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VP of Systems Engineering - Canada

BackJoy

Canada, Usa · Remote · VP

Listed on BackJoy’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Lead Bankjoy's Release Management, Quality Engineering, and DevOps functions as a hands-on VP, building automation-first testing frameworks and release discipline across a Microsoft .NET and Azure cloud-native platform serving regulated financial institutions. This role suits engineering leaders with deep QA modernization experience who can drive cultural and technical shifts toward measurable quality practices and reliable delivery.

Our summary, not BackJoy’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • 10+ years of engineering experience
  • At least 4 years in engineering leadership managing QA, DevOps, platform engineering, release engineering, or SRE
  • Deep quality engineering background with hands-on automation framework building or modernization
  • Demonstrated success transitioning from manual-heavy QA to automation-first practices
  • Experience building automation across web, APIs, and native mobile applications
  • Experience implementing release gates and go/no-go decision processes
  • Hands-on experience with modern automation technologies like Playwright, Cypress, Appium, or Maestro
  • Strong technical background in Microsoft .NET and Azure environments
  • Experience operating cloud-native applications using Kubernetes, preferably AKS
  • Working knowledge of Helm, containerized delivery, and infrastructure automation
  • Strong CI/CD and release automation experience, preferably Azure DevOps
  • Strong understanding of Agile development practices
  • Background in platform reliability, production incident response, and root-cause analysis
  • Technical depth to engage in solution design and architecture discussions
  • Cross-functional credibility and excellent communication skills

Nice to have

  • Fintech, core banking, or digital banking platform experience
  • Familiarity with credit union or community bank client environments
  • Knowledge of Angular, Swift, or Kotlin development environments
  • Infrastructure as Code experience such as Terraform
  • Broader Azure services experience
  • SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, or similar regulatory compliance experience
  • Experience managing QA teams through manual-to-quality-engineering transition
  • Experience building or scaling SRE or Platform Engineering functions
  • Experience establishing DORA metrics, quality scorecards, or engineering reliability dashboards
  • Experience driving AI-assisted coding or testing adoption at team scale

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