Title:  Solution Architect - Wealth Management

Requisition ID: 238635

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

We are looking for an accountable and driven Solutions Architect to join Global Wealth Management Technology (GWMT) – where we develop and modernize the technology that powers the Global Wealth Management business lines. GWMT consists of departments with high performing agile teams working closely together to deliver, support, and maintain the many applications and ecosystems within Global Wealth. Your role will be to challenge, poke holes, and leverage your expertise to influence the best possible design for the problem at hand. If you're passionate about building transformative technology in financial services and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment — we’d love to hear from you.

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

• Scalable Architecture: Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions tailored to wealth and asset management platforms.
• Business Alignment: Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into robust, future-proof technical solutions.
• Architectural Leadership: Lead cross-functional architectural discussions, driving strategic decisions and solutions across multiple teams and initiatives.
• 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 practices 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.

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

• 10+ years of experience in software architecture and development, with a focus on wealth management, asset management, or banking domains being an asset.
• Excellent Understanding of Wealth Business and Data: Knowledge of how the Asset Management and Wealth Management business operates and key concepts, such as:

• Master Data Management (Security, Client, Position, Transaction, etc.)
• Client Lifecycle Management (Onboarding, Servicing, etc.)
• Client Reporting & Portal
• Investment Performance & Benchmarking
• Portfolio Management (Asset Allocation, Risk Management, Rebalancing, etc.)
• Trading Lifecycle (Order Management, Execution, Settlements, etc.)
• Investment Operations (Reconciliation, Trade Support, Account Servicing, etc.)
• Strong Communication: Ability to convey information in written, visual, and verbal form (meetings / presentations) and collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams.

• Problem-Solving: Ability to understand and effectively articulate a problem, understand the different solutions, and decide on one based on logical and empirical evidence.
• Leadership: Natural leadership qualities with the ability to influence and inspire teams.
• Proficiency in Key Technologies / Tools an Asset:
  • Cloud Platforms (GCP, Azure)
  • Data Engineering (Real-Time, Event-Driven, Batch, etc.)
  • Workflow and Process Orchestration
  • Microservices Architecture
  • Languages such as Java, Python, Javascript, React, etc.
  • Emerging Artificial Intelligence Frameworks (Agentic AI, A2A, MCP, etc.)
  • DevSecOps tools and best practices
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred. A Master’s degree or relevant certifications are a plus.
• Strategic Planning: Ability to contextualize the bigger picture across the business landscape to set a strategy and execute on that plan across projects and products.
• Flexibility and Accountability: Ability to prioritize and work across multiple initiatives as a team member to deliver on assigned tasks on-time and with quality.
• Agile Experience: A solid understanding and demonstrated ability to deliver on projects and products in an Agile manner (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).

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.
• 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, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital 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.