Blockchain Engineer Intern/Co‑Op — Winter 2027

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank in Toronto invites a Winter 2027 Velocity Blockchain Engineer Internship/Co‑Op to join a cross‑functional engineering team. You will develop and test software components for tokenisation and programmable payments, and learn blockchain fundamentals with support from senior engineers.

You’ll collaborate across disciplines, gain hands‑on experience with Ethereum‑style platforms, REST APIs, and secure coding practices while building real proofs of concept and contributing to live projects.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or recently completed a degree in CS/Software Engineering/Computer Engineering/IT/Math/Data Science or related field.
• Solid understanding of data structures, APIs, databases, testing and debugging.
• Interest in blockchain, distributed systems, digital assets, payments or cryptography.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test and improve software components supporting digital assets, tokenisation and programmable payments.
• Learn and apply blockchain fundamentals including transactions, consensus, finality, token models and smart contracts.
• Assist with smart contract development and testing for token issuance, transfer, redemption, validation and exception handling.
• Help integrate blockchain components with APIs, microservices, payment systems, ledgers, databases and enterprise platforms.
• Contribute to proofs of concept, prototypes, pilots and minimum viable products with guidance from senior team members.
• Analyse end-to-end on-chain and off-chain transaction flows and help investigate technical issues.
• Write unit tests, participate in code reviews and follow secure coding, version control and documentation practices.

Skills

Blockchain

Smart contracts

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Testing

Distributed systems

Data structures

Education

Diploma/degree in CS/SE/CE/IT/Math/Data Science

Tools

Ethereum

EVM

Blockchain platforms

Job description

Scotiabank in Toronto invites a Winter 2027 Velocity Blockchain Engineer Internship/Co‑Op to join a cross‑functional engineering team. You will develop and test software components for tokenisation and programmable payments, and learn blockchain fundamentals with support from senior engineers.

You’ll collaborate across disciplines, gain hands‑on experience with Ethereum‑style platforms, REST APIs, and secure coding practices while building real proofs of concept and contributing to live projects.