Software Developer

Scotiabank•Toronto, ON

11d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Sr. IBM MDM Developer within Client Systems, Canadian Banking Engineering team, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-grade Master Data Management (MDM) solutions focused on customer data. This includes building scalable OLTP and batch processing, enabling near real-time integration via messaging/event frameworks, and ensuring auditability and compliance using OOTB IBM MDM offering. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex enterprise environments, enjoys working on high-volume data platforms, and is motivated to deliver reliable and performant backend solutions.

Requirements

Strong Unix/Linux scripting experience including AWK or Perl for batch processing and large data set analysis
Hands-on experience with Unix platforms (IBM AIX preferred) including system performance analysis
Solid J2EE development experience including Java, IBM MQ / JMS, SQL, ORM frameworks (IBM pureQuery preferred)
Strong experience with relational databases (IBM LUW DB2 preferred)
Advanced SQL proficiency: Complex queries, Stored procedures, User Defined Functions (UDFs)
Experience with source control systems (GitHub, Bitbucket, Git)
Experience in large-scale system integration, including JAX-WS web services, Batch processing, Messaging systems (MQ, Kafka), ETL/data pipelines
Experience with IBM MDM development, including MDM transaction framework, Event framework and messaging integration, IBM WebSphere Admin (configuration and troubleshooting)
Strong J2EE developers without MDM experience will also be considered

Nice To Haves

Experience troubleshooting MQ connectivity issues and HA failover scenarios
Familiarity with MDM audit/logging frameworks (TAIL tuning, async logging)
Exposure to event-driven architectures and integration patterns
Experience working in regulated financial environments
Knowledge of Customer Data domain and Financial Services is an asset

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and support IBM MDM solutions for customer data management
Develop and optimize large-scale batch processing using Unix scripting (AWK or Perl)
Analyze system performance (CPU, memory, I/O) on Unix/AIX environments and propose improvements
Design and implement backend services using J2EE technologies (Java, MQ, SQL, ORM frameworks)
Develop and maintain complex SQL, stored procedures, and user-defined functions (UDFs)
Integrate MDM with enterprise systems using JAX-WS, messaging (MQ/Kafka), ETL workflows, and batch pipelines
Ensure data integrity, consistency, and performance across relational databases (LUW DB2 preferred)
Participate in system integration activities across distributed enterprise platforms
Contribute to technical design discussions and provide input to all stakeholders
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including application support, database, and infrastructure teams
Mentor junior developers and promote best practices in development, testing, and deployment
Ensure adherence to coding standards, version control, and CI/CD practices (Git-based repositories)