Engineering Standards, Lead
Interac Corp22 days ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Base Salary
$145k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define, document, and enforce Java and Kotlin coding standards, design patterns, and architectural guidelines across backend microservices.
- Maintain engineering standards documentation and integrate quality expectations into CI/CD pipelines using tools including SonarQube, GitHub Advanced Security, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, and Jenkins.
- Lead code quality, security, and compliance initiatives by defining KPIs, conducting compliance scans, reporting findings, and driving remediation.
- Evaluate shared Java backend libraries, build tooling, third-party frameworks, and backend platform practices.
- Advise on API design, service contracts, inter-system integration patterns, cloud-native architecture, and modernization initiatives.
- Define responsible AI-assisted engineering guidelines covering coding tools, LLM integrations, AI-generated code reviews, prompts, and guardrails.
- Coach and mentor backend engineers, facilitate working groups, influence standards adoption, and communicate recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of software engineering experience with strong hands-on coding and technical delivery ownership.
- Deep practical knowledge of engineering standards, Git workflows, CI/CD, testing strategy, secure coding, and code quality.
- Proven ability to define standards and implement them through templates, automations, and reusable tooling.
- Strong experience with modern developer platforms and tooling such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, SAST/DAST, and policy-as-code.
- Ability to translate governance and risk requirements into clear, adoptable engineering standards.
- Track record of improving developer experience while raising quality, reliability, and compliance outcomes.
- Experience mentoring engineers, reviewing architecture and code, and driving consistent practices across squads.
- Strong communication skills and ability to partner with engineering, platform, and security stakeholders.
Benefits
- Hiring range of $145,000.00-$160,000.00 plus eligibility for a short-term incentive plan.
- Generous vacation and wellness days.
- Comprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage.
- Employer-funded RRSP program.
- Flexible hybrid work model.
- Free confidential 24/7 employee and family assistance program.
- Pregnancy and parental leave top-up.
- Charitable donation matching with United Way.
- Successful candidates must complete applicable background checks, which may include criminal, credit, identity, employment, education, public safety, and social media checks.