This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Technical Business Analyst based in Canada.
Join a globally distributed technology team transforming how businesses connect to cloud platforms, data centers, and digital infrastructure.
Responsibilities
Lead requirements discovery: Facilitate stakeholder interviews and discovery sessions to identify business needs, uncover underlying problems, challenge assumptions, and establish clear objectives and expected outcomes.
Translate business needs into technical specifications: Convert functional requirements into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical documentation that enable engineering teams to implement effective solutions.
Visualize business and system processes: Develop workflows, user journeys, system diagrams, and process models to communicate complex concepts and establish a shared understanding across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Own backlog management: Maintain, organize, prioritize, and continuously refine the team's backlog to ensure development work aligns with business objectives, customer needs, and delivery priorities.
Support software engineering teams: Collaborate closely with developers to clarify business logic, answer domain-related questions, resolve ambiguities, and prevent unnecessary development delays.
Facilitate agile collaboration: Lead backlog refinement sessions and contribute to agile planning activities, ensuring teams understand project scope, dependencies, requirements, and expected business impact.
Improve business and engineering processes: Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, strengthen communication, and increase efficiency across product, business, and engineering functions.
Maintain accurate documentation: Keep requirements, technical specifications, business rules, and supporting documentation clear, comprehensive, and up to date throughout the software development lifecycle.
Drive analytical problem-solving: Investigate complex business challenges, identify root causes, and recommend practical solutions that balance business priorities with technical considerations.
Requirements
Professional experience: At least five years of dedicated experience in business analysis or a closely related technical role within agile software development teams.
Technical understanding: Practical experience with APIs, web services, web-based applications, and system workflows, with the ability to follow technical discussions and collaborate effectively with software engineers.
Requirements engineering: Demonstrated ability to gather, analyze, document, and translate business requirements into precise technical specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Analytical thinking: Strong problem-solving and conceptual skills, including the ability to investigate root causes, ask targeted questions, challenge assumptions constructively, and identify the underlying needs behind stakeholder requests.
Agile methodology: Solid understanding of agile principles and practical experience applying them within software development teams, including backlog management and refinement.
Communication skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to audiences with different levels of technical expertise.
Product and domain judgment: Strong business intuition and the confidence to make informed decisions on routine business logic questions, helping engineers progress without unnecessary delays.
Organization and prioritization: Excellent planning, time management, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
Collaboration and ownership: A proactive, detail-oriented mindset, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently while building effective relationships across business and engineering teams.
Adaptability: Comfort working in a distributed, international environment where priorities evolve and effective collaboration across time zones is essential.
Benefits
Remote-first flexibility: Work remotely with access to coworking spaces when you want an alternative working environment.
Flexible leave options: Benefit from generous leave plans, including parental leave, birthday leave, and a program allowing you to purchase additional annual leave.
Health and wellness support: Access a wellness allowance and employee wellbeing initiatives designed to support your overall health.
Learning and development: Receive a generous study and training allowance, along with paid study leave to support your professional growth.
Modern workspaces: Enjoy access to contemporary office environments and a global coworking membership for additional flexibility.
Collaborative international team: Work alongside experienced technology professionals and emerging talent in an inclusive, knowledge-sharing environment.