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Scotiabank

Director, Engineering

Toronto, ON, M1L 4S2, Canada

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Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 8, 2026

Original job description

Requisition ID: 275962

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

We are seeking an accomplished leader to own the current Canadian Banking customer systems and oversee the modernization of our mainframe-based platform to a modern, resiliency and scalable architecture. The Director, Engineering will own the end-to-end delivery of the program, ensuring data integrity, operational continuity, excellence and regulatory compliance throughout the transformation. The director will work across technology engineering, operations, product, and compliance teams to define strategy, manager execution, and lead the change from legacy systems to our future-state platform. Reporting to the VP, this role plays a key part in translating vision into executable plans and ensuring those plans are delivered with a high level of quality, stability, and stakeholder alignment.

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

Responsible for the successful engineering delivery across Canadian Banking Client Management Engineering in alignment with strategic priorities, while maintaining stability, scalability, and high performance of critical applications.
Partners with Canadian Banking business lines, including Digital Product, Client Experience, and Operations teams, to define and deliver robust technical solutions that support a best in class Client experiences
Executes on the strategic roadmap, ensuring seamless transition from strategy to technical implementation, and fostering continuous feedback loops between engineering and the business.
Leads and manages end-to-end delivery of engineering of large transformation initiatives, ensuring proper planning, execution, QA, deployment, and ongoing support for all releases.
Champions a client-focused engineering culture across the team, prioritizing value delivery, customer experience, and the secure, compliant operation of client-facing digital systems.
Drives engineering excellence by promoting best practices in coding, architecture, AI, DevOps, CI/CD, observability, test automation, and incident response.
Builds a high-performance team, attracting, developing, and retaining top engineering talent. Fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where continuous learning and innovation are encouraged.
Drives platform resiliency and operational readiness, ensuring application reliability through comprehensive monitoring, proactive issue identification, and thorough root cause analysis for incidents.
Directs day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with the Bank’s risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits. Communicates the Bank’s risk culture and risk appetite statement throughout their teams
Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct

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

Proven experience with customer master data and core banking systems in a regulated financial services environment
Deep understanding of book of record concepts (ownership of authoritative customer and account data, transaction consistency, data reconciliation)
Familiarity with financial products (retail banking, lending, deposits, wealth) and their data models
Hands-on experience with mainframe-based core systems is an asset
Understanding of batch processing, transaction management and data flows in a legacy environment
Experience analyzing and mapping legacy data structures to modern data models
Track record of leading modernization or transformation programs involving core banking or customer master systems is an asset
Experience in data migration strategies: ETL, real-time replication, reconciliation and phased cutover
Proven ability to de-risk large-scale cutovers and manage transitional states between systems
Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and master data management tools
Familiarity with API-frist, microservices, and event-driven architecture
Strong communication skills with a proven ability to understand key business and technical concepts, and then effectively communicate these concepts with technical staff, business stakeholders and senior management
Strong organizational skills with the ability to perform under pressure while managing multiple priorities with competing demands for resources and budget
Strong analytical, finance & accounting, data processing and problem-solving skills
Experience in a leadership role with application development, technical architecture, data, and delivery focus
Experience managing operating budgets and multi-million dollar project budgets while effectively navigating financial constraints to ensure cost efficiency.
Strong project management skills, able to multi-task and manage concurrent projects
Experience with vendor product assessment & selection, vendor management & negotiating contractual terms
Proven ability to deliver platforms and capabilities and managing solutions through the lifecycle
Significant experience leading complex solution implementations and team sizes ranging from 50 to 100 resources
Subject area experience with Financial Industry products and services preferred: Retail Banking/Lending, Commercial Banking/Lending, Credit Card Processing and Global Payment Processing
Subject area experience with anti-money laundering & KYC, compliance, and regulatory requirements (such as AML, CASL, OSFI) is an asset
Experience with transforming a delivery team to adopt Agile and AI principles is an asset
Computer Engineering / Applied Science / Technology, or relevant work experience
10+ years of Software Engineering experience
10+ years of progressively increasing leadership experience in Information Technology management data, platform, and system(s) management

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.
Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

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.

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Responsibilities

The Director of Engineering will lead the modernization of mainframe-based banking systems to a scalable, resilient architecture while ensuring operational continuity and regulatory compliance. This role involves managing end-to-end engineering delivery, fostering a high-performance team, and partnering with business lines to define and execute technical strategies.

Requirements

Candidates must have over 10 years of software engineering and leadership experience, with proven expertise in core banking systems and large-scale transformation programs. Strong analytical, communication, and project management skills are required, along with experience in managing multi-million dollar budgets and complex technical implementations.

Skills

Engineering leadership
Core banking systems
Mainframe modernization
Data migration
Agile methodologies
AI principles
DevOps
CI/CD
API-first architecture
Microservices
Event-driven architecture
Risk management
Regulatory compliance
Budget management
Vendor management
Stakeholder management

Benefits

Competitive rewards program
Bonus
Flexible vacation
Personal days
Sick days
Benefits from day one
Tuition assistance
Employee resource groups
Community engagement programs

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Keywords

Mainframe
Core Banking
Modernization
Data Migration
ETL
API-first
Microservices
Event-driven Architecture
DevOps
CI/CD
Observability
Test Automation
AI
Agile
Risk Management
AML
KYC
OSFI
CASL
Master Data Management
Data Governance
Financial Services
Retail Banking
Lending
Wealth Management
Vendor Management
Budgeting
Software Engineering
IT Management
Resiliency

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