Senior UX/UI Designer

Requisition ID: 265906

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

The Senior UI/UX Engineer will design and build an exceptional internal developer experience by executing a consolidated Internal Developer Portal on Backstage. This role blends user experience (UX) leadership with hands-on UI engineering to integrate multiple existing portals and developer tools into a single, consistent "control pane" for engineering teams. By unifying workflows, discovery, and self-service experiences across the software delivery lifecycle, the role will measurably reduce friction for developers, improve onboarding, and accelerate product delivery at scale.

Reporting to the Director & Head, Developer Enablement, the Senior UI/UX Engineer will partner closely with platform engineering, developer productivity, and tool owners to translate developer needs into intuitive journeys, scalable interaction patterns, and high-quality Backstage user interfaces and plugins. The focus is pragmatic and outcome-driven: build a portal that is simple, reliable, and “good enough” to meaningfully improve productivity, while establishing a strong foundation for iterative enhancement and expanded capabilities over time.

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

• Lead discovery and UX design for an Internal Developer Portal, translating developer needs into clear user journeys, information architecture, and prioritized experiences.
• Engineer and deliver Backstage frontend capabilities (pages, components, and plugins) using modern web engineering practices (e.g., React, TypeScript), ensuring a consistent and maintainable experience.
• Integrate and consolidate multiple existing portals and developer experiences into a unified Backstage platform, harmonizing navigation, design patterns, and interaction standards.
• Partner with Developer Productivity and Analytics tool owners to surface actionable insights, status, and operational signals within the portal in a way that is intuitive and decision-supportive.
• Establish and evolve a lightweight design system for the portal, including reusable UI components, accessibility-aware patterns, and documented standards that support scale and speed.
• Conduct iterative user validation (e.g., interviews, usability testing, and lightweight analytics) and drive continuous improvements based on evidence and feedback.
• Collaborate with backend/platform engineers to define integration patterns, APIs, and data contracts that support responsive, reliable, and secure user experiences.
• Ensure high-quality delivery through strong engineering discipline: code quality, performance considerations, testing strategy, documentation, and operational readiness.
• Influence the broader Developer Enablement strategy by identifying experience gaps, proposing pragmatic solutions, and helping define a roadmap that improves developer self-service and reduces cognitive load.
• Contribute to a high-performing team culture through mentoring, design and code reviews, and sharing best practices (without direct people management responsibilities).

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, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• 7+ years of combined experience in UI engineering and UX design for complex web applications, platforms, or internal tooling.
• Demonstrated experience building internal developer platforms/portals, engineering enablement products, or workflow-driven enterprise applications.
• Strong proficiency with modern frontend engineering (React, TypeScript, HTML/CSS), component design, and state management patterns.
• Experience with design systems and scalable UI patterns; familiarity with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design.
• Comfort working across ambiguous problem spaces, balancing pragmatic delivery with user-centered design, and influencing stakeholders through clear communication.
• Experience collaborating with platform, DevOps, or SRE teams and integrating with developer tools (CI/CD, observability, service catalogs, documentation).

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.
• 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!

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.