Title:  Technical Specialist Advisory

Requisition ID: 248244

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

The Position:

Blockchain Engineer

The role:

We are building the next generation of real-time, programmable payment rails and are looking for an experienced Blockchain engineer to join our team. The Blockchain Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and integration of distributed ledger and tokenization solutions that support the Bank’s digital currency and next-generation payments initiatives. This role focuses on delivering secure, scalable, and enterprise-grade technology solutions aligned with the Bank’s architectural standards, security requirements, and regulatory obligations.

The Blockchain Engineer works collaboratively with architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure solutions are scalable, production-ready and support the Bank’s long-term technology strategy.

What will you do?

• Design, develop, and maintain technology components supporting tokenized deposits and digital currency use cases.
• Integrate modern distributed ledger technology stacks with core banking systems, payment engines, ledger platforms, and enterprise APIs.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise requirements for security, resiliency, scalability, and performance.
• Build and manage smart contracts, including token lifecycle logic, transaction validation, and exception handling.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to align designs with approved standards and target-state architectures.
• Partner with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure teams to implement secure key management, access controls, and monitoring capabilities.
• Support testing, deployment, and operational readiness activities in accordance with Scotiabank’s change management processes.
• Contribute to proof-of-concepts, pilots, and controlled production releases.
• Maintain technical documentation to support operational support, audits, and knowledge transfer.

What do you need to succeed?

Mandatory

• Minimum 5 years of software engineering experience, including exposure to distributed or high-availability systems.
• Practical experience with:
• Blockchain or distributed ledger platforms (permissioned or enterprise-focused)
• Smart contract implementations
• API-driven and microservices-based architectures
• Strong understanding of security principles, including cryptography, key management, and transaction integrity.
• Strong knowledge of blockchain fundamentals like consensus, finality, gas optimization
• Experience delivering solutions in regulated or highly controlled environments.
• A self-starter with problem solving and collaboration skills

Nice to Have:

• Experience integrating blockchain or emerging technology solutions into legacy core banking or payment platforms.
• Experience with Smart Contract use cases like Settlement, Liquidity, Trading, Risk Management
• Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to payments processing, settlement systems, or financial market infrastructure.
• Experience supporting initiatives subject to regulatory review, audit, or enhanced governance.

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.