Contract Sr Python Developer Jobs in Toronto, ON

Requisition ID: 251759 
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

The Client Analytics technology team is a crucial part of the Client & data management group under Global Banking & Markets Technology, IT&S.  We are working on numerous projects to modernize our analytic platform, enabling our capability and improving our data quality and availability to better manage our client relationships and improve insights into client profitability.  This is an opportunity to work with big data and analytics, gaining exposure to various systems and business areas of the Bank.

The Role:

We are looking for a results-oriented, creative and highly motivated Software Engineer (Python) to join our team to take on this challenging and exiting role for our analytic platform modernization project.   The successful candidate should have a curious mindset, strong technical and data engineering skills, passionate for challenges and want to contribute to the success of the Bank, camaraderie is as essential as technical expertise.   He/She will have the opportunity to work with various stakeholders (senior level, and subject matter experts) stakeholders including business partners, business analyst, architecture, and infrastructure and support to understand business requirements and drive the design of quality technical solutions that best support the business need utilizing latest technology.

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

• Provide technical expertise in the design, development and implementation of effective and quality solutions that resolve highly complex business problems and support business needs.
• Utilize diverse set of technologies to implement new functionalities & ETL processes or enhancements of existing implementations and ensure sound integration with surrounding components from end to end operational perspective. This could include overhauling our analytic platform.
• Ensure that delivery meets the integrity, quality, performance and reliability requirements, and building automated testing and regression suites use of DevOps principles.
• Provide support for existing applications and resolve business and technical issues. 
• Perform code review developed by technical consultants and oversee their work. 
• To coordinate infrastructure needs for requisitioning Unix and Windows Servers, Cloud based infrastructure, databases and assist actively with documentational requirements covering architecture, security and operational readiness.
• Highlight technical issues and challenges and propose creative solutions to resolve issues.
• Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.

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

• 4+ Python experience with application development.
• Experience with Cloud base applications, containerization technology: Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher
• 5+ years of RDBMS experience with Oracle, Postgres, SQL server
• 5+ years of experience working with fluency on Linux environment with Linux command line, and shell script
• Experience with DevOps and continuous delivery and deployment methodologies based off bitbucket, Jenkins
• Exposure to Apache Airflow
• Knowledge of Tableau and PowerBI implementation will be an asset
• Good understanding of object-oriented design and design patterns, micro services architecture and high performance, and multi-threading techniques
• Strong development experience in Java, Spring boot (Nice Have)
• Nice to have:  Experience with SAS or Talend applications, Spark

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 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.   
• 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! 

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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.