Associate Software Engineer

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DEI & Allyship

Accessibility accommodations

Tuition assistance

Benefits from day one

Hackathons & community

Job summary

Scotiabank's Cloud Platform Engineering team is expanding to accelerate cloud-enabled development across the enterprise. You will build developer-focused tools, frameworks, and workflows that streamline cloud-native development, making it easier for teams to deploy reliable applications.

The role emphasizes contributing to scalable cloud platforms, collaborating with engineers and architects, and ensuring high availability and security in line with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or engineering/mathematics.
• Experience working within Canadian financial institutions.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, GCP) and cloud-native patterns.
• Experience building internal developer platforms or portals.
• Strong coding and debugging skills with attention to security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cloud platforms, services and components for enterprise-wide use.
• Build developer-facing tools to interact with cloud platform technologies.
• Create onboarding experiences and documentation for cloud services.
• Develop internal portals and dashboards to simplify cloud resource management.
• Provide peer review and contribute to design discussions on scalability and best practices.

Skills

Programming in 3+ languages

Cloud experience

CI/CD

AI coding assistants

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or engineering/mathematics

Tools

Kubernetes

React

Spring Boot

CI/CD tooling

DBs (SQL/NoSQL)

Job description

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

Scotiabank has embarked on the journey to modernise both development practices and tools. One of the main areas of transformation is the public cloud and the various platform technologies that support both development and operations on the cloud. The aim is to provide a streamlined process and framework which will allow the development teams to focus on building business logic. The platform is used by development teams globally to host hundreds of applications. We are building our development team with makers, creators and industry leaders who will drive us forward.

The Associate, Cloud Engineering role operates within the Cloud Platform Engineering team. This role will specialise in Cloud Developer Experience (DevEx) Engineering, focusing on building tools, frameworks, and workflows designed to streamline cloud-native development – making it seamless, scalable, and delightful for developers. This valuable team member will be responsible for creating platform components and services that support the broad enterprise use case.

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

• Develop and maintain cloud platforms, services and components to enable safe enterprise-wide use of common cloud functionality.
• Build and maintain developer-facing tools for interacting with various cloud platform technologies.
• Create intuitive onboarding experiences and documentation for cloud services.
• Develop internal portals and dashboards that simplify cloud resource management.
• Advocate for developer needs in cloud architecture and product decisions.
• Have Level 3 support responsibilities
• Design, Implement and refactor code
• Participate in design discussions focused on scalability and design and implementation best practices.
• Ensure software, programs and applications are developed and/or configured to meet high availability, integrity and reliability requirements.
• Work with other engineers and architects on breaking-down, scoping and estimating tasks.
• Participate in planning and retrospective sessions, attending stand-ups, etc.
• Build and operate the highly available and scalable software and infrastructure.
• Support application teams on the use of the platform including providing guidance on design patterns, best practices, and security considerations.
• You will be asked to provide peer review and quality control on a daily basis.

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

• Enthusiasm for cloud platform/components/services development and developer experience.
• Enthusiasm for bleeding edge technologies and patterns.
• Strong desire to learn, grow yourself and your team.
• Strong programming skills in at least 3 object-oriented and/or scripting languages (i.e. JavaScript, Java, Python).
• Experience in developing with a modern technology stack (i.e. React, Spring Boot).
• Experience working with relational databases and non-relational databases.
• Experience working with AI coding assistants.
• Understanding of software development life cycle as well as related technologies.
• Understanding of essential web application security concerns.
• Understanding of cloud DevOps (i.e. GitOps, CI/CD).
• Bonus competency: Experience with cloud platforms (i.e. Azure, GCP) and cloud-native patterns.
• Bonus competency: Experience with container orchestration (i.e. Kubernetes).
• Bonus competency: Experience building internal developer platforms or portals.
• Bonus competency: UX sensibilities for developer-facing interfaces.
• Bonus competency: Experience with agentic coding tools.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or engineering/mathematics discipline
• Experience working within Canadian financial institutions

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. 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.