Senior Engineering Manager – Trading & Banking Systems; Canada

Senior Engineering Manager – Trading & Banking Systems (Canada)

Intellibus is a boutique engineering and AI-driven consulting firm building mission-critical platforms for leading financial institutions. We are hands-on builders, not slide-only consultants, our leaders stay close to architecture, code, and production systems while partnering directly with client executives.

We are looking for a Senior Technology Delivery Leader to oversee multiple engineering squads, support senior client stakeholders, and drive execution across complex, regulated financial systems. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical depth, delivery ownership, and consulting experience.

This role is responsible for:

• Owning technical delivery, architecture oversight, and production stability
• Acting as the senior technology interface between Intellibus and client leadership
• Driving execution under tight regulatory and business deadlines

This is not a PMO role and not a pure people-management position. You are expected to understand systems deeply, review designs, guide engineers, and step in during complex delivery or production issues when needed.

• Provide hands-on architectural oversight across Java-based enterprise platforms
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• Review system designs, integration patterns, and performance strategies.
• Guide modernization efforts including legacy-to-cloud and hybrid architectures
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• Ensure platforms meet scalability, reliability, and regulatory requirements
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• Participate in technical deep dives and solution design sessions with engineers and architects.
• Own delivery outcomes across multiple squads and work streams.
• Drive sprint planning, release readiness, and dependency management.
• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis for production issues.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, security, and compliance standards.
• Manage delivery risks and proactively escalate issues when required.
• Serve as senior delivery partner to client product, technology, and operations leaders.
• Communicate complex technical topics in clear business terms.
• Manage expectations, push back when needed, and protect engineering teams.
• Participate in executive reviews, roadmap discussions, and delivery planning.
• Support new project ramp-ups and squad formation.
• Provide technical input during solutioning and pre-sales discussions.
• Help identify opportunities to expand engagement footprint.
• Mentor emerging leaders and engineering managers within Intellibus.

• 15+ years of hands-on technology experience in enterprise systems.
• Strong background in Java-based platforms in production environments.
• Solid experience with Linux / UNIX systems
  , including:
  • Batch processing
  • Job scheduling
  • Log analysis and performance troubleshooting
• Experience with:
  • APIs and microservices
  • Messaging and event-driven architectures
  • High-volume transactional and batch systems
• Ability to read, review, and write code when needed (not just manage teams).

Experience with
cloud and hybrid deployments in regulated environments.

• Prior experience in banking, fintech, trading, or capital markets platforms
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• Familiarity with:
  • Regulatory constraints
  • Data governance
  • Operational risk and production stability requirements. Background in technology consulting or professional services
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• Proven ability to manage multiple teams and delivery tracks simultaneously
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• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
• Comfortable operating under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (required).
• MBA or equivalent business leadership experience (preferred).

• Establish trust with client leadership and engineering teams.
• Gain full ownership of platform architecture and delivery risks.
• Stabilize delivery cadence and improve cross-team coordination.
• Identify modernization and performance improvement opportunities.
• Act as a true delivery owner, not just an escalation point.

• Initial meeting with the hiring team.
• Internal Assessment GQ and Presentation assessment.
• Receive Job Offer

If you are interested in reaching out to us, please apply and our team will contact you within the hour.