Title:  Software Engineer (Java)

Requisition ID: 254332 

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. Within GBME, FX, Commodities, Prime Services, Collateral Mgmt. & Funding Technology focuses on key capital markets systems within the products indicated: Foreign Exchange, Commodities, Prime Services, and Collateral Mgmt. & Funding (repurchase agreements)

The Role 

Prime Services Technology is searching for a Software Engineer for Prime Services Data Interface (PSDI) platform – a central operational data store and data warehouse for Prime Services transaction processing systems.

The successful candidate will have a results-oriented and curious mindset with strong technical skills and extensive functional knowledge of capital markets technology domains. You will have strong sense of ownership for system stability and will be responsible for deliveries of new functionality, enhancements to systems. You will have strong technical and dev ops skills with hands on development responsibilities. You will also be involved in designing of new system functionality and features. You will be required to interact with other teams such as Product Development group, Quality Assurance team, support team and other internal Scotia technology such as information security and architecture teams in executing and delivering projects.

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

• partner with peer engineers, business partners, and the various GBME teams for developing solutions.

• 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 in daily stand-ups

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

• 7 – 10 years’ experience with OOP Programming, Java, Enterprise Edition Java - J2EE (Servlets, JDBC, EJB, JSP, JMS), Spring Framework
• 5 + years Unix/ Shell Scripting (Bash, Perl, Python, etc.)
• 5 + years Database development with Oracle, Sybase, PL/SQL etc.
• 5+ years in message-oriented middleware such as JMS, IBM MQ, Tibco EMS, Kafka
• Experience with Oracle and Linux platforms
• Experience with Agile methodologies and JIRA toolset in particular.
• 5 + years in UI Framework such as Vue.js (preferred) or similar
• Streaming architecture and Tools and in particular Elastic Search
• Experience with DevOps, version control system such as Bitbucket, CheckMarkx
• A recognized undergraduate degree or diploma in business administration, computer science or related field required.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Prior development experience in a capital markets Prime Broker role or a trade booking role
• Prior experience in developing application using SOA architecture
• Experience with some automated deployment. 
• Ability to communicate with key business and technology stakeholders on a daily basis

What's in it for you?

• Working as part of a dynamic ecosystem of vendor and proprietary systems managed by a global team. Many opportunities to learn about many areas of capital markets.
• The opportunity to apply your skills and knowledge in making a real and meaningful improvement in the IT operations of multiple systems and delivering maximum value and stability to our users.
• 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 everyone 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.  

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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.