Title: Senior Architect, High Value Payment Architecture Requisition ID: Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture. 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 transparency to support the rapidly evolving payments community. Purpose Global Platforms Architecture team is looking for a Software Architect to lead the High Value Payment (Wire) domain, working closely with Engineering teams to drive out modernization of our payment platforms. What You’ll Do Work closely with Delivery and Engineering teams, Product Owners and technical platform teams to architect, design and develop next generation payments processing platforms and enable incremental delivery of new features to the platforms. Drive end-to-end software architecture, design and develop distributed hybrid cloud based transaction processing systems. Perform code review, provide guidance and mentorship to engineers in the team, ensuring best practices are followed and software artifacts are built in a sustainable manner. Architect, design and deliver software that can scale elastically across multiple data centers and cloud vendors while staying resilient. Work with the Chief Architect of the Payment domain, helping teams align with our payment reference architecture. Perform research and development to evaluate emerging technologies and their potential to redesign payments and core banking platforms. Align solutions to strategic technical and capability roadmaps and identify new shared capabilities and business opportunities. Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day‑to‑day activities and decisions. Champion a high‑performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment. What You’ll Bring 5+ years of experience in IT, with an emphasis on enterprise integration patterns, API/Microservice design, asynchronous messaging systems (Kafka, MQ), relational databases, in‑memory databases, and resilient architecture. Experience in the payment domain is desired; familiarity with payment networks and SWIFT messaging format is an asset. Experience with structured architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on‑premise to cloud migration deployments and roadmaps. Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed globally‑based systems, including network infrastructure, security, data, or application development. Performance engineering techniques. Security – secure development principles, OAuth, infrastructure security, public key infrastructure. Experience working with Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and their application. Previous working experience in Agile/Scrum software delivery model. Experience with software design/development on both on‑premise and cloud‑based environments. Working Conditions Work in a standard office‑based environment located in Scarborough and Downtown Toronto; non‑standard hours are a common occurrence. No external travel required. If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply, as you might be the right candidate. What’s in it for you Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship – we strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered, respected, and embraced through bias‑free practices and inclusive values. Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations – we are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Upskilling through online courses, cross‑functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance. Competitive rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal sick days, and benefits that start on day one. Community engagement opportunities available through various programs. Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto #J-18808-Ljbffr