Team Lead - API

Requisition ID: 245164
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Purpose

The Team Lead – API Development is responsible for leading a team of developers to deliver high-quality API solutions. This role ensures operational excellence through effective release management, production support, and intake processes while maintaining technical leadership and stakeholder communication.

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

• Lead and mentor the API development team, fostering collaboration and technical excellence.
• Manage release planning and execution, ensuring timely and successful deployments.
• Oversee production support processes, including incident triage, resolution, and root cause analysis.
• Coordinate intake of requests, prioritize work, and assign tasks within the team.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders regarding delivery timelines, issue escalations, and progress updates.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and security guidelines.
• Collaborate with architects and product owners to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Monitor team performance and implement continuous improvement initiatives.

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

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience in API development and integration using the team's tech stack.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in managing releases, production support, and team operations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• 7 or more years of NodeJS and microservices development (conceptualization, design, and development) experience, including experience with deploying them in cloud (native or hybrid) environments.
• Strong knowledge of how to design & define REST API using OpenAPI specification
• Experience with at least one NodeJS framework, preferably ExpressJS, and JavaScript toolsets (ES6+, Yarn, Lerna, Linters & Loggers)
• Strong written technical documentation skills, including clearly articulating current and proposed architecture and codifying conventions and best practices
• Bonus points for knowledge of and experience with Mobile and web apps
• Knowledge of what is required to create robust, highly available & highly scalable applications serving million plus customers and able to setup CI/CD, Jenkins pipelines
• 2+ years of Experience with tools such as: JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Splunk, Dynatrace
• Comfortable working on a large-scale product as part of a large and complex enterprise, with both new technologies and building on top of legacy systems
• Knowledge of containerization technologies -Docker & Kubernetes along with Google cloud platform (GCP) is a plus

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. If you require technical assistance, please click here. 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.