Blockchain Engineering Lead

As a Blockchain Engineering Lead at Scotiabank, you will champion the delivery of next-generation real-time, programmable payment rails. You join a team building digital currency capabilities within a leading bank in the Americas, working closely with business, technology, risk, and operations stakeholders to ensure alignment with enterprise governance and quality standards.

What you'll do

• Ensure timely and successful delivery of project milestones while following the bank's software delivery standards
• Prepare roadmaps that align cross-team dependencies and stakeholders
• Identify risks and implement remediation activities to keep the team on track
• Lead technical discussions and influence design and strategy decisions
• Bring industry best practices to the team on emerging topics including cryptocurrency, blockchain, and distributed ledger technology
• Contribute to proof-of-concepts, pilots, and controlled production releases
• Coach and mentor team members to create a self-organizing, outcome-focused team
• Communicate with stakeholders across business lines and prepare executive communications and project updates
• Apply the bank's risk appetite and risk culture in day-to-day activities and decisions

What you bring

• Minimum 5 years of experience as an Engineering Lead or similar role
• Hands-on experience delivering complex technology projects including design, build, test, and implementation phases
• Experience with API-driven, microservice architecture
• Experience managing vendor-supported technology solutions
• Ability to learn new and emerging technologies
• Experience coaching and mentoring high-performing teams
• Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders including technology, risk, compliance, and operations
• Experience operating within structured SDLC and change management frameworks in regulated environments

Nice to have

• Exposure to digital assets, blockchain technologies, smart contracts, and tokenized payment concepts
• Experience supporting initiatives subject to enhanced governance or regulatory oversight

What we offer

• Inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity
• Tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
• Opportunity to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders from top technology companies worldwide
• Career growth and development support beyond your current role
• Flexible dress code
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses to develop current skills or learn new ones
• Competitive rewards package including base salary, performance bonus, company matching on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal and sick days, medical, vision, and dental coverage

About Scotiabank

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas committed to helping customers, families, and communities achieve success through personal and commercial banking, wealth management, private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.