Software Engineer (Delphi Development)

Requisition ID: 241567

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

The Team

Global Banking and Markets Engineering (GBME) is the fast-moving, award-winning technology engine that powers Scotiabank’s Corporate, Investment Banking and Capital Markets businesses.

The Role

GBME is searching for Software Engineers who are continuous learners and are eager to boost capabilities of capital markets products and analytics platforms.

The successful candidate will have a strong technical and engineering mindset. You will work closely with business teams and cross functional engineering leaders to develop and implement market leading solutions for the various projects within GBME.

About the Job

Do you thrive when faced with challenges? Like using fresh technologies to solve problems? Looking to work in various projects across the organization, collaborating with great teams and inspiring leaders? Then this is the right team for you! 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.

Is this role right for you? In this role 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 (as needed)
• 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).
• Participate in the full Software Development Life Cycle.
• Perform analysis of new requirements, create design documentation, code, and conduct unit/integration testing of new software solutions.
• Produce quality code with a focus on stability, scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Test, troubleshoot, and fix front-end and back-end software production issues.
• Develop and maintain plans outlining steps and timetables for developing programs.
• Assist the Quality Assurance team with test case development.
• Collaborate with the Quality Assurance team to track bug reports, debug code, develop test plans, and close issues.
• Maintain existing applications.
• Work alongside the Technical Support and Implementation Teams to troubleshoot and resolve client issues as needed.
• Identify and provide recommendations on solutions for gaps in business processes and systems

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

• 5+ years of Delphi development and maintenance experience required.
• 5+ years of other modern programming languages (ie. Java, Python, etc)
• Strong Experience with Embarcadero Delphi and Object-Oriented Programming techniques.
• Experience in Delphi migration projects and familiarity with multiple Delphi versions.
• Experience with SQL relational databases and syntax.
• Strong experience with Windows desktop and server development, including writing Windows GUI applications.
• Experience developing software applying all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience using formal source control management processes and tools (e.g., GIT).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Self-motivated with a strong attention to detail.

Nice to Have:

• Security scan experience (with SonarQube ) will be a plus.
• Understanding of Scala language features, functional programming concepts with some development experience is highly desired.
• Participated in Scala migration projects, updating legacy codebases to the latest Scala versions is considered an asset.
• Experience with .NET (Core) and Web APIs and Microservices considered an asset.
• Familiarity with secure coding best practices (e.g., OWASP, CERT).

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 employee 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 everyone 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!

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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.