Senior Pega Engineer

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Global Wealth Engineering (GWE) team is continuously modernizing and enhancing the client and account onboarding platforms for Scotia Wealth Management. Our group consists of several agile teams working closely together to deliver, support, and maintain the client and account onboarding systems to provide the best client experience. The team is searching for a client-focused PEGA engineer who is motivated to design and develop components of enterprise applications and providing consultative guidance on all project assignments. You will work as part of a team to ensure that the business and technical architecture of the delivered solution matches business requirements. You will be asked to implement various aspects of design and development while working with architects, developers, key business stakeholders, various technical support teams across the Bank, regulatory and compliance groups, and senior leadership. We are looking for an energetic and ambitious individual looking to make a difference for our clients.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of hands-on PEGA platform experience, delivering enterprise-scale workflow and case-management solutions on PEGA Infinity 25.1 or later.
• Strong proficiency in: Front-End: Constellation UI, Headless UI architecture (React/NextJS)
• Strong proficiency in: Back-End: DX API, event-driven patterns (Kafka)
• Strong proficiency in: Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL, SQL MI), NoSQL (MongoDB).
• Strong proficiency in: Containerized Environment Deployments: Microsoft Azure: Kubernetes Services, Key Vault
• Strong proficiency in: DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform.
• Strong proficiency in: Security: SSL/TLS, OAuth2, JWT, vulnerability scanning tools (Fortify, BlackDuck).
• Strong proficiency in: Monitoring & Observability: Splunk, Dynatrace, or equivalent.
• Ability to design PEGA solutions that are cloud-portable and SaaS-ready, minimizing customizations and infrastructure dependencies to support future migration to SaaS.
• Experience with Agile development practices and modern SDLC.
• CSA: Certified PEGA System Architect
• CSSA: Certified PEGA Senior System Architect

Nice To Haves

• Experience with advanced security concepts and compliance frameworks.
• Understanding of wealth management domain and financial services integration patterns.
• Certifications: CSLA: Certified PEGA Lead System Architect (CLSA)
• Certifications: CPDC: Certified PEGA Decisioning Consultant

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and implement scalable, performant, and secure PEGA Platform solutions for internal and external-facing business workflows.
• Build and extend PEGA Constellation UI and case-driven experience, leveraging PEGA’s low code architecture, rules engine, and reusable components.
• Implement integrations using PEGA DX APIs, REST services, and event-driven patterns to connect PEGA workflows with upstream and downstream enterprise systems.
• Apply PEGA best practices across case management, data modeling, decisioning, and integration rules, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions following Agile methodologies.
• Contribute to PEGA DevOps and CI/CD pipeline development, including automated testing, and deployment strategies.
• Ensure security-first principles in all development, including secure API design, encryption, and identity management.
• Participate in PEGA design and code reviews, provide feedback, and follow established coding standards and best practices.
• Troubleshoot and optimize applications for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Benefits

• 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.
• Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• Opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior