The role:

Contributes to the overall success of the Canadian Banking Engineering in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures

What will you do?

• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
• Planning and executing to meet sprint objectives as well as program/project milestones as a member of the scrum team.
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
• Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
• Create and maintain software documentation
• Collaborate with the Scrum team to plan milestones, successfully execute software delivery, and escalate issues as needed
• Create, refine and maintain product backlog and associated deliverables, release backlog with forecasted delivery timelines
• Help improve and drive our engineering practices by providing valuable inputs and suggestions as to what works well and what can be done better
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment by information sharing and team cooperation
• Demonstrate strong personal values and a commitment to our mission and customers
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursue 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.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

What do you need to succeed?

• 5+ years of experience in software development and supporting complex large-scale customer facing platforms
• Proficient in Java and JSP to support Enterprise Applications and Services
• Work experience as a Java developer with a preference for Java 8-21/Spring, SpringBoot,web-based information technology principles, and system integration methodologies and standards.
• 3+ years' experience working in Agile/ Scrum framework
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence decision making across stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to lead team members with differing opinions and provide guidance to varying levels of experience
• Effective organization, planning, and time management skills
• Post-secondary education, preferably in computer science, engineering
• Experience in additional front-end JavaScript frameworks an asset (e.g React/Angular)
• Experience in working with scalable containerized systems in public cloud an asset (Azure and GKE/GCP)
• Scrum certification would be an asset

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
• You'll get to 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 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