Title:  Software Engineer

Requisition ID: 244627

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

The Team

We are looking to fill our team with influencers, makers, creators, and leaders who are flexible, curious, adventurous, versatile, and responsive, ready to roll up their sleeves in a collaborative and productive environment to get things done. By joining our team, you will impact our customers and the banking industry. 

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

• Ensure software reliability, observability and operational efficiency
• You dream in code and spend your free time tinkering with new technologies or building apps on the side
• Interested in the impact that financial services technology can have on people’s everyday lives
• Leading, mentoring, teaching and sharing your knowledge.
• Work on continuous integration and deployment.

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

• 6+ years of software development experience in conceptualization, design, engineering, and debugging, with at least 4 years in a hands-on role.
• You have strong experience designing and developing cloud-based APIs, with a strong understanding of scalability, security, and performance in distributed systems.
• You have hands-on work experience using Spring Boot (Microservices) with a solid background in Java/J2EE and Web Services (REST & SOAP).
• You have hands-on experience with DevOps best practices and tooling, including CI/CD, Helm, Harness, Jenkins, Kubernetes and Docker.
• You have experience integrating with third-party SaaS providers, libraries and SDKs.
• You have experience with cloud development concepts such as Docker, Kubernetes, and development experience using GCP.
• Working knowledge using Angular 2+, JavaScript, JUnit, JSON, HTML, XSL, XML, Power BI is an asset.
• You have knowledge in secure coding, authentication, authorization and compliance.
• Core banking experience, especially in understanding financial systems, transaction flows, and regulatory compliance within enterprise environments.
• You’ve supported production applications, ensuring stability through incident resolution, root cause analysis, and proactive issue prevention.
• Passion about exploring emerging technologies such as AI/ML and can creatively apply them to solve business and technology challenges.
• Valuable inputs and suggestions to enhance our engineering practices.
• An Outcome-focused approach to work and problem-solving.
• University or College degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related tech field.

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 employees 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!

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.