Title:  Associate Software Engineer (Java)

Requisition ID: 257266 

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 Team

The Global Fixed Income Team is looking for an energetic and result-oriented Associate Software Engineer to work on development and support of Global Fixed Income Applications. The incumbent will participate in full development cycle in agile environments, and be responsible for providing responsive application support on a global basis. The successful candidate must have solid hands-on expertise in building complex real-time applications and possess a good understanding of capital markets and products. To join our team, you must be proactive and dynamic, demonstrate initiative, have an eagerness to learn and thrive on challenges.

The Role:

As a Developer, you’ll participate in meetings/stand ups with stakeholders to prioritize development tasks aligned with business goals, contribute to the design of new applications, and undertakes enhancements, and make recommendations towards the development of new code or reuse of existing code. This means you’ll be Involved in the full software development life cycle, responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing and supporting application software that is delivered on time and within budget. Key to your success is showing initiative to prepare and document artefacts that are important to the team and preparing and supporting application releases intended for implementation to UAT and Production environments. This requires performing support of production trading applications to troubleshoot and quickly resolve any issues or questions and providing afterhours support via an on-call pager on a rotational basis especially for application releases during a maintenance window or for other maintenance activities

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

• Minimum 2 years of experience in enterprise application development using programming languages like Java, Scala, or Python
• Unix and Windows OS experience
• Experience with Messaging Bus technologies like MQ, JMS, Solace, or Kafka
• Knowledge of design patterns and best practices
• Must be familiar within Linux/Windows and/or cloud platforms
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills and be a team player.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent

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.

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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, 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.