Software Engineer Senior Associate

Scotiabank • Stratford, ON

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Automotive Lending Technologies team supports the enhancement, development, and maintenance of corporate applications and banking systems within Canadian Banking. Automotive Lending systems are Critical Information Assets of the bank and support the Automotive Lending business line. As a member of a full stack team, duties performed will include implementation and operational support. Reporting to the Senior Manager Engineering, the Software Engineer Senior Associate will participate in multiple development projects and be responsible for supporting application solutions for the Automotive Lending business line. The successful candidate will be partnering with multiple teams in delivering requirements for core regulatory and compliance platforms. To join our team you must be proactive, creative, demonstrate initiative, have an eagerness to learn and thrive when faced with challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• At least 3 years of technical working experience in systems analysis, design, development, unit testing, and debugging.
• Working experience in the use of Bit Bucket, GIT, Gradle, Jira, Confluence or a similar tool(s) for building Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Technical working experience in an agile environment.
• Must have technical working experience with C# (Version 8 or higher), MS .NET MVC, REST API, and some of the following: Messaging/Data Streaming such as RMQ and Kafka, HTML; CSS; jQuery, Bootstrap, React, TypeScript, Windows shell scripting
• Proficiency with both SQL and Azure databases.

Nice To Haves

• 2-3 years of working experience in the banking/financial services industry.
• Technical knowledge of XML, XSD, JSON, JWE
• Technical knowledge of Xpress, FIS Workbench is an asset.
• Technical working knowledge of WebServices, XML/SOAP/REST, VS Code, Visual Studio; Swagger, PostMan, OpenSSL
• Technical knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud or Google Cloud is an asset.
• Technical knowledge of Splunk, Dynatrace, is an asset.
• Technical knowledge of iWay SM/DM is an asset.
• Experience in Node.js development, with hands-on experience across both backend and frontend applications.
• Solid understanding of software development best practices, including secure coding, quality assurance, and integration methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Document, and support for existing applications and systems.
• Provide recommendations on best practices and enhancements that are in line with the bank’s technology road map.
• Work with project team to refine technical requirements and provide technical design and guidance based on industry best practices.
• Perform coding, unit testing, debugging, documenting and implementing of applications and scripts.
• Participate in estimation and planning of development efforts required for various projects and enhancements.
• Maintain, support and enhance existing applications.
• Participate in regular code reviews for release activities.
• Lead the implementation efforts for implementations of code to production.
• Participate in production issue analysis and perform root cause analysis for production issues and implementation issues.
• Assist the product owners and business analysts in discovering the current system behavior and provide recommendations on improving the current system.

Benefits

• 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.
• Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior