Technical Lead, Billing & Pricing Platforms

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a Technical Lead Analyst for Billing & Pricing Platforms in Toronto to drive end-to-end delivery across a cross-functional team. You will partner with Product Owners to translate business goals into scalable, reliable microservices and REST APIs, while owning the team backlog and roadmap.

You will guide architecture, systems design, and incident management, ensuring quality through test strategy and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with proven experience leading teams and owning delivery.
• Strong experience delivering solutions in microservices architecture, REST APIs, and event-driven systems (Kafka or similar).
• Hands-on technical expertise (Java/Spring Boot, databases) with the ability to guide and review engineering work.
• Experience managing engineering backlogs and roadmaps, balancing business priorities with technical health.
• Strong understanding of system design, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to drive end-to-end delivery, not just requirement definition or documentation.
• Experience improving team efficiency, delivery predictability, and process maturity.
• Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices with a focus on outcome-driven execution.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery for platform support team, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, and aligned to business outcomes.
• Lead a cross-functional team (engineering + QA), driving execution, accountability, and high-quality delivery.
• Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical solutions and deliverables.
• Own and manage the team backlog, ensuring proper prioritization across features, defects, technical debt, and operational improvements.
• Drive and maintain the team’s roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and platform strategy.
• Collaborate with architects to define system design, API contracts, and service interactions aligned to enterprise standards.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through design reviews, troubleshooting, and guidance on complex implementations.
• Drive sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery commitments with a focus on predictability and outcomes.
• Identify and close gaps in existing processes, workflows, and delivery models to improve efficiency and reduce friction.
• Own production stability, including incident management, root cause analysis, and permanent fixes.
• Work closely with QA to ensure quality is embedded early through test strategy and automation.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and drive mitigation plans.
• Provide clear and concise communication to stakeholders on delivery status, risks, and trade-offs.
• Contribute to a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence across the team.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

Cross-functional leadership

REST APIs

Event-driven systems

Java/Spring Boot

Databases

Backlog management

Roadmaps

Jira

Confluence

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Incident management

CI/CD

Education

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

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Scotiabank is seeking a Technical Lead Analyst for Billing & Pricing Platforms in Toronto to drive end-to-end delivery across a cross-functional team. You will partner with Product Owners to translate business goals into scalable, reliable microservices and REST APIs, while owning the team backlog and roadmap.

You will guide architecture, systems design, and incident management, ensuring quality through test strategy and automation.