Title:  Software Engineer

Requisition ID: 226152

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

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to innovate and collaborate on the value-driven goals in delivering customer value. You will engage in a fast-paced and stimulating environment, with opportunities to build new relationships and learn how you can make an impact in the competitive, trillion-dollar, Payments industry. You will be exposed to a wide range of businesses both internally and externally, then leveraging Scotiabank’s strong technology base, build and develop on strategic, forward-looking infrastructure.

 
 Is this role right for you?

  
Day-to-Day
•    Be at the forefront of technology and enable your team to be a highly functioning technology power house that enables transformation.
•    Advanced knowledge in multiple system/application areas of increasing complexity
•    Working knowledge of an entire application/system; Engineers software solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders while focusing on continually reducing technical debt
•    Can accomplish more complex goals independently 
•    Identifies and manages risks versus opportunities and articulates impact towards deliverables
•    Actively participates in customer discovery and solution discovery sessions
•    Participates in merging, integrating, versioning, and promoting code through environments and version control 
•    Triaging and problem-solving production incidents to restore services with follow up on root cause and restore efforts 
•    Collaborates to provide estimation and break down of work to enable small and frequent releases to production 
•    Proactively provide guidance and recommendation for the software design
•    Actively participates in knowledge exchange forums (i.e. Engineering Communities of Practice, Industry Forums, Open Source Communities, Universities, etc.)
•    Consistently demonstrates behaviours aligned with the organizations valued mindsets
•    Embrace and initiate change for continuous improvement

 
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?

•    Desire for innovation and drive for innovation through problem solving, leveraging resourcefulness as a key skill; have a learning mindset while intrinsically motivated to learning new tools and techniques
•    Technical understanding – as a standard Software Engineer there will be expectations that you are able to lead technical discussions, challenge design and strategy 
•    Hands-on experience with IBM tools (Websphere, ACE, IIB, RSA, MQ, DB2) 
•    Use of analytics to enable day-to-day conversations and decision making
•    Experience with containerization and orchestration (such as Docker, Kubernetes) and DevOps tools (such as Bitbucket, Git, Ansible, Jenkins) is a plus
•    Experience and/or certifications with Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, or other cloud-based development stacks is a plus
•    Familiar with languages, frameworks, and databases (such as Java/Spring, Node.js/Express.js, Python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DB2)
•    Exposure to Google-based AI tools is a plus 

What's in it for you?

•    Inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success
•    You'll work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
•    We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
•    Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable and performance does
•    Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
•    A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more

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.