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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.

GBME is searching for Associate 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.

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.
• Support the solution in production (as needed)
• 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?

• Experience with 1 or more modern development languages (Python, Java, etc.)
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining applications
• Knowledge of relational and non relational databases, experience reading, writing, and running SQL scripts
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or relevant experience.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Work as a contributing member of a team.
• Values quality, while still managing expectations and deliverables.
• Open to ideas and gives and receives feedback well.
• Wants to understand financial market.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of Test-Driven Development methodology
• Understanding of automated deployment, networking protocols and 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 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.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

Location: 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.