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Requisition ID: 270663 
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Global Banking and Markets  
Global Banking and Markets (GBM) conducts the Bank's wholesale banking and capital markets business with corporate, government and institutional investor clients. GBM is a full-service wholesale bank and investment dealer in Canada and Mexico and offers a range of products and services in the U.S., Latin America and in select markets inEurope and Asia-Pacific. 
More specifically, GBM provides clients with: corporate lending; transaction banking (including payments, trade finance and cash management); investment banking (including corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions); fixed income and equity underwriting, sales, trading and research; prime services (prime brokerage and stock lending); foreign exchange sales and trading; commodity derivatives; and collateral management. 
Overview/Purpose:  
At Scotiabank, research is a key driver of our Global Equity platform. We specialize in the Canadian market, and we also supply targeted international research covering the United States and Latin America. Our top-ranked teams generate value-added equity ideas and themed publications. As well, we are constantly looking for ways to bring new products to market and provide clients with valuable research ideas and insights. Our products include daily company-specific investment views, monthly and quarterly sector updates, in-depth fundamental research reports, portfolio analysis and recommendations, and equity strategy commentary.

Position Highlights:   
Global Equity Research is searching for a Developer who is a continuous learner and is eager to boost capabilities of global equity research team.  This role will join a small team of developers that directly support the business with automation and analytics.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 Global Equity Research.    

Do you thrive when faced with challenges? Like using fresh technologies to solve problems? Looking to work in various projects across the organization, collaborating with great teams and inspiring leaders? Then this is the right team for you!  In this exciting role, you'll apply your analytical skills to design and develop applications that deliver excellence, effectiveness, and value to our business partners and customers.

What You'll Do: 
   Work closely with end users, and business teams to understand business needs, conduct gap analysis and requirements assessments as needed
   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
   Support the solution in production
   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). 
What You'll Bring: 
   Experience with 1 or more modern development languages (Python, C#, Angular, etc.).
   Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering.
   Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, experience reading, writing, and running SQL scripts.
   Experience with Team Foundation Server is an asset.
   Experience with integrating LLM models into applications is an asset 
   Experience Windows Server OS is an asset.
   Excellent communication and presentation skills.
   Work as a contributing member of a team.
   Values quality, while still managing expectations and deliverables.
   Open to ideas and gives and receives feedback well. 
   Wants to understand financial market.

As Canada's International Bank, we are a diverse and global team. We speak more than 100 languages with backgrounds from more than 120 countries. Our employees are committed to a superior customer experience and use the Bank's six guiding sales practice principles to ensure they act with honesty and integrity. 

At Scotiabank, 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. 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. 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.

Work Arrangement:
This position is an onsite role, with the expectation that you will work5 days a week in the office. Please note that this is subject to change based on the needs of the business. 
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Interested?  
At Scotiabank,you'llbe joining an organization that values inclusion, accountability, innovative thinking and collaboration,a culture where people feel safe to learn, grow, and contribute while delivering exceptional results for our clients.We believe in winning together, as one team, strengthening the collaborative spirit that defines GBM's client partnerships. We value transparency, shared goals, and purposeful work. 
What's in it for you?
Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work - and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs. 

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.