Title:  Engineering Lead

Requisition ID: 207228

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

The role:

Contributes to the overall success of the Global Payments & Retail Payments Core Banking Engineering team, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives.  Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures. 

If you are an experienced leader with a strong developer-focused mindset, keen interest in payments and retail payments core banking, and thrive in a fast-moving environment - this is the position for you!  

What will you do?

• Coordinate and support day to day development team  activities  as per the BNS policies/processes 

• Coordinate work in accordance with project implementation schedules 

• Pro-actively plan and manage diverse projects that differ in size and scope from their inception to delivery overseeing execution

• Collaborate and plan work activities with application and support partners BNS (QAT, REM, MVS admins, etc.)  

• Work with the team and stakeholder to prioritize optimal value Delivery within agreed upon timeframes    

• Lead the team with a continuous improvement mindset and promote an environment of curiosity and experimentation     

• Guide the team in adopting new ways of working, exploring enhancement in ways that align with the Bank’s strategic priorities ie- cost optimization, stabilization, delivery of new capabilities  

• Off hours work is required to coordinate and facilitate releases and support delivery and deployment activities   

• Support complex applications that are critical to the Bank’s transaction posting capabilities  

• Act with urgency and criticality, evaluate problems blockers and bottlenecks , identify actions to be taken, assist the team to  recommend/implement solutions 

• Understand and work in accordance with Bank application architectural guidelines 

•  Support of the Bank’s transformation in operating models, Agile mindset and passion for change  

• Facilitate and support the team in self inspection and experimenting ways for improvement 

• Facilitate team cadences and working agreements that allow for the team to create support and maintain the work from planning through delivery of value 

• Conduct testing of new software releases to ensure successful implementation with no impact to the existing environments. 

• Interact with business partners and stakeholders to collaborate, align and  resolve issues 

• Ongoing communication of project status, as well as escalation of issues, when required 

• Foster a learning environment, that promotes inclusivity, collaboration and   

• Flexibility and adaptability with an eagerness to enhance  

What do you need to succeed?

• Off hours support is required to coordinate and assist team members in the support of our production environment in pager calls and outages.   

•  Minimum 5+ years’ experience in Software Delivery /Project Management and minimum 5+ years' of mainframe/host/Cloud development 

• Knowledge of Confluence, Jira, Service Now, Bitbucket/Jenkins, Release Management  

• Operate with a sense of urgency and determination    

• Excellent organizational and analytical skills 

• Capable of multi-tasking and managing concurrent tasks and initiatives 

• Results driven; forward thinking with a problem solving mentality 

• Comfortable working in highly collaborative and changing environment 

• Must be reliable, pro-active, customer-focused, attentive to details, and a team player   

• Certification in Agile Framework is an asset 

• Application languages (Cobol, JCL, SQL, Java, Kotlin) is an asset 

• Familiar with Network, LAN TCP/IP, security and communication protocol concepts 

• Data Power experience desirable 

• Excellent communication skills, positive attitude with a strong commitment to Team vs individual behaviors    

• Leadership qualities with previous experience in Leading a Team  

• Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science or technical equivalent 

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
• Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental 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.