Title:  Architect

Requisition ID: 227376

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

The Role 

Global Payments Engineering is looking for an Architect to lead the design and strategy for LATAM and Caribbean payment platforms, you will be working closely with Engineering teams to drive out modernization and direction of the local and international aspects of Payments, with the intention to grow within the Payments Engineering portfolio. 

Is this role right for you?   

• Work closely with Delivery and Engineering teams, Product Owners and technical platform teams to architect, design and develop next generation payments processing platforms and enable incremental delivery of new features to the platforms. 
• Drive out end-to-end software architecture, design and develop distributed hybrid cloud based transaction processing systems. 
• Perform code review, provide guidance and mentorship to engineers in the team, ensuring best practices are followed and software artifacts are built in a sustainable manner 
• Have the ability to architect, design and deliver software that can scale elastically across multiple data centers and cloud vendors while staying resilient. 
• Embrace the Architect role alongside other domain architects, helping teams align with our reference architecture. 
• Performing research and development to evaluate emerging technologies and their potential to redesign payments and core banking platforms. 
• Aligning solutions to strategic technical and capability roadmaps and identifying new shared capabilities and business opportunities.  
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions 
• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.  

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

• Experience with enterprise integration patterns, including API / Microservice design, Asynchronous messaging systems (Kafka, MQ), relational  databases, in-memory databases, resilient architecture 
• Experience in the payments domain is desired, familiarity with payment networks, regulations, and compliance an asset 
• Experience with structured Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise to-cloud migration deployments and roadmaps. 
• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed global based systems. Experience in network infrastructure, security, data, or application development. 
• Performance engineering techniques. 
• Security – secure development principles, OAuth, infrastructure security, public key infrastructure 
• Experience of working with Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and their application 
• Previous working experience in Agile/Scrum software delivery model. 
• HA Design/Architecture principles 
• Experience with software design / development on both on premise and cloud based environments 

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. 
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community egagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons and much more!

Work conditions: Hybrid

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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.