Salesforce Development Lead

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking an experienced Salesforce Development Lead to manage multiple Salesforce orgs and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of experience in enterprise systems, with significant expertise in Salesforce. This role offers competitive rewards, including a bonus program and opportunities for community engagement.

Benefits

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship

Tuition assistance

Flexible vacation

Competitive rewards program

Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in enterprise systems.
• Minimum 8+ years experience in Salesforce platform.
• 3+ years experience managing source control with Bitbucket/GitHub.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leaders to design long-term Business-Technology roadmap.
• Design Enterprise Org strategy for various Salesforce orgs.
• Establish governance for Salesforce implementation.

Skills

Apex

Visual Force Pages

Salesforce Lightning Components

REST API

SOAP API

Financial Service Cloud

Sales Cloud

Service Cloud

Bitbucket

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Data Loader

Data Stage

Talend

Jitterbit

Informatica

Mulesoft

Job description

Global Wealth Management Engineering CRM Team

The Global Wealth Management Engineering CRM team is the Salesforce Centre of Excellence for Scotiabank. The team is currently responsible for 10 different Salesforce Orgs across multiple lines of Business and is in the process of further expanding to additional lines of Business and new geographies. In support of this growth, the team is looking for an experienced Salesforce Development Lead to both deliver on existing initiatives and establish Business-Technology roadmaps for future initiatives.

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

• Collaborate with senior leaders from Business and Technology to design long-term Business-Technology roadmap for individual Salesforce orgs
• Design and implement Enterprise Org strategy for multiple Salesforce orgs Bank-wide
• Establish and enforce governance for implementing Salesforce at the Bank
• Work with cross‑functional teams, including product owners, business analysts, developers, quality assurance specialists to gather requirements, define solutions, and ensure successful implementations of Salesforce-based initiatives
• Be well versed with Apex, Visual Force Pages, Salesforce Lightning Components and Integration Patterns
• Have 3+ years of experience working with and managing source control using Bitbucket/GitHub, SFDX, and Branching Strategies across multiple delivery pods for a common Salesforce instance
• Enforce coding standards, conduct code reviews and promote best practices to ensure code quality and maintainability
• Have 3+ years experience in package‑based deployments and CI/CD pipelines leveraging Azure DevOps, Metadata API, and ANT Migration Tool
• Be familiar with integrating Salesforce with other cloud‑based application systems using REST, SOAP and Bulk API
• Have 3+ years experience on Financial Service Cloud understanding concepts such as Households, Person Accounts, Rollups etc.
• Have experience with Sales Cloud and Service Cloud (mandatory)
• Possess strong communication and leadership skills

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

• Minimum 8+ years experience in Salesforce platform and an overall 12+ years of experience in enterprise systems
• Minimum 4+ years of experience on Salesforce Lightning Components and Aura Framework.
• Ability to support developing automations within Dev‑ops initiative to accelerate deployments
• Handle deployment issues raised by developers and handle deployment pipelines for multiple pods
• Experience managing Salesforce Sandbox Environments and rollback deployments
• Exposure to preparing/reviewing/approving Production Deployment Runbook for Enterprise scale Deployments involving internal and external teams
• Hands‑on experience with tools like Data Loader and Data Stage, in addition to some level of understanding of middleware products such as Talend, Jitterbit, Informatica & Mulesoft
• Comprehensive understanding of Flows, their types and utility
• Experience working with Asynchronous apex such as Queueable, Batch, and Future Methods
• Investigate failures, perform root cause analysis and utilize internal defect tracking tool to create detailed, high quality error report
• Ability to work in cross‑functional teams using agile methodologies like SCRUM/Kanban

Nice to Have

• Experience with Bash and/or PowerShell scripting
• Experience with delta deployments and delta test executions
• Experience with Sandbox Refresh and Sanitization process and associated documentation
• Data Cloud and/or Marketing Cloud
• SonarQube, Veracode and/or AppOmni
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (required)
• At least 3 or more certifications on Salesforce from the following before joining (certifications will be checked and validated): Salesforce Developer 1, Salesforce Developer 2, Salesforce Platform App Builder

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.
• 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 - We offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons.

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.