Crypto Engineer

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity and Inclusion programs

Tuition assistance

Competitive rewards program

Flexible vacation

Community engagement opportunities

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Crypto Engineer to design and build cryptographic security products. The role involves leading innovative crypto initiatives, providing technical mentorship, and ensuring the security of platforms. Candidates should have 5+ years of experience in complex systems, strong programming skills, and the ability to apply security principles. The position offers competitive rewards and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in complex systems in a financial setting.
• Hands-on experience with programming and security principles.
• Proactive and able to stay updated on cryptographic trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives and solve complex crypto security challenges.
• Develop solutions aligned with bank standards.
• Provide technical mentorship and ensure security.

Skills

Technical working experience

Security patterns familiarity

Programming (Java, Bash, PowerShell)

Software development lifecycle knowledge

Crypto engineering experience

Business analysis technology

Excellent communication skills

Proactive mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Security accreditations

Tools

JIRA

Bitbucket (Git)

Confluence

PowerBI

Excel

Cloud Security (GCP, Azure)

Kubernetes

Job description

The Team

Crypto Product and Engineering is responsible for leading cryptographic security and cross‑functional product teams to accelerate the build of global security services, advance engineering capabilities, and work with global technology and business partners to lead foundational and transformational security products strategically across the enterprise.

The Role

As a Crypto Engineer, you will be a core member of the Crypto Engineering pillar, responsible for the design, building, and patterning of security capabilities into foundational and transformational cryptographic security products across the enterprise in collaboration with various business lines, IT support, and Information Security & Control functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple innovative crypto security capability initiatives and solve complex technical challenges, ensuring the crypto platforms are secure and resilient.
• Develop crypto security solution patterns aligned with bank standards, policies, and risk appetite to meet business needs.
• Work closely with Product and TechOps Engineers to ensure seamless alignment and integration of Crypto Engineering patterns, designs, and capabilities.
• Demonstrate personal accountability for assigned projects, initiatives, and daily processes, realizing results, with minimal guidance.
• Operate within a positive environment with highly motivated individuals that want to reduce the risks within the bank.
• Provide technical mentorship to engineers within your team and communicate best practices when working with other engineering teams.
• Respond to various audit, compliance, and IT risk teams to remediate risk‑related issues.
• Contribute continuous iterative improvements in all processes and procedures within the team, while considering and evaluating the bank’s risk appetite and risk culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on technical working experience in implementation and deployment of complex or large‑scale applications/systems/platforms in an enterprise and financial setting.
• Familiarity with security patterns and architecture frameworks.
• Hands‑on technical working experience in programming languages such as (by not limited to) Java, bash, and PowerShell.
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycle and tools including JIRA, Bitbucket (Git), and Confluence.
• Ability to apply security principles to crypto platforms and solutions to meet IT standards, methodologies, key management regulations, and audit requirements.
• Working knowledge and experience in crypto engineering and platforms, key management practices, as well as good knowledge of other information security domains.
• Working knowledge of business analysis technology (PowerBI, Excel).
• Excellent communication (verbal/written/presentation), negotiating, and interpersonal skills with the ability to summarize material for senior management in English. The same in Spanish is a strong asset.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to stay current on evolving cryptographic security trends and technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or a related field would be an asset.
• Security accreditations. Will be an asset.
• Cloud security (GCP, Azure) and container (Kubernetes) knowledge.

Benefits

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship – we strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and embraced through bias‑free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations – we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross‑functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement – no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, Humans of Digital and much more!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto