Intermediate Software Engineer Jobs in Markham, ON

Requisition ID: 256957 
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

The Accelerator team is a group of highly skilled professionals that ensure the success of Scotiabank Digital Banking initiatives worldwide through the effective use of technology and collaboration.

The Role

The Software Engineer position is a key contributor to a key portfolio within the Cloud and Platform Engineering Group, ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures. This role is accountable for development and operations implementation of technology solutions that support Digital Banking and Cloud Business strategies and objectives as well as ensuring compliance with security and bank regulations. This role will contribute to the overall success of the Cloud and Platform Engineering unit by ensuring the delivery of high-quality technology solutions through effective collaboration with technology professionals and key stakeholders within Digital Banking and across Scotiabank.

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

• Works closely with business lines and Digital Banking stakeholders (e.g. Systems Testing, Release Management, Development, Security) in the planning, development and implementation of technology solutions.
• Responsible for meeting scheduled milestones to ensure project/program objectives are met in a timely manner and are in accordance with the product roadmap approved by the business line.
• Responsible for timely resolution of internal/external issues, ensuring solutions provided to the business meet best practices, quality and security standards
• Key accountabilities include design, development and maintenance of cloud platforms, services, and components to enable safe enterprise-wide use of public cloud offerings
• Manage communication with all key stakeholders and bank groups that impact the scope, budget, risk, and resources of the work effort being managed.
• Collaborate with a team of technology professionals to successfully deliver high-quality technology solutions through scheduling, technical direction, future planning and standard CI/CD practices.
• Opportunities for Mentoring more junior team members
• Creates an environment in which his/her team 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.
• Writes well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
• Gathers and refines specifications and requirements based on technical needs
• Creates and maintains software documentation

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

• 3 or more years in progressive roles within Application Engineering/Technology, with technical working experience developing and/or supporting multi-platform based applications and infrastructure.
• Intermediate development experience & skills with REST API, functional programming, object oriented design, data structures, and systems integration.
• Experience working with authenticated, customer focused applications
• Deep knowledge coding in Java, JavaScript Frameworks, HTML and CSS
• Experience in the administration CICD tools (e.g. GIT, Cloudbees, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Argo)
• Ability to work with configuration and orchestration tools to automate deployment delivery such as Ansible, Terraform,and  Kubernetes
• Familiarity with container-based virtualization technology such as Docker
• Fluency in scripting languages like Groovy, Shell, Golang and Python
• Experience with public cloud solutions like Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Knowledgeable with policy-as-code and deployment gating concepts
• High level Unix/Linux administration skills.
• Stayed up to date with industry best practices

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
• Our work from home social channel offers weekly virtual yoga, social events, learning opportunities, and contests to share current experiences & promote wellbeing in our new remote environment
• 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 benefits that start from day one 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.