Front-End Engineer

Requisition ID: 257596

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

Do you love tackling complex engineering challenges? Enjoy using modern technologies to build scalable, high‑impact systems? Excited by the opportunity to work across multiple projects, collaborate with talented teams, and influence technical direction?

If so, this is the role for you.

As a Front-End Stack Engineer, you’ll design, deliver, and maintain customer-facing applications using modern front-end technologies. You’ll partner with product, design, backend, and operations teams to build scalable, resilient, and accessible UI systems. Lead front-end architecture, implement high-quality features, improve performance and accessibility, and mentor teammates across the delivery lifecycle — from requirements and design through production support.

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

• Product Collaboration: Partner with product owners, designers, and stakeholders to understand needs, translate UX into technical requirements, and perform gap analysis.
• Front-end Architecture: Design component libraries, UI patterns, and client-side architecture (state, data flows, caching, error handling) aligned with platform and backend constraints.
• Integration: Define and implement robust integrations with backend APIs (REST/SOAP), real-time services, and edge/ CDN strategies.
• Scalability & Performance: Drive decisions for performance, offline/resilience, bundle strategies, and progressive enhancement across devices and networks.
• Accessibility & Internationalization: Incorporate accessibility (WCAG) and localization at design time to ensure inclusive, global-ready experiences.
  
  

Software Development & Quality Engineering

• Production Code: Write clean, maintainable, production-grade front-end code using TypeScript and React/Next.js (or chosen framework).
• Testing: Build and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, E2E) and own front-end test strategy to enable safe releases.
• CI/CD & Tooling: Create and maintain front-end build and release pipelines, linting, formatting, and automated checks (Vite/Webpack/ESBuild, GitHub Actions).
• Refactoring & Tech Debt: Refactor legacy UI, improve component reuse, reduce bundle size, and raise maintainability standards.
• Observability & Support: Instrument client-side telemetry and logs, triage UX/production issues, and contribute to on-call support when needed.
  
  

Collaboration & Leadership

• Cross-functional Work: Work closely in Agile teams with backend engineers, QA, designers, and product managers.
• Communication: Explain technical trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentorship: Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, lead code reviews, and drive front-end best practices.
• Ceremonies & Guidance: Lead or contribute to sprint ceremonies, architecture reviews, and cross-team technical discussions.
  
  

Skills

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: 4+ years of hands-on front-end engineering experience delivering production web applications.
• Frameworks: Strong proficiency with React/Next.js (2+ years) and modern patterns (hooks, context, Suspense) or equivalent framework experience.
• TypeScript: Solid experience with TypeScript for large codebases, including typings, generics, and build-time safety.
• State & Data: Experience with state management and data fetching patterns (Redux, React Query, Zustand, Recoil, or similar).
• Styling & UX: Deep knowledge of CSS, responsive design, CSS-in-JS / utility-first (e.g., Tailwind), and cross-browser considerations.
• Testing: Proven experience with unit/integration testing and E2E frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress/Playwright).
• Build & Tooling: Familiar with bundlers and optimizers (Vite, Webpack, ESBuild), package management, and performance tuning.
• Web Fundamentals: Strong understanding of HTML, DOM, browser rendering, performance metrics (LCP, FID, CLS), HTTP, and caching.
• Accessibility & Intl: Demonstrated experience implementing a11y and internationalization best practices.
• APIs: Comfortable integrating with REST and/or SOAP APIs, handling offline behavior and optimistic updates.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  
  

Soft Skills

• Communication: Clear, concise written and verbal communication.
• Collaboration: Strong team player who influences through empathy and evidence.
• Ownership: Takes responsibility for quality, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Curiosity: Eager to learn new front-end technologies and UX patterns.
• Coaching: Able and willing to mentor, give constructive feedback, and raise team standards.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Design Systems: Experience building or maintaining design systems and shared component libraries.
• SSR/SSG: Familiarity with Next.js, Remix, or similar for server-side rendering and hybrid apps.
• PWA & Offline: Experience with PWAs, service workers, caching strategies, and offline-first design.
• Microfrontends: Exposure to microfrontend patterns or module federation.
• Real-time: Experience with WebSockets, SSE, WebRTC, or realtime UI concerns.
• Performance Engineering: Track record of improving core web vitals and reducing bundle sizes.
• Cloud & CDNs: Working knowledge of CDN strategies, edge computing, and cloud-hosted front-ends.
• Domain Experience: Financial services or capital markets experience 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 - We offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons.
  
  

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.