Lead Full Stack Engineer

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a Talented Full Stack Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable applications within the Global Wealth Management Technology (GWMT) organization in Toronto. You will work across front-end, back-end, infrastructure, and data stacks, collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions.

The role involves leading complex distributed systems, establishing technical standards, mentoring teams, and driving platform

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience and 3+ years leading high performance teams.
• Proven experience delivering and operating large-scale production systems.
• Experience building scalable, enterprise-level technology stacks with Java, SOAP, and JSON, with a broad tool set.
• Experience in application architecture and API design.
• Proficiency with Microservices and Spring Boot.
• Experience with Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes.
• Experience across all SDLC phases.
• Proficient with Unix tools and shell scripting; SQL/PLSQL and data tooling.
• Experience with version control and build tools like Git, Maven, Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and architecture of complex distributed full stack systems, using modern technologies to improve reliability, security, and cost.
• Set technical standards and best practices across teams.
• Provide technical mentorship to senior and junior engineers.
• Drive strategy to transform platforms using new technologies and tools.
• Champion a customer-focused, high-performing culture and inclusive environment.
• Communicate effectively with business and technology leadership to gain consensus.

Skills

Java

Leadership

Microservices

API design

CloudFoundry

Kubernetes

SDLC

Unix shell

Tools

Spring Boot

SOAP

JSON

Git

Jenkins

Maven

SQL

Job description

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

We are seeking a talented Full Stack Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable applications in our Global Wealth Management Technology (GWMT) organization. You will work across the entire technology stack – front-end, back-end, infrastructure, and data, collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions. GWMT consists of many departments with high-performing agile teams working closely to deliver, support, and maintain the many applications and ecosystems within Global Wealth.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• Lead the design and architecture of complex, distributed full stack systems, utilizing modern technologies and practices to improve production support efforts, reduce operational costs, and improve security, availability, and reliability of overall business systems.
• Set technical standards and best practices across teams
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to senior and junior engineers
• Help drive strategy to transform current platforms using new technologies and tools available that best support the business needs.
• Champions a customer-focused and high-performing culture and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
• The role requires interaction with business and technology leadership, consequently effective communications commensurate with the audience and the ability to promote an idea and gain consensus is critical.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience and 3+ years leading high performance teams.
• Proven experience delivering and operating large-scale production systems
• You have experience building scalable, enterprise-level technology stacks with Java, SOAP, and JSON but ideally with a broad set of tools
• You have experience in application architecture and API design
• You are proficient in building Microservices and Spring boot
• You have experience with Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes
• Experience working with all phases of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
• Proficient with Unix Tools, shell scripting (Bash, Perl, Python, etc.), SQL queries, PL/SQL, and SQL Loader - or equivalent
• You have experience in version control and build tools, like Git, Bitbucket, Jenkin, Maven

Nice To Have - AI & Machine Learning Experience

• Experience implementing AI/ML capabilities into production applications
• Hands-on experience with AI APIS and platforms (e.g OpenAI, Anthropic)
• Working knowledge of building or consuming LLM-powered features (chat, search, summarization, recommandations).
• Experience designing, building, and operationalizing data pipelines using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as DataProc, DBT, PubSub, Kafka, DataFlow, BigQuery, and Cloud Spanner.

What's in it for you?

• 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 are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee 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.
• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• 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, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, 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.

We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.