Lead Software Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Rewards program

Flexible vacation

Upskilling opportunities

Community engagement programs

Job summary

A leading bank in the Americas is seeking a Lead Software Developer in Toronto to drive engineering excellence and lead a cross-functional Agile team. In this role, you will oversee the full software development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality payment and cash management solutions. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of software development experience and expertise in Java and React JS. This position offers competitive rewards, flexible vacation, and numerous opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience delivering scalable, high-performance systems.
• 3+ years in a senior or lead developer capacity, providing technical leadership and mentoring.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, Pub/Sub, EventHub, or equivalent streaming technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional Agile engineering team to design, build, deliver, and support high-quality payment solutions.
• Make architectural decisions and guide components integration.
• Mentor and coach developers, promoting growth and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Expert-level experience with Java (Java 8+)

Strong proficiency with React JS

Hands-on experience with JUnit

Strong understanding of event-driven architectures

Strong hands-on experience with Docker & Kubernetes

Experience with API Gateways

Tools

Git / Bitbucket

Maven / Gradle

Jenkins

Job description

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

The Lead Software Developer plays a pivotal role in the success of Global Payment Solutions – Cash Management Technology by driving engineering excellence, leading technical delivery, and guiding a cross functional team through complex initiatives. This role ensures that architecture, designs, and implementations adhere to enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and engineering best practices. The Lead Developer acts as a technical authority, mentor, and thought leader within the team.

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

• Lead a cross-functional Agile engineering team to design, build, deliver, and support high‑quality payment and cash management solutions.
• Define and maintain technical strategy, coding standards, system design patterns, and best practices across the team.
• Make architectural decisions and guide components, integration, and data architecture design.
• Participate in strategic planning, roadmap creation, and solution evaluation (including buy vs. build recommendations).
• Champion continuous improvement, code reusability, automation, and engineering productivity.
• Oversee full SDLC delivery: requirements, design, coding, testing, deployment, and production operations.
• Ensure scalability, resiliency, security, and performance across all services and applications.
• Collaborate closely with product owners, business stakeholders, and senior management to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Guide the team during production incidents, providing root cause analysis and rapid resolution.
• Implement DevOps best practices and improve CI/CD pipelines for faster, safer deployments.
• Mentor and coach developers, promoting growth, skill development, and knowledge sharing.
• Facilitate technical design discussions, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Foster a culture that embodies Scotiabank’s values, inclusion, and high performance.
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners to drive alignment.
• Ensure adherence to all regulatory, compliance, AML/ATF, and operational risk procedures.
• Embed risk culture into technical decision-making and daily execution.

Do you have the skills that will enable you succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• 8+ years of professional software development experience delivering scalable, high-performance systems.
• 3+ years in a senior or lead developer capacity, providing technical leadership and mentoring.
• Expert‑level experience with Java (Java 8+), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful services, microservices design, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of event‑driven architectures, asynchronous patterns, domain‑driven design (DDD), and clean architecture.
• Hands‑on experience with JUnit, Mockito, integration testing, and performance testing.
• Strong proficiency with React JS, Next JS, React Hooks, TypeScript, ES6+, and modern UI patterns.
• Experience building scalable, responsive, and accessible front‑end applications.
• 5+ years’ experience with cloud platforms, ideally Azure or Google Cloud Platform: AKS / GKE, Cloud Functions / Functions‑as‑a‑Service, Event Grid / Pub/Sub, Managed databases (SQL/NoSQL), Cloud monitoring & logging platforms
• Strong hands‑on experience with: Git / Bitbucket, Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, Maven / Gradle, Docker & Kubernetes, Artifactory / Nexus
• Experience with Kafka, Pub/Sub, EventHub, or equivalent streaming technologies.
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Fire store, etc.).
• Experience with API Gateways, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), or sidecar patterns is an asset.
• Exposure to payments, cash management, or financial services systems is an asset.
• Knowledge of security protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS) and threat modeling is an asset.

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.

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. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here . Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. 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.