Digital bank in Canada offering savings, chequing, and mortgage products
Tangerine is a digital-first bank headquartered in Toronto, built on a Microsoft and cloud-native stack (Azure AD, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, Kotlin/Swift mobile). The project mix—pipeline design for AI/ML, digital wealth technology, new data platform, and public cloud migration—reveals a bank actively modernizing its data and lending operations. Pain points around ML production, Windows server scalability, and incident resolution time suggest engineering is stretched across infrastructure hardening and feature velocity.
Notable leadership hires: ServiceNow Lead, Channel Lead Orchestration
Tangerine Bank is a subsidiary of Scotiabank operating independently since acquisition in 2012, originally launched as ING DIRECT Canada in 1997. The bank serves Canadian consumers with digital savings, chequing, investment funds, and mortgage products delivered through web and mobile channels. The organization spans 501–1,000 employees with active hiring across engineering, sales, support, and product roles, primarily in Canada. Tangerine positions itself around fair fees, client service, and financial empowerment—including community outreach via Tangerine Project Forward.
Tangerine runs on Microsoft 365, Azure AD, ServiceNow, Jenkins, Terraform, and GitHub Actions for infrastructure. Mobile apps are built in Kotlin and Swift for Android and iOS. Security tools include CyberArk, CrowdStrike, Tenable, and Tanium.
Current projects include pipeline design for AI/ML, digital wealth technology development, a new data engineering platform, secured lending growth, Windows application implementation, and public cloud migration advisory.
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