Principal Data Engineer - Tangerine

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Diverse and inclusive team environment

Flexible workspace

Job summary

Scotiabank is looking for a seasoned Data Engineer in Toronto to build a new data platform for Tangerine. The role emphasizes leading a customer-focused culture and collaborating with various teams to design and implement data engineering strategies.

With over 12 years of industry experience, candidates should be skilled in data engineering concepts and public cloud technologies. Scotiabank also offers a diverse and inclusive workplace where employees can grow and succeed.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of data engineering industry experience.
• 8+ years designing data platforms for large, complex enterprise applications.
• Experience shaping and communicating design patterns for data.

Responsibilities

• Build a new data engineering platform for Tangerine.
• Champion application security best practices.
• Mentor technical leads and high-potential data engineers.

Skills

Data engineering expertise

Technical leadership

Cloud platforms (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure)

DevOps practices

Interpersonal communication

Tools

Data warehousing technologies

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Requisition ID: 250871

Tangerine is Canada’s leading direct bank. We offer flexible and accessible banking options, innovative products, and award-winning client service. Our employees come to work each day to help Canadians live better lives, focus on making a difference in our communities, and foster an inclusive internal culture.

What you will be doing

Build a new data engineering platform for Tangerine to enable business analytics and production AI and ML applications, supporting business strategies and objectives while ensuring compliance with governing regulations and internal policies.

Is this role right for you?

• Champion a customer‑focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Participate in the design and implementation of the Tangerine data engineering strategy and platform, advising senior leadership and executing on the vision with senior architects and the development team.
• Collaborate with data scientists, data analysts, and software engineers to understand user requirements and inform the design and development of data engineering features.
• Engage in hands‑on development on highly complex initiatives.
• Champion a data design pattern and architecture that supports Tangerine business needs, collaborating with senior architects on pipeline design to support our architectural vision.
• Mentor technical leads and high‑potential data engineers by providing stretch goals and feedback through design and code reviews.
• Remain delivery‑focused and help the team resolve technical impediments.
• Influence product roadmap by working closely with the product team and providing technical insights and suggestions.
• Champion application security best practices and ensure security‑by‑design in data access and processing, working closely with security architecture and advisory committees.
• Advance testing processes, including unit, integration, functional, non‑functional, and security testing.
• Stay current with innovation in data and AI, enabling advancements around cloud, agentic AI, and production ML workloads.
• Champion a high‑performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.
• Understand the bank’s risk appetite and culture and apply this to day‑to‑day activities and decisions.
• Pursue effective and efficient operations of the respective area in accordance with Scotiabank’s values, Code of Conduct, and Global Sales Principles, ensuring adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day‑to‑day business controls for operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?

• 12+ years of data engineering industry experience, with a minimum of 8 years designing data platforms for large, complex enterprise applications.
• Experience as a technical leader for large technology programs and initiatives.
• Knowledge of or hands‑on experience with data and data warehousing technologies.
• Experience shaping and communicating design patterns to store, organize, process, and prepare data for various business purposes.
• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing data pipelines for reporting, analytics, production ML inference pipelines, and agentic workflows.
• Experience designing and implementing public cloud‑based applications on Google Cloud Platform and other cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and knowledge of enhancing CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills for relationship building with business partners, stakeholders, strategic technology partners, and external vendors.
• Commitment to maintaining a diversified set of skills through continued education and mentoring peers and junior and senior team members.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and organizational boundaries, building relationships to achieve broader organizational goals.
• Experience working with 3rd‑party vendors, including defining SLOs, limitations, security assessments, etc., to achieve business goals.

What's in it for you?

• You will be part of a diverse and inclusive team of client‑focused go‑getters, learning from each other in an environment that celebrates and recognizes success.
• You will have access to thousands of online and in‑person courses to shape your career growth with support from industry leaders.
• You will receive help to save for your future and invest in your total well‑being through our Tangerine benefits.
• You belong here, and we are equal and uncomplicated. Bring your true self to work; dress codes don’t apply.
• You will enjoy workspace flexibility and the excitement that comes from working at the official bank of the Toronto Raptors.

Location(s): Canada – Ontario – Toronto

At Tangerine we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the team, and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.