Senior Application Development Technical Lead, Application Development

First National Financial Corporation

$133K — $153K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary education in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in application development.
  • 5+ years leading developers or overseeing technical initiatives.
  • Working knowledge of UML and architectural modeling notations.
  • Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts and frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead application development from concept to implementation.
  • Participate in all development phases: research, design, coding, testing, and deployment.
  • Provide high-level estimates and assess impact and risks during project planning.
  • Ensure alignment with modernization plans and architecture roadmaps.
  • Promote best practices and coding standards across the team.
  • Coach and mentor team members for skill development.
  • Facilitate stakeholder consensus and informed decision-making.

Benefits

  • Full-time position with regular working hours.
  • Opportunity to mentor and lead a cross-functional team.
  • Engagement in application modernization and impactful technology projects.
  • Chance to work on legacy mortgage administration systems and influence their evolution.
Full Job Description
We are hiring aSeniorApplication Development Technical Lead, IT

Reporting To:

Director and Team Lead

Full-Time/Part-Time:

Posting Date:

Full-Time

June 26, 2026

Closing Date:

July 10, 2026

Salary Range:

$133,641-$153,641

Hours of Work:

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Grade:

Office Location:

16.4

Toronto, ON

The Opportunity

The Senior Application Development Technical Lead provides technical leadership to a cross-functional product team responsible for analyzing, developing, and implementing application changes and enhancements. The Senior Technical Lead ensures the technical quality, scalability, and maintainability of assigned applications while guiding development standards and supporting modernization initiatives. The Senior Technical lead will provide mentoring and coaching to the other members on their team.

How you will contribute:

  • Lead application development efforts from concept through implementation.
  • Participate actively in all phases of development, including research, design, coding, testing, and deployment.
  • Provide high-level estimates and contribute to impact and risk assessments during early project stages.
  • Ensure alignment with application modernization plans and architecture roadmaps.
  • Promote best practices, coding standards, and design principles across the team.
  • Provide coaching and mentoring to other members of the team
  • Ability to work with various stakeholders to gather consensus and make informed decisions.


The experience you need:

Skills and Attributes:
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to guide, mentor, and direct team members to build technical capabilities.
  • COBOL, DB2, IBM iSeries experience
  • Strong technical skills and hands on development and production support experience with legacy mortgage administration systems.
  • Expert in understanding the mortgage lifecycle.
  • Experience in the mortgage industry
  • Experience with Mortgage Administration Systems
  • Expertise in one or more technical domains with ability to advise on technology decisions.
  • Strong analysis/debugging skills to help remove blockers for the team.
  • Skilled at presenting technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multitask effectively.


Education/Certification/Experience Requirements:
  • Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Minimum 10+ years of experience in application development.
  • Minimum 5+ years leading developers or technical initiatives.
  • Working knowledge of UML and other architecture modelling notations (class diagrams, sequence diagrams, use cases, etc.).
  • Strong understanding of OOP concepts and frameworks.
  • Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving capabilities.


Nice to Have:
  • .NET, Angular, Blazor
  • REST, SOA
  • Entity Framework, MS SQL


Working Environment and Physical Demands Analysis:

  • Office environment
  • Periods of high volume with tight timelines
  • Long periods of stationary position/sitting
  • Prolonged periods of repetitive movement (i.e. using a keyboard and mouse)
  • Long periods of time in viewing a computer screen
  • Multi-tasking may include speaking to customers on a telephone call while looking up information on a computer program.


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