JOB DESCRIPTION
Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto
Duration: ASAP to March 31st, 2026
Our client a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto is looking for a Cloud/ Software Engineer – GKE, ArgoCD to participate in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.
Typical Day in role:
- Technical ownership/leadership of enterprise cloud product(s) or a complex part of a larger product including the design, software, and processes necessary for ongoing operations.
- Designing, implementing, and refactoring code.
- Participating in design discussions focused on scalability, design, and implementation best practices.
- Ensuring software, programs, and applications are developed and/or configured to meet high availability, integrity, and reliability requirements.
- Working with other lead engineers and architects on designing solutions and breaking-down, scoping, and estimating tasks.
- Design strategies and tools to deploy, monitor, and administer Cloud applications and the underlying services for Cloud .
- Participate in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
- Our teams are flexible and fast, requiring daily peer review and quality control.
Must-Have Skills:
- 8+ years of relevant experience as a developer / software engineer / cloud engineer
- 2+ year experience with containerized applications: GKE (preferred), Kubernetes
- 2+ years’ experience with CI/CD: Github, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, Github Actions or similar
- 5+ years’ proven experience in cloud development (Google GCP, Microsoft Azure, AWS – in order of preference) with domain expertise in cloud platform features and capabilities
- Experience with design for scalable, enterprise-level software systems (both on code and infrastructure levels).
Nice-To-Have Skills:
- Full stack experience in product development
- Experience within Canadian financial institutions
- Knowledge of /experience with any or all of the following will be an asset:
- Cloud Infrastructure architecture
- Security
- Software design patterns
- Experience in delivering enterprise systems, collaborating and driving solutions with multiple teams across the organization.
- Experience with networking in a multi cloud hybrid environment
- 1+ year experience with IaC: Terraform
Soft Skills Required:
- Attention to details, high standards for quality.
- Desire to learn, grow yourself and your team.
- Passion for driving teams towards high performance and a deep pride in quality craftsmanship that delights users.
- Investigating, analyzing, and resolving system problems.
- Ability to solve ambiguous and typically novel problems that require the effort of several engineers.
- Strong communication skills, both written and spoken; of specific importance is strong communication to a technical audience.
Education:
- Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in computer science or engineering/mathematics discipline.
Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.