Job Description

Requisition ID: 181205

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

Join the Global Community of Scotiabankers to help customers become better off.

As Scotiabank\'s engine of modernization, the Scotia Digital platform enables technology teams to build software quickly and securely using modern practices. Scotia Digital is an integrated set of technical capabilities, services and processes that encapsulate critical enterprise functions through standardization, re-use and automation.

Scotiabank is in the process of actively modernizing its technology landscape, particularly around areas of cloud computing and core banking services. Solutions Architects at "The Platform Organisation" group are at the center of this exciting journey. You\'ll be working closely with other engineers to build great products and features that are used by internal and external customers and have a wide impact across the entire organization. You will be responsible for designing the architecture, building the solution, and helping make some of the most significant decisions for our technology products.

We\'re looking for people with a strong background in building successful products or systems at scale, capable of breaking down complex problems and provide solutions with a willingness to get things done. Solutions Architects at \xe2\x80\x9cThe Platform Organisation\xe2\x80\x9d can help us accelerate Scotiabank\'s journey in turning into a true technology company.

Is this role right for you?

• Works closely with Delivery and Engineering teams, Product Owners and technical platform teams to architect, design and develop high quality Commercial Banking Platform, APIs and solutions supporting the Commercial Customers
• End-to-end software architecture, design and development of complex distributed cloud based micro-service system.
• Provide expertise to development team working from various locations on system development and systems integration. This should also extend to providing detailed guidance at the code level to support Engineers delivering code.
• Building and enhancing the infrastructure required to support the platforms in terms of robustness, scalability, availability, and efficiency
• Ability to architect, design and deliver software that can scale elastically across multiple data centers and cloud vendors while staying resilient.
• Understands relationship of application/systems and data solution
• Understands testing at every stage of development. This includes unit, integration, acceptance and performance testing
• Ability to communicate with precision while being concise.
• Extensive experience using a systems analysis and design methodology
• Performing research and development to evaluate emerging technologies and their potential to redesign banking, transaction processing and administration platforms.
• Aligning solutions to strategic technical and capability roadmaps and identifying new shared capabilities and business opportunities.
• Understand how the Bank\'s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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

• Enjoy being a generalist working on both the frontend and the backend, solving and owning problems from end- to-end. This includes both the willingness to work on solution architecture as well as a practical hands-on development.

Employ strong comfort level in dealing with ambiguity and lots of moving pieces.
Have exquisite attention to detail and strive for the best possible solution to a given problem. * Approach each problem in a creative way, successfully navigating through constraints and limitations. Uphold best practices in engineering, security and design.

Always look for ways to improve and learn new things. * Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.

• 10+ years of experience in IT, with an emphasis on modern JavaScript applications and runtimes, Cloud, REST API and micro-service development, and proven ability in delivery web-based applications.
• Practical experience of the following technologies and platforms (deep technical understanding in several areas is expected)
• Cloud Architecture Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, AWS etc.
• Good knowledge of Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Architecture, High Availability and other architecture patterns and principles
• Experience of working with Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and their application
• Experience in delivering code using TDD, CI/CD, code analysis and coverage tools to support automated testing and monitoring
• SQL/NoSQL databases (SQL Server, MongoDB, Cassandra)
• REST/SOAP Protocols, Events (Kafka), OpenAPI specification
• Popular JavaScript Runtimes, Frameworks and Components (e.g., Node.js, React, Vue, Angular etc\xe2\x80\xa6)
• Java and Java\'s framework knowledge is an asset (e.g. Java Spring Boot, React, etc\xe2\x80\xa6)
• Performance engineering techniques
• Source Code Management Systems (GIT)
• Security - secure development principles, OAuth, infrastructure security, etc.
• Bachelor or master\'s degree in computer science/Engineering, Information Systems, or other related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Certifications - Experience designing and implementing cloud-based applications on a major public cloud offering (Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP).

Experience working with scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell).

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
• Dress codes don\'t apply here: being comfortable does
• 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

Work conditions: Hybrid

Some of our perks & onsite offerings will be offline as we continue to monitor federal and provincial regulations around COVID-19

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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 . 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.

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