Requisition ID: 251556

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

The Team

The product onboarding team is one of the most critical teams within the bank and aligns with the bank’s strategic direction. The successful candidate joining this team will not only learn what it is like to be a full-stack software engineer but also get to work directly with leaders from both the business and technology side! Additionally, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to experience what it is like to work within an Agile software engineering team. Finally, the successful candidate can expect to learn about financial services and regulations within the bank!

Contributes to the overall success of the Product Onboarding Engineering Team globally, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed/delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensure all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Is this role right for you?

• You will write well designed, testable, efficient code and unit tests by using best software development practices.
• You will support architectural decisions, provide technical direction, and influence the long-term technical roadmap.
• You will coach and guide junior developers through code reviews, pairing, and clear technical feedback.
• You will drive and enforce coding standards, best practices, documentation quality, and CI/CD discipline.
• You will lead estimation, task breakdown, and feature planning with greater autonomy; collaborate effectively across teams.
• You will support architectural decisions, provide technical direction, and influence the long-term technical road.
• You will tackle ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges with minimal direction and deliver strong, pragmatic solutions.
• You will take strong ownership of services, ensuring effective monitoring, observability, deployment quality, and proactive system improvements.
• You will lead a cross-functional engineering team through design, development, testing, and deployment of enterprise-grade solutions.
• You will support remediation of vulnerabilities, audit findings, and risk assessments.
• You will mentor engineers, promote continuous learning, and foster a culture of engineering excellence.
• You will guide teams through complex problem-solving, architectural decisions, and production challenges.
• You will support hiring, onboarding, and performance development for engineering talent.

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

• Completed Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related area.
• Knowledge of CSS Modules, Styled Components, and Tailwind CSS, with a focus on responsive design.
• Lead the Modern Development Environment, Layered Architecture, Mobile-First Best Practices, SPAs, Micro-frontends, and Microservices.
• 5+ years of software development experience building web applications using technologies such as ReactJS, Redux Toolkit, React Query, Context API, Zod, Axios, TypeScript, NodeJS, Express.JS, Next.js, MongoDB, Redis.
• Strong understanding of React fundamentals, hooks, forms, routing, state tools and React Fiber Architecture.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with modern JS toolsets (ES6+, Webpack, Babel, Jest, Aqua, blackduck, Checkmarks, Web Inspect) and deep knowledge of HTML/CSS/SASS.
• The candidate must have a good understanding of existing web and cloud applications (including complex application systems), evaluate problems, identify actions to be taken and recommend solutions.
• Deliver code development, unit testing, UAT support, implementation, and operational support.
• Experience with Google Cloud cloud-based development stacks.
• Experience with object-oriented programming (OOP), functional design and standard software engineering tools and platforms.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (such as Docker, Kubernetes) and DevOps tools (such as Bitbucket, Git, Ansible, Jenkins).
• Good analytical and organizational skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

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 embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees 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.
• A competitive Rewards program, including bonuses, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits, will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work, we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs, such as hackathons 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. 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.