Software Engineer, Global Payments Engineering

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Scotiabank continues to be an industry leader for Payment’s technology and innovation. We have a history of safely leveraging new tools to enable new experiences for our customers, focusing on ensuring we protect their interests and goals. The result of this leads to modernization programs which aim to offer enriched information and transparencies to support the rapidly evolving payments community. The Role Contributes to the overall success of the Global Payments Technology in Canada and globally ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensure all activities conducted are following governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of ReactJS, NodeJS related stack for frontend development (Frontend)
• Working knowledge of Spring Boot related tech stack for building backend services (Backend)
• Strong understanding of software development best practices, testing, and debugging
• Good understanding of CI/CD, version control (Git), and git workflows
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies and how it applies to software development
• Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Eager to learn and grow in a collaborative environment.

Nice To Haves

• You want to lead a large-scale modernization program that is transforming how payments are executed in Canada.
• You’re motivated by solving complex, real-world problems in a highly visible and mission-critical environment.
• You bring a strong technical mindset, but prefer to lead, guide, and enable teams rather than focus solely on hands-on development.
• You thrive in environments that require both structure and adaptability, where priorities evolve and thoughtful decision-making is key.
• You value impact, ownership, and continuous growth, and want to play a key role in shaping the future of payments technology.

Responsibilities

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Build scalable and maintainable MFEs in ReactJS and BFFs in NodeJS. (Frontend)
• Build backend APIs using Spring Boot stack. (Backend)
• Write clean, maintainable, and well documented with minimal guidance.
• Help document software features and perform reviews with team members.
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and debugging.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Contribute to design decisions and propose improvements
• Deploy and monitor apps and services in GCP and Azure environments
• Follow guidance from senior team members and leads
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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.
• Community engagement opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed