Associate Software Engineer

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 Role

GBME is searching for an Associate Software Engineer who is a continuous learner and is eager to boost capabilities of capital markets products and analytics platforms.

The successful candidate will have a strong technical and engineering mindset. You will work closely with business teams and cross-functional engineering leaders to develop and implement market leading solutions for the various projects within GBME.

Key Responsibilities of an Associate Software Engineer

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• 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).
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.

Required Skills and Experience

• 2+ year experience with 1 or more modern development languages (Python (primary), React, Angular).
• 2+ years of experience developing, deploying, and maintaining applications.
• Intermediate knowledge of software development experience in developing RESTFul cloud APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, experience reading, writing, and running SQL scripts.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or relevant experience.

What Scotiabank Offers You

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship: Committed to an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations: Value unique skills and experiences, providing an accessible and inclusive environment.
• Upskilling Opportunities: Online courses, cross-functional development, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards Program: Includes bonus, flexible vacation, personal/sick days, and day-one benefits.
• Community Engagement: Opportunities for belonging through programs like hackathons and contests.

Key skills/competency

• Python
• Java
• Spring Boot
• React
• Angular
• RESTful APIs
• SQL
• Database Design
• SDLC
• Production Support