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This role shapes solution architecture, establishes engineering standards, and leads complex delivery from discovery through production using Databricks/Lakehouse, GKE, cloud-native services, and governed Generative AI patterns.\nIs this role right for you? In this role you will:\n\nOwn end-to-end solution design, architecture trade-offs, non-functional requirements, and implementation patterns for complex AI, data, and software products.\n\nProvide technical expertise across engineers and workstreams; define roadmaps, sequence delivery, and resolve high-impact blockers and dependencies.\n\nLead secure cloud-native application design on GKE, including containerized services, APIs, stateless patterns, autoscaling, resilience, and service integration.\n\nDesign governed Generative AI and agentic solutions using LLMs, RAG, embeddings/vector search, memory, orchestration, guardrails, policy controls, evaluation, and human-in-the-loop patterns.\n\nLead integration with enterprise AI gateways and model-access services; assess migration impacts and recommend options that minimize rework and operational risk.\n\nArchitect scalable data products and pipelines using Databricks, Spark/PySpark, Delta/Lakehouse, and Medallion patterns across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers.\n\nEstablish standards for Python, SQL, APIs, testing, code review, CI/CD, observability, documentation, and reusable components.\n\nOwn production readiness, including performance, capacity, availability, security, vulnerability remediation, deployment controls, rollback, monitoring, and incident response.\n\nDrive AI/ML governance through evaluation criteria, ground-truth datasets, response and override logging, traceability, auditability, and business validation.\n\nPartner with Architecture, Data Platform, Security, AI Risk, and business stakeholders to secure alignment, communicate risk, and influence target-state decisions.\n\nMentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical coaching, reducing dependency on individual contributors and raising team capability.\n\nDo you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:\n\nUniversity degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Engineering, or a related STEM discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n4+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, data engineering, AI/ML, or cloud-native delivery, including technical leadership on production systems.\n\nAdvanced Python and SQL skills with strong software design, API development, and testing practices.\n\nHands-on experience with Databricks, Spark/PySpark, scalable processing, and Lakehouse/Medallion architecture.\n\nExperience designing and operating distributed cloud-native applications, APIs, and data platforms.\n\nExperience leading design reviews, resolving complex technical issues, and mentoring engineers.\n\nAbility to influence architecture, platform, security, risk, business, and delivery stakeholders.\n\nNice-to-Have Qualifications:\nExperience delivering governed AI solutions in banking or another highly regulated industry.\n\nExperience with enterprise AI gateways, model hubs, MCP-based integrations, agent-to-agent patterns, Kafka, Airflow, or vector/NoSQL databases.\n\nExperience preparing architecture artifacts and presenting at architecture, security, or risk governance forums.\n\nWhat's in it for you?\n\nDiversity, 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.\n\nAccessibility 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.\n\nUpskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.\n\nCompetitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.\n\nDynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.\n\nCommunity Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.\n\nLocation(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto\nScotiabank 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.\nAt 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. 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