Lead Cloud Software Developer - (AWS / AI / Real Time Payment Systems)

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Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Lead Cloud Software Developer to design, build, and support secure, scalable, highly available, and resilient real-time payment systems. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in AWS serverless technologies, event-driven architecture, cloud-native application development, and GitHub-based DevOps practices.

Primary Focus
This role is responsible for delivering mission-critical solutions across real-time payment networks and modern banking ecosystems, including:

• Real-Time Payments (RTP)

• Open Banking integrations

• ISO 20022-based payment ecosystems

Core Capabilities
The position requires a strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture, API development, CI/CD automation, security, resiliency, and operational excellence within a regulated financial services environment.

Drives the overall software development lifecycle including working across functional teams to transform requirements into features, managing development teams and processes, and conducting software testing and maintenance. Specific project areas of focus includes translating user requirements into technical specifications, writing code and managing the preparation of design specifications. Supports system design, provides advice on security requirements and debugs business systems and service applications. Applies deep knowledge of algorithms, data structures and programming languages to develop high quality technology applications and services - including tools, standards, and relevant software platforms based on business requirements.

• Translates user needs into technical specifications by understanding, conceptualizing, and facilitating technical requirements from user.​

• Analyzes, develops, tests, and implements new software programs, and documentation of entire software development life cycle execution.

• Performs preventative and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting and fault rectification of system and core software components​.

• Ensures that code/configurations adhere to the security, logging, error handling, and performance standards and non-functional requirements.​

• Evaluates new technologies for fit with the program/system/eco-system and the associated upstream and downstream impacts on process, data, and risk.

• Follows release management processes and standards and applies version controls. ​

• Assists in interpreting and documentation of client requirements.​

• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.

• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.

• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.

• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.

• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

• Take measured risks while protecting the bank by applying our Risk Management Framework in the execution of your role, in line with our Risk Culture and within our approved Risk Appetite, making sound and risk informed decisions that align to business strategy, protect assets, and adhere to applicable policy documents (Frameworks, Policies, Standards, Procedures and Supporting documents), laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities 

Cloud Native Development 

• Design and develop cloud-native applications using AWS Serverless services. 

• Build event-driven, loosely coupled microservices supporting real-time payment processing. 

• Implement secure REST APIs and asynchronous messaging solutions. 

• Develop highly resilient payment services with sub-second processing requirements. 

• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability. 

AWS Serverless Engineering 

Develop solutions using: 

• AWS Lambda 

• Amazon API Gateway 

• AWS EventBridge 

• Amazon SQS 

• Amazon SNS 

• AWS Step Functions 

• Amazon DynamoDB 

• Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL 

• AWS CloudWatch 

• AWS Secrets Manager 

• AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store 

• AWS KMS 

• AWS WAF 

Real-Time Payments 

• Develop integrations for RTP, SWIFT, ACH, and ISO 20022 payment processing. 

• Implement payment orchestration and transaction lifecycle management. 

• Design solutions supporting: 

• High availability 

• Active-active architectures 

• Fault tolerance 

• Disaster recovery 

• Regulatory compliance 

DevOps & GitHub 

• Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions. 

• Build Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CDK. 

• Automate testing, deployment, monitoring, and rollback processes. 

• Manage source code repositories, branch strategies, pull requests, and release governance. 

Operational Excellence 

• Participate in production support and incident resolution. 

• Conduct root cause analysis and problem management activities. 

• Implement observability using logs, metrics, traces, and dashboards. 

• Support chaos engineering and resiliency testing initiatives. 

Required Technical Skills 

AWS Services 

Compute & Integration 

• AWS Lambda 

• API Gateway 

• EventBridge 

• SNS 

• SQS 

• Step Functions 

Data Services 

• DynamoDB 

• ElastiCache Redis 

Security 

• AWS IAM 

• KMS 

• Secrets Manager 

Monitoring 

• CloudWatch 

• X-Ray 

• OpenTelemetry 

Development Skills 

Languages 

• Python 

• TypeScript 

• Node.js

API Development 

• REST APIs 

• OpenAPI / Swagger 

• OAuth2 

• JWT 

• Microservices 

Databases 

• DynamoDB 

• NoSQL Design 

• SQL Optimization 

GitHub & DevOps 

Required experience with: 

• GitHub Enterprise 

• GitHub Actions 

• GitHub Copilot 

• Branch Protection Policies 

• Pull Request Reviews 

• CI/CD Automation 

Infrastructure as Code 

• AWS CDK

Recommended AI Skills (Preferred) 

Candidates with AI-assisted development experience will be highly preferred. 

Generative AI Development 

Experience with: 

• GitHub Copilot 

• OpenAI APIs 

• AWS Bedrock 

• Prompt Engineering 

AI-Assisted Engineering 

• AI-powered code generation 

• AI-assisted unit test creation 

• Code review automation 

• Documentation generation 

• Technical design generation 

• DevOps automation using AI 

AI Platform Knowledge 

Understanding of: 

• Amazon Bedrock 

• AI Security and Governance 

AI Use Cases 

Experience implementing: 

• Intelligent Payment Operations 

• Incident Root Cause Analysis 

• Log Analysis using AI 

• Fraud Detection Support 

• Application Support Chatbots 

• Knowledge Management Solutions

Preferred Experience 

• Real-Time Payments (RTP) 

• ISO 20022 

• Open Banking APIs 

• Payment Hub Platforms 

• Banking Domain Knowledge 

• PCI-DSS Compliance 

• Resiliency & Chaos Engineering 

Key Success Factors 

The ideal candidate will demonstrate: 

• Strong cloud-native engineering skills 

• Deep serverless architecture expertise 

• Payments domain experience 

• Excellent GitHub and DevOps practices 

• AI-assisted development capabilities 

• Security-first mindset 

• Strong problem-solving skills 

• Ability to work in high-availability, mission-critical environments 

Certifications 

AWS 

• AWS Certified Developer Associate  (Required)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional  (Recommended)

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional  (Recommended)

GitHub 

• GitHub Foundations  (Required)

• GitHub Actions Certification  (Recommended)

AI Certifications 

• AWS Certified AI Practitioner  (Required)

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

Note to Recruiters: BMO does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to BMO, directly or indirectly, will be considered BMO property. BMO will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. A recruiting agency must first have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement contract for service to submit resumes.