[Hiring] Software Engineer with Python, Scala and Spark @Scotiabank

Role Description

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

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.

In partnership with peer engineers, business partners, and the various cross functional teams, you will:

• Work closely with end users, and business teams to understand business needs, conduct gap analysis and requirements assessments as needed.
• Partner with Architecture on the design and integration.
• 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.
• Write deployment scripts and leverage tools such as the Accelerator pipeline to promote code.
• 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).
• Coach and train end users (as needed).
• Participate and run SCRUM Meetings (as needed).

You are passionate about developing applications that are reusable, efficient, and scalable, working in an innovated cross functional team environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience developing, deploying, and maintaining large scale applications with complex integration in production.
• 3 years of Experience with Python & Scala.
• 3 years of Experience with data engineering, real time streaming with Spark, Batch processing.
• 3 years experience with relational and non relational databases.
• 3 years’ experience reading, writing, and running SQL scripts.
• Experience with Databricks, Kubernetes, Azure and GCP.
• Experience working in an Agile environment, with experience and understanding of Test-Driven Development methodology.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or relevant experience.

Soft Skills

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with some automated deployment.
• Understanding of networking protocols.
• Understanding of security principles.

Benefits

• 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.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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.
• Remote-friendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best.
• 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 - we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!