Software engineer Jobs in Pickering, ON

Is this role right for you?

• Perform system analysis, design, development, and documentation, while supporting both new and existing applications.
• Collaborate with project teams to refine technical requirements and develop solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards
• Design, code, test, debug, document, and deploy applications and automation scripts
• Plan and estimate development efforts for projects, enhancements, and releases.
• Maintain, enhance, and provide ongoing support for existing systems and applications.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices
• Support deployment activities across non-production and production environments.
• Lead production issue investigations, including root cause analysis and resolution of complex incidents.
• Recommend and implement improvements in line with enterprise technology roadmaps and best practices.
• Partner with product owners and business analysts to assess current system behavior and identify optimization opportunities.
• Incorporate the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture into all technical decisions and day-to-day activities.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and controls related to operational risk, AML/ATF, sanctions, and conduct.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative, and inclusive team environment.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
• Hands-on experience delivering and operating solutions in cloud environments, with familiarity in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and patterns used to build scalable, reliable systems.
• Working knowledge of cloud fundamentals such as security, monitoring, performance, and reliability considerations when deploying services
• Ability to use AI prompts effectively to accelerate engineering tasks
• Experience interacting with AI agents/tools in a way that improves productivity and quality, including iterating on prompts, and verifying outputs
• May participate in an on-call pager rotation to support production systems as needed

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• 5-7 years experience in systems analysis, design, development, unit testing, and debugging.
• Hands-on experience with Core Java (version 8 or higher), as well as Java and/or Python development.
• Solid understanding of SQL and relational database concepts.
• Experience using tools such as Git, Gradle, Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms to support CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Experience with Spring frameworks, including Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data, or Spring Batch.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud) and monitoring/logging tools such as Splunk.
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture, including Kafka, Kafka brokers, and connectors.

Soft Skills Required:

• Strong problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills to rapidly assess problem situations.
• Demonstrates creativity and adaptability when identifying solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate on a broad spectrum (from deep technical discussions to high level executive vision)
• Strong proficiency in developing impactful and well-structured PowerPoint presentations
• Demonstrates proactivity and accountability.