Senior Cloud Developer
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The Bank of Canada has a vision to be a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada. No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in an organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in our environment.
Building on the principles that have always guided us – excellence, integrity and respect – we strive to be forward-looking and innovative, to welcome people with diverse perspectives and talents, and to earn trust by living up to our commitments and by clearly explaining the intent of our policies and actions.
With our defined-benefit pension plan, benefits, and high flexibility for work life balance - find out more about why we are annually ranked as one of Canada's top employers: Working Here - Bank of Canada
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We are seeking an innovative and skilled Senior Cloud Developer to join our Retail Payments Supervision team! We are a collaborative and diverse team within ITS with the mission to carry out the roadmap of an effective regulatory IT platform to meet the requirements of the Bank of Canada’s role in supervising payment service providers (PSPs). We are also beginning work on two new mandates: Stable Coin and Consumer-driven Banking.
What you will do
As a Senior Cloud Developer, you will design, build, deploy, and support modern cloud-native applications and platforms in Microsoft Azure. You will work closely with architects, product owners, developers, security teams, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient solutions that accelerate digital transformation.
More specifically, you will:
- Cloud application delivery: Design, develop, test, and deploy cloud-native applications, APIs, and integration services using modern engineering practices.
- Scalable Azure solutions: Build and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure solutions leveraging Azure PaaS and cloud-native technologies.
- Architecture and integration: Design and implement RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, messaging solutions, and distributed applications.
- Infrastructure automation: Develop Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Bicep, Terraform, or ARM templates.
- CI/CD and deployment: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that automate testing, security scanning, deployment, and infrastructure provisioning.
- Technical collaboration: Collaborate with solution architects to translate business requirements into scalable technical designs.
- Production support: Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Engineering excellence: Promote engineering excellence through automated testing, code reviews, DevSecOps, and continuous improvement.
- Technical leadership: Mentor developers and contribute to technical leadership, architecture discussions, and development standards.
- Operational support: Participate in operational support, including production deployments and rotational on-call support where required.
What you need to succeed
You are an experienced cloud developer who enjoys solving complex technical problems while building modern, scalable, and secure solutions. You are passionate about software craftsmanship, automation, and continuous improvement, and you influence others by promoting engineering best practices.
You have the ability to analyze complex business and technical requirements, evaluate alternative solutions, and deliver high-quality software that meets business objectives.
Your strong communication and collaboration skills enable you to work effectively with product owners, architects, operations teams, and business stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
In addition, you have:
- Cloud-native development: Experience building cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure, including scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized cloud solutions.
- Azure services: Experience with Azure App Services, Application Gateway, Key Vault, Azure Firewall, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Logic App.
- API Management: Strong experience developing and testing REST APIs, with a strong understanding of Azure API Management.
- Security and identity: Experience implementing authentication and authorization using Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Azure B2C and managed identities, with a strong understanding of cloud security, identity, networking, and Azure governance.
- Automation and DevOps: Experience building Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, Terraform, or ARM templates, and using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation.
- Operations and troubleshooting: Experience with application monitoring using Azure Monitor, Application Insights or Log Analytics, combined with strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Nice-to-have
- AI application development: Experience with AI application development using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, or Microsoft Copilot technologies, including building intelligent agents
- Engineering practices: Experience implementing automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing; using Git and collaborative development workflows
- DevSecOps: Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including security scanning and policy enforcement.
- Cloud-native architecture: Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS applications
- Cloud cost optimization: Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization.
- Azure certifications: Azure certifications such as Azure Developer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.
Your education and experience
Your combination of education and/or equivalent professional experience, technical expertise, and demonstrated accomplishments reflects the competencies required for this role. You have a strong foundation in computer science, software engineering, or a related discipline—or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience—supported by extensive experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise software solutions. You have also demonstrated expertise in delivering cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Azure while applying modern software engineering practices. In addition, your commitment to continuous learning, technical leadership, mentoring others, and delivering high-quality software aligns well with the expectations of this position.
Innovative Mindset
We value candidates who demonstrate adaptability, curiosity, and a willingness to learn new technologies, including AI and digital tools. We seek individuals who can think critically about data, question existing processes, and find ways to simplify our work while embracing change and new ways of doing things.
Language requirement
The Bank’s work environment is conducive to the use of both of Canada’s official languages - English and French. Although the position language requirement is English or French essential, we do encourage everyone to improve their second language proficiency for future career growth and to contribute towards fostering a bilingual environment.
What you need to know
- Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
- Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret
- There will be no relocation assistance provided
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.
- The official title for this position is “Senior Developer”
Hybrid Work Model
The Bank offers work arrangements that provide employees with flexibility, enable high-performing teams, and support an excellent workplace culture. Most employees can telework from home for a portion of each month as part of the Bank’s hybrid work model, and they are expected on site at the Bank location a minimum of 12 days per month to help build connections between colleagues. You must live in Canada, and within reasonable commuting distance of the office.
What you can expect from us
This is a great opportunity to join a leading organization and be part of a high-performing team. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet your needs at every stage of your life and career. For more information on key benefits please visit A great deal to consider.
- Salaries are based on qualifications and experience and typically range from $111,051 to $130,649 (job grade 17)
- The Bank offers an incentive for successfully meeting expectations at 7 to 10% of your base salary. The Bank offers additional performance pay (5%) for those who exceed expectations. Exceptional performers who far exceed expectations may be eligible for higher performance pay.
- Flexible and comprehensive benefits so you can choose the level of health and dental coverage that meets your needs
- Extra vacation days (up to five each year) that you can purchase to add to your vacation entitlement
- Option to join the indexed, defined-benefit pension plan after 24 consecutive months of service
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
