver outcome driven solutions. This will include enabling MVP approaches and faster learning towards our customer goals and objectives.

Asa Full-stack Engineer you will be responsible for developing and supporting our front-end and back-end applications. You will work closely with other engineers and product managers to assess and clarify user experience and requirements, develop clean, efficient and maintainable code, participate in bug fixes. You will also support writing unit and integration test cases, automate CI/CD pipelines and participate in code review to ensure code quality and robustness. Additionally, you will also support release and deployment of both front-end and back-end applications.

Accountability

The Full-Stack Engineer will be accountable for supporting design and development of new software products as well as support production deployments and incidents with close collaboration with Senior Engineer and Tech Lead.

This role requires close collaboration with the Senior Engineer and Tech Lead to develop and deliver robust and scalable applications.

Main Activities

• Develop and maintainfront-end and back-end applications
• Collaborate with Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and cross-functional teams to design and implement robust and scalable solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, establish and enforce coding standards, and ensure code quality and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to front-end and back-end application development and performance.
• Work closely with product managers, Senior Engineers and Tech Lead to deliver high quality software solutions
• Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate the frontend applications with server-side components and third-party services.
• Participate in SCRUM meetings, share ideas, blockers if any and help in resolving issues
• Optimize our frontend solutions for performance, scalability, and usability, ensuring a smooth and responsive user experience.
• Contribute to the development of technical documentation and knowledge sharing within the engineering team.
  
  
  
  

Knowledge/Skill Requirements

• Technical Skills
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science with a solid understanding of Object-oriented Programming
• Web & API Development:
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience working in cross-functional, agile teams to deliver and support web & API applications.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/Typescript/Angular, CSS, HTML, Java 7+ and Spring Boot.
• Experience with cross-platform frameworks such as Flutter or React Native is a plus.
• Programming Languages:
• Expertise in programming languages relevant to web and API development.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming and functional programming concepts.
• API Integration:
• Experience integrating frontend applications with RESTful APIs and other web services.
• Version Control:
• Proficiency with version control systems, such as Github.
• Testing and Debugging:
• Strong skills in writing unit/integration tests and conducting automated testing.
• Hands on experience in debugging and performance optimization for front-end and back-end applications
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools to automate the development, testing, and deployment process.
• Security:
• Understanding of web security best practices.
• Knowledge of secure coding principles and encryption techniques.
• Database Knowledge:
• Familiarity with SQL database. Knowledge on any other DB is a plus
  
  
  
  

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaboration: Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work independently and manage time effectively
• Learning Agility: Willingness and ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and tools.
• Documentation: Ability to create and maintain technical documentation.
  
  
  
  

Job Complexities / Thinking Challenges

• The Full-Stack Engineer will be required to participate in Design and development of the front-end and back-end applications while maintaining high quality, performance and scalability.
• The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate the following:
• Mature, confident, personable, professional presence
• Ability to work in ambiguously defined situations with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational skills: demonstrated ability to manage time and adhere to tight deadlines
• Independent, self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with proven track record of developing relationships and maturity to interact with cross functional teams
• Focus on customer/end user experience
• Agile to handle different/ changing priorities
  
  
  
  

What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]

Competitive discretionary bonus

Market leading RRSP match program

???? Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one

Generous vacation policy and personal days

Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues

Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program

A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience

The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON.

Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well.

We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.

We can’t wait to get to know you!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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