Software Engineer

Scotiabank; Old Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team at a leading bank in the Americas, where you will leverage your software engineering skills to enhance capital markets products. In this dynamic role, you will work with cutting-edge technologies to design and develop applications that drive excellence and value for business partners. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will tackle challenges head-on, ensuring that solutions are scalable and effective. This role offers a remote-friendly work environment, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and opportunities for professional growth through upskilling and community engagement. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Tuition assistance

Competitive rewards program

Community engagement opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of Java and Spring Framework is essential.
• Experience with CI tools and data technologies is required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with users to gather requirements and conduct gap analysis.
• Develop applications and enhance existing solutions.

Skills

Java programming

Spring Framework

JUnit

Linux/Unix

SQL

Apache Kafka

Continuous Integration (CI)

Git

Data analysis

Tools

Maven

Gradle

Jenkins

Atlassian tools

Job description

Requisition ID: 207569

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

The Team

Global Banking and Markets Engineering (GBME) is the fast-moving, award-winning technology engine that powers Scotiabank’s Corporate, Investment Banking and Capital Markets businesses.

The Role

GBME is searching for Software Engineers who are continuous learners and are eager to boost capabilities of capital markets products and analytics platforms. The successful candidate will have a strong technical and engineering mindset. You will work closely with business teams and cross functional engineering leaders to develop and implement market leading solutions for the various projects within GBME.

About the Job

Do you thrive when faced with challenges? Like using fresh technologies to solve problems? Looking to work in various projects across the organization, collaborating with great teams and inspiring leaders? Then this is the right team for you! In this exciting role, you’ll apply your analytical skills to design and develop applications that deliver excellence, effectiveness, and value to our business partners and customers.

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

• Work closely with end users, and business teams to understand business needs, conduct gap analysis and requirements assessments as needed.
• Partner with Architecture on the design and integration.
• Deliver and enhance new and current solutions and applications.
• Be involved in the full life cycle of a project, responsible for producing actionable and complete specifications, writing production quality code, and implementation.
• Design, deliver and implement a database schema.
• Design test sets and automate where possible, including functional and non-functional testing, regression testing as well as performance testing.
• Write deployment scripts and leverage tools such as the Accelerator pipeline to promote code.
• Provide production support for platforms, tools and solutions.
• Improve the end user experience by finding scalable solutions and addressing complex ad hoc queries.
• Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Able to work with and refactor legacy code (as needed).
• Coach and train end users (as needed).
• Participate and run SCRUM Meetings (as needed).

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

Technical Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of the Java programming language.
• Experience in Spring Framework including Spring boot, Spring MVC, Spring boot Data-JPA, and Spring boot Test.
• Experience in developing test cases with JUnit and Mockito for Unit testing and logging using Log4J.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Experience with shell scripting any scheduler tool.
• Recent experience working with data technologies and databases, preferably in one or more of: SQL, Oracle DBMS, Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, comfortable working with large datasets.
• Hands-on experience working with Continuous Integration (CI) build-automation tools such as Maven, Gradle and Jenkins.
• Experience with Git.
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket.
• Able to gather and analyze data from various sources to support decision making process.
• Ensures all processes are documented in accordance with established policies and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in the financial sector.
• Prior experience with capital markets and reconciliation operation technologies & tools.
• Understanding of software design patterns.
• Understanding of security principles.

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 everyone brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.
• Remote-friendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best.
• 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, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

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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.

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. 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.