Lead Developer

Scotiabank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an established industry player committed to transforming the digital experience for clients. In this exciting role, you will lead technical decision-making, design scalable microservices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions. This dynamic environment fosters inclusivity and personal growth, offering opportunities for upskilling and community engagement. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a difference, this position is perfect for you!

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Tuition assistance

Competitive rewards program

Free tea & coffee

Community engagement opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of web service development with Java and experience in cloud-based microservices.
• Hands-on experience in Cloud MicroService and MicroApp development.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical decisions for scrum teams and develop coding standards.
• Design and develop microservices based on Cloud solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Cloud Solutions

SQL

RESTful Services

JSON

Application Monitoring

Domain-Driven Design

Event-Driven Architectures

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Google GCP

Dynatrace

Splunk

Job description

Requisition ID: 222117

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

The Global Wealth Engineering client technology team is transforming the digital experience for its clients. The team partners and works closely with the Scotia Digital team to bring world-class digital experiences for all Scotia Wealth Management channels. The team plays a key role to help investors manage their investments and reach their financial goals.

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

• Lead technical decisioning for the scrum teams, collaborating with solutions architects and other technical leads.
• Develop coding standards and testing approaches.
• Collaborate with delivery lead to plan milestones, successfully execute software delivery, and escalate issues as needed.
• Design and develop microservices based on Cloud solutions, such as Microsoft Azure, Google GCP.
• Analyze highly complex business requirements; generate technical specifications to design or redesign complex software components and applications.
• Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution.
• Assure quality security and compliance requirements are met for supported area.
• Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.
• Provide production support for applications maintained.

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 building scalable, enterprise level technology stacks with Java but ideally with a broad set of tools.
• 5+ years web service development with Java 8+ (minimum 2 years) or above, JAX-WS, JAX-RS, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data and Swagger/OAS (Open API Specification).
• 2+ years working with cloud-based microservices (Azure, PCF or GCP).
• 5+ years’ experience with Java Frameworks: Spring, JUnit, Log4j.
• 5+ years’ experience with JSON/RESTful, XML, and SOAP services.
• 5+ years database development stored procedures with SQL, AzureSQL, Sybase OR MS SQL.
• Hands-on experience in Cloud MicroService and MicroApp development.
• Experience in application monitoring software, including Dynatrace, Splunk or their equivalent tools.
• Practical experience designing and developing microservices using modern practices/techniques including Domain-Driven Design, event-driven architectures, reactive programming and distributed caching.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Experience with Continuous Development or Continuous Integration is a plus.
• Knowledge of distributed system design patterns like distributed configuration, service discovery, routing, service-to-service calls, circuit breakers.
• Knowledge of Apache/Confluence Kafka, Kafka topics, brokers, stream processing and event streaming platforms.
• Experience in batch process development/support using shell script in Unix/Linux.

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.
• 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.
• 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, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Working location condition: Hybrid

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

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 during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.