Title:  Associate Platform Engineer

Requisition ID: 261791 

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

Associate Platform Engineer will have hands-on experience in application design, development, and operations that leverage such technologies as React, Node JS,Java 8, RESTful services, Microservices.

Event Exchange is an enterprise grade platform providing Event management for bank events that will be used by applications, services, and systems across Scotia Bank. Event Exchange will have external applications produce data to it, is able to ingest data from existing sources and make all of this data available to its external consumers in a safe and secure manner driving reuse, scalability and data availability.

The incumbent should be quick learner and must be adept at trouble-shooting and problem solving in a highly integrated cloud environment.  Experience with continuous integration and deployment methodology is an asset.

The individual is comfortable working with business and technical staff ensuring systems are designed and maintained according to enterprise architectural standards. Collaborating with team members, they will utilize agile best practices and metrics to build high quality technology solutions in line with the product's vision.

It is essential that the incumbent to be proactive, eager to learn, have a 'Can Do' attitude, and demonstrate initiative and eagerness to succeed.

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

• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• You will provide system analysis, object-oriented design / programming, technical documentation, and support for existing and new applications and systems.
• You will provide recommendations on best practices and enhancements that are in line with the bank’s technology road map.
• You will work with project team to refine technical requirements and provide technical design and guidance based on industry best practices.
• You will perform coding, unit testing, debugging, documenting, and implementing of applications and scripts.
• You will participate in estimation and planning of development efforts required for various projects and enhancements.
• You will maintain, support, and enhance existing applications and participate in regular code reviews for release activities.
• You will lead the implementation efforts for implementations of code to non-production and production environments.
• You will participate in production issue analysis and perform root cause analysis for production issues and implementation issues.
• You will assist the product owners and business analysts in discovering the current system behavior and provide recommendations on improving the current system.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct. Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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

• Frontend development background in building web applications using technologies like ReactJS, NodeJS, NextJS and modern JavaScript toolsets (SonarQube, CheckMarx, Web Inspect) and knowledgeable in HTML/CSS
• Must have technical working experience with Core Java (Version 8 or higher)/Java, JDK17+
• Basic understanding of Spring framework - Spring Boot and  Kafka
• Familiarity with  SOAP/REST, IntelliJ or Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
• Familiarity of GIT, Bitbucket, Gradle, Maven, Jira, Confluence, or a similar tool(s) for building Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Basic understanding of Google Cloud and Kubernetes
• Familiarity of  agile environment. Collaboration tools - JIRA, Confluence
• Customer first mindset while providing technology solutions to business problems.
• English proficiency. Good communicator- written and oral as the role involves interactions with stakeholders
• Excellent team player with experience working in an Agile environment.
• Good organizational skills, excellent problem-solving.
• Must be flexible to adapt to a dynamic environment.
• Must be reliable, pro-active, results-oriented, customer-focused and attentive to details.
• Minimal educational requirements are a bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering/mathematics discipline.

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.
• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• Community Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

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. 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.