Title:  Java Xpress Developer

Requisition ID: 200708

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

The Role:

The Retail Lending Technologies team supports the enhancement, development, and maintenance of corporate applications and banking systems within Canadian Banking. Retail Lending systems are Critical Information Assets of the bank that support Automotive Lending, Branch Direct Lending and Credit Insurance products and Business Lines. As a member of a full stack team, duties performed will include implementation and operational support.

The applicant should possess excellent problem-solving skills, who can technically troubleshoot issues/problems independently and provide solutions. The applicant must possess the ability to work with technology focused peers, Business Clients, and Operations Teams on multiple projects concurrently. For this role the candidate should ideally have worked on agile and waterfall projects in the past and be capable of thriving in a fast paced, challenging work environment and demonstrate initiative and eagerness to learn.

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

• You will provide system analysis, object oriented design / programming, technical documentation, and support for existing 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.

• You will participate in regular code reviews for release activities.

• You will lead the implementation efforts for implementations of code to production.

• 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.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.

• You have at least 5 years of technical working experience in systems analysis, design, development, unit testing, and debugging.

• You have working experience in the use of Bit Bucket, GIT, Gradle, Jira, Confluence or a similar tool(s) for building Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Technical working experience in an agile environment.

• Must have technical working experience with Core Java (Version 8 or higher)/Java Servlet/JDBC/JavaScript; Spring Boot (Spring MVC, Spring Security and Spring Data Repositories),  HTML; CSS; jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS, UNIX shell scripting; SQL & relational databases.

• Ideally, you have 2-3 years of working experience in the banking/financial services industry.

• Technical knowledge of XML, XSD, Apache ANT (or similar)

• Technical knowledge of Xpress, FIS Workbench

• Technical working knowledge of WebServices, XML/SOAP/REST, IBM Websphere Application Server (WAS); Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE); IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD); soapUI; WinSCP (Windows Secure Copy); PuTTY SCP (PSCP); Secure Shell (SSH)

• Technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud or Google Cloud is an asset.

• Technical knowledge of Splunk, Dynatrace, or Stackdriver is an asset.

• Technical knowledge of iWay SM/DM is an asset.

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 such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Working location condition: Hybrid

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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.