Platform Lead, Technology Jobs in Vancouver, Canada at Vancity
Title: Platform Lead, Technology
Company: Vancity
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Category:
Position: Platform Lead, Payments Technology
Our Story &
Purpose:
We’re Vancity, a member-owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. Since 1946, our relentless commitment to these values has helped us challenge the status quo and break down barriers. We’ve made bold commitments to become net-zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans, and we’re actively pursuing strategies in Indigenous banking and financial resilience for our members.
As the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada, we’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the country’s Top Employers. If you’re ready to join our team of 2,300 diverse individuals, access competitive rewards and benefits, and be part of a greater movement – apply today!
Your Role in Supporting Our Members:
As a Platform Lead, Payments Technology
, you’ll oversee the technical direction, development, and implementation of our technology platforms within the organization. This role requires a deep understanding of platform architecture, integration, and scalability to ensure the delivery of robust and efficient platform services. The Platform Tech Lead will work closely with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with business objectives and drive innovation. This role is responsible for ensuring the stability and performance of our platforms, as well as supporting our ITS strategic roadmap.
This is a Full-time, Permanent role based at our Head Office, in Vancouver, British Columbia. and will report directly to the Manager, Application Technology.
Our head office is based in Vancouver, but we are open to candidates in BC and Ontario. While this position is for an existing vacancy and provides a hybrid work arrangement, you will be expected to be on-site for events and business demands when needed.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
Developing and executing a forward‑looking platform roadmap that aligns with business objectives, enhances member and user experience, and balances innovation with stability across key payment capabilities including Interac e-Transfer, Real-Time Rail (RTR), EFT/ACH, wires, and other domestic and cross-border payment services
Leading and mentoring a cross‑functional team of engineers, architects, and product partners, while providing strong technical guidance grounded in hands-on knowledge of payments systems, clearing and settlement processes, and integration with core banking platforms and promoting best practices in platform architecture, reliability, security, and engineering excellence
Ensuring the Payments platform architecture is robust, secure, and highly scalable, establishing technical standards and operational guardrails that support high availability, resiliency, transaction integrity and regulatory compliance across all payment channels
Supporting the organization in delivering and enhancing key payment services including Interac e-Transfer, EFT processing, wire payments, Real-Time Rail readiness, and emerging payment capabilities and providing hands-on tecnical leadership to guide solution design, integrations and ongoing platform improvements
Defining and tracking meaningful platform metrics related to transaction throughput, settlement accuracy, platform performance, reliability, and incident management
Using data‑driven insights to continuously improve platform health and operational efficiency
Owing the end‑to‑end delivery of payments platform initiatives—from planning and architecture through execution and release—ensuring alignment with business priorities, regulatory obligations, and delivery timelines
Collaborating closely with product, digital banking, fraud, treasury and operations teams to translate evolving business needs into scalable platform solutions that support both current and future growth
Overseeing relationships with payment network providers and external vendorsand ensuring integrations with Interac, payment processors, wire networks, clearing systems, and core banking platforms are reliable, secure and optimized
Staying current with industry trends across the Canadian payments ecosystem and identifying opportunities to modernize legacy infrastructure, support real-time payments adoption, and…
