Who You Will Work With: The
Engineering Standards Lead role will report to the
Software Engineering Centre of Excellence Lead and work closely with application development teams, architecture, security, product, and engineering practice leads across Interac. This role provides technical direction and standards leadership for Java-based backend platforms and services, while supporting the responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices across teams.
What You Will Do: - Define, document, and enforce Java/Kotlin coding standards, design patterns, and architectural guidelines across backend microservices.
- Maintain engineering standards documentation as a single source of truth and integrate quality expectations into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as SonarQube, GitHub Advanced Security, linting, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, and Jenkins.
- Lead code quality, security, and compliance initiatives by defining KPIs, conducting compliance scanning, reporting on findings, and driving remediation of critical issues.
- Evaluate and recommend shared Java backend libraries, build tooling, third-party frameworks, and backend platform practices that improve consistency, reliability, and developer productivity.
- Provide technical advisory input on API design, service contracts, inter-system integration patterns, cloud-native architecture, and modernization initiatives.
- Define AI adoption guidelines for backend engineering, including responsible use of AI-assisted coding tools, LLM integrations, AI-generated code review practices, prompt guidance, and guardrails aligned to risk and data governance expectations.
- Coach and mentor backend engineers across product teams, influence standards adoption, facilitate working groups, and communicate technical recommendations to senior stakeholders.
What You Bring: - 6+ years of software engineering experience, with strong hands-on coding and technical delivery ownership.
- Deep practical knowledge of engineering standards across Git workflows, CI/CD, testing strategy, secure coding, and code quality.
- Proven ability to define standards and implement them directly through templates, automations, and reusable tooling.
- Strong experience with modern developer platforms and tooling (for example: GitHub, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, SAST/DAST, policy-as-code).
- Ability to translate governance and risk requirements into clear, adoptable standards that teams actually use.
- Track record of improving developer experience while raising quality, reliability, and compliance outcomes.
- Comfort mentoring engineers, reviewing architecture/code, and driving consistent practices across squads.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with engineering, platform, and security stakeholders.
What We're Offering: The hiring range for this position is $145,000.00 - $160,000.00, and you will also be eligible for our short-term incentive plan. The exact amount will depend on factors such as skills, experience, and job-related knowledge, but Interac's commitment goes beyond compensation. Our Total Rewards package is designed to support your well-being and future, and includes:
- Generous vacation and wellness days to help you recharge
- Comprehensive employer-paid benefits coverage for peace of mind
- Market-leading employer-funded RRSP program to invest in your future
- Flexible hybrid work model for better work-life balance
- Access to a free and confidential 24/7 employee & family assistance program to offer support for you and your immediate family
- Pregnancy and parental leave top-up to support growing families
- Charitable donation matching with United Way to amplify your impact
Additional Pre-Employment Requirements:To ensure the integrity of our organization, successful candidates will be required to complete background checks, which may include, Canadian Criminal Credit Check, Canadian ID Cross-Check, Public Safety Verification, 5-year Employment Verification, Education Verification, Credit Check, and Social Media Check.
