Staff Software Engineer

Requisition ID: 214281

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

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 Staff Software Engineer position leads and oversees 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 the 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:

• Work 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.
• Be 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.
• Be 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.
• Manage a team of technology professionals to successfully deliver high-quality technology solutions through scheduling, technical direction, future planning and standard CI/CD practices.
• Create an environment in which your team pursues effective and efficient operations of their 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.
• 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.

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

• 7 or more years in progressive roles within Application Engineering/Technology, with technical working experience developing and/or supporting multi-platform based applications and infrastructure with 2 or more years’ experience in leading application development/delivery teams.
• Advanced 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 of 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.
• High level Unix/Linux administration skills.
• Staying up to date with industry best practices.

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 employees 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 each individual 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!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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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.