Senior Developer

Is this role right for you?

In this role you will:

• Lead technical decisioning for the scrum teams, collaborating with solutions architects and other technical leads.
• Develop coding standards and testing approaches.
• Mentor and coach developers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Delegate work and assignments to team members
• Collaborate with delivery lead to plan milestones, successfully execute software delivery, and escalate issues as needed.
• Design and develop micro services based on Cloud solutions, such as Microsoft Azure, Google GCP
• Analyze highly complex business requirements; generate technical specifications to design or redesign complex software components and applications
• Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution
• Assure quality security and compliance requirements are met for supported area
• Demonstrate adaptability and thrive in a dynamic, evolving environment
• Working experience in performance analysis and tuning
• Provides production support for applications maintained
• Drive architectural decisions and ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical strategy and roadmap.
• Ensure code quality through code reviews and best practices.
• Define and drive the technical vision and strategy across multiple teams

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

Must Have Skills:

• Experience building scalable, enterprise level technology stacks with Java but ideally with a broad set of tools
• 8 + years web service development with Java (minimum 2 years in 17+) or above, JAX-WS, JAX-RS, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data and Swagger/OAS (Open API Specification)
• 5 + years working with cloud based microservices (Azure, PCF or GCP)
• 5 + years’ experience with Java Frameworks: Spring, JUnit, Log4j
• 5 + years’ experience with JSON/RESTful, XML, and SOAP services
• 5 + years database development stored procedures with SQL, AzureSQL, Sybase OR MS SQL
• Hands-on experience in Cloud MicroService and MicroApp development
• Experience in application monitoring software, including Dynatrace, Splunk or their equivalent tools.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps
• Practical experience designing and developing microservices using modern practices/techniques including Domain-Driven Design, event driven architectures, reactive programming and distributed caching

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Experience with Continuous Development or Continuous Integration is a plus
• Knowledge of distributed system design patterns like distributed configuration, service discovery, routing, service-to-service calls, circuit breakers
• Development experience in JavaScript(ES6+), React/Redux, ExpressJS and Jest/Mocha
• Knowledge of Apache/Confluence Kafka, Kafka topics, brokers, stream processing and event streaming platforms
• Experience in batch process development/support using shell script in Unix/Linux

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 each individual 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.
• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• Community Engagement - We offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons.