Is this role right for you? In this role, you will: Define and deliver AI driven capabilities embedded within developer platforms, including automated pull request review aligned to coding standards, secure SDLC requirements, and enterprise security policies.

Establish AI assisted decision support mechanisms human in the loop pull request approvals, ensuring explainability, auditability, and measurements.

Design AI enabled approaches to proactively identify application currency gaps and technical debt, generating recommended remediation through suggested code changes and pull requests.

Lead the development of AI based security review patterns that analyze security scan results, threat and risk assessments, and historical context to provide clear, actionable risk signals.

Partner with developer tooling and IDE teams to embed enterprise knowledge into AI agents, enabling controlled and secure interaction with bank systems through approved interfaces and guardrails.

Define long term AI patterns for advanced application tiers, including the use of work management artifacts to suggest code changes and measure automation effectiveness.

Drive platform level approaches for specification driven workflows, reducing bespoke workflow implementations and enabling consistent operation of AI agents across delivery pipelines.

Act as a technical thought leader for AI augmented engineering practices, establishing standards, reference architectures, and guardrails aligned to secure SDLC and policy compliance.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior engineers, influencing delivery and platform adoption across multiple teams without direct authority..

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We''d love to work with you if you have: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.





Extensive experience designing and building largescale developer platforms, CI/CD systems, or software delivery tooling.

Demonstrated expertise applying artificial intelligence or advanced automation to software engineering workflows.

Strong knowledge of secure software development lifecycle principles, application security, and policy compliance.

Proven ability to operate as a senior individual contributor with enterpriselevel influence.

Experience within financial services or other highly regulated industries.

Background in platform architecture, specificationdriven systems, or workflow automation at scale.

Experience mentoring senior engineers and setting technical direction across multiple teams.

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 workplace for everyone.

Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.

Upskillingthrough 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 such as hackathons, contests, Humans of Digital and much more!

📌 Principal Engineer, Intelligent Developer Platforms (Toronto)
🏢 Scotiabank
📍 Toronto