Senior Solutions Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity and Inclusion programs

Upskilling opportunities

Competitive rewards program

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design and implement secure, scalable solutions focusing on Anti Money Laundering. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, mentor engineering teams, and focus on modular modernization and AI integration. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of software engineering experience and a deep understanding of the Banking domain. This role offers a competitive rewards program and opportunities for community engagement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years experience in Banking and Financial Services domain.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable and secure solutions.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders for requirements.
• Provide mentorship to engineering teams.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Knowledge of Anti Money Laundering Domain

Interpersonal and communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

Please be advised that our Careers site will be unavailable from November 28 at 12am ET to November 29 12am ET for scheduled system maintenance.

Title: Senior Solutions Architect

Requisition ID: 247210

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

In this role you will:

• Scalable Architecture: Design and implement scalable, secure, and high‑performance solutions tailored toAnti Money Laundering
• Business Alignment: Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into robust, future‑proof technical solutions.
• Technical Mentorship: Provide hands‑on guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering growth and ensuring technical excellence.
• Standards Compliance: Ensure all solutions adhere to enterprise architecture principles, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Modular Modernization: Spearhead modernization efforts including cloud‑native adoption, microservices architecture, and modular API‑first design. Drive loosely coupled components to enable flexibility, scalability, and vendor independence.
• Platform Enablement: Build foundational capabilities that empower product, data, and AI teams to innovate securely and efficiently.
• AI Integration: Architect and integrate AI/ML capabilities into platforms to enhance advisor productivity, personalization, and decision support.
• Data Engineering: Design and optimize real‑time and batch data pipelines for analytics, reporting, and AI model consumption.
• Operational Excellence: Support production systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and continuous service improvement.
• DevOps Enablement: Champion DevOps practicesIST such as CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and infrastructure as code.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, facilitating consensus and alignment.
• Continuously Improve: Aid in the continuous improvement of business and technical processes through prior experiences and best practice adoption.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day‑to‑day activities and decisions.

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

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ Experience working in the Banking and Financial Services domain
• Excellent Understanding of Anti Money Laundering Domain and Data: Payments Screening, Name Screening , Transactions Monitoring , Data Management (Client, Positions, Transactions etc.), AML Operations comprende, SARs, Case Management, Investigation reporting and Analytics etc.)
• Experience with structured Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on‑premises to cloud migration deployments and roadmaps.
• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed global oriented systems. Experience in network infrastructure, security, data, or application development.
• Experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to build and foster relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors.

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, 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 Italien 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_Reset such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto