Technical Lead

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

We are seeking a technical lead to drive development of future-oriented data ingestion capabilities on the Google Data Platform. As the Technical Lead, you'll collaborate closely with data and network engineers, architects, senior stakeholders, and domain experts across all business lines and enterprise technology and security teams.

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

• Lead and contribute to the architecture, and design of reusable ingestion capabilities, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and high-quality solutions. Lead by example through hands-on engineering, including troubleshooting, and conducting code reviews. Foster and adopt best practices in software development and data engineering principles.
• Oversee the reliable and scalable operation of reusable and/ or common ingestion capabilities and other Cloud native services, ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance with internal and external standards.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to evolve capabilities. Drive proof-of-concepts and pilot innovations that can be industrialized at the Bank on a scale.
• Ensure that reusable and/or common capabilities support enterprise data governance policies, including data protection, access management, and auditability, while minimizing operational risks.

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

• Experience building data pipelines, and composable cloud-based data platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks)
• Experience designing and operating Data Lakes, Data Mesh and Lakehouse architecture and understanding Medallion architecture
• Experience with data engineering, ETL and ELT processes for data extraction and processing
• Experience working with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, data engineering, microservices architecture and OLAP / OLTP source systems
• Experience in creating detailed technical design documentations – both logical and physical view
• Demonstrated team player with strong communication skills and a track record of successful delivery of product development.
• Solid communication skills – ability to translate complex technical problems to business language
• Experience in leading and driving technical discussions
• Expert at problem solving and debugging
• Experience working on continuous integrations and continuous deployment pipeline (CI/CD) and working with source control systems such as Github, Bitbucket, and Terraform

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.
• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• 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. 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.