Requisition ID: 221346 Thanks for your interest in ScotiaTech, Scotiabank's new and innovative Technology hub in Bogota. Join a purpose driven winning team that promotes creativity and innovation in a fast-paced environment, where we’re always committed to results, in an inclusive, diverse, and high-performing culture. Purpose The Software Engineer Specialist is responsible for providing technical analysis, design, development, implementation, and support of mission critical applications. The incumbent is responsible for current and future implementation projects within the group, introducing new technologies to meet business objectives and providing technical consultation, risk management, decision support and guidance to all medium to high complexity development projects. Accountabilities Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge. Build cost effective and efficient applications to meet business objectives by analyzing user requirements, providing technical specifications and design, developing/maintaining programs according to standards. The incumbent must ensure programs and applications developed meet the high availability, security, integrity, and reliability of the on-line transaction processing environment on time and on budget. Provide recommendations on departmental standards surrounding systems architecture, application development, systems integration, data modelling, testing, performance testing as well as, performing reviews and walkthroughs of all major project deliverables to ensure the quality and completeness of functionality. Provide production and user acceptance testing application support to complex technical problems on all assigned applications and technology that serve each business unit by analysing problems, implementing solutions, and developing new procedures surrounding support. The incumbent may be required to carry a beeper and be always available to provide support to the system during overnight processing runs. The incumbent is guided by Bank policy and receives broad direction from the Senior Manager/Director, and general direction from the Project Manager for the projects assigned. The incumbent is expected to function independently to identify opportunities for automation or efficiency, to introduce new technologies and to ensure that the department's objectives are met. Maintain a good understanding of the Division's business strategies, business policies, financial instruments, risk management and Backoffice processing. Participate in team meetings to provide status updates, execution, and development details. Provide application support after business hours and weekends as required. Show initiative in setting and meeting goals within an environment of managed change. Other duties as assigned Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be incorporate into in day-to-day activities and decisions. 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. Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment. Dimensions The incumbent must have a good understanding of business systems development and business analysis, with the ability to support key development as required The incumbent must have excellent analytical, problem solving and trouble shooting skills in order to develop and support systems to meet user requirements The incumbent must be creative and flexible in identifying technical solutions to resolve business problems in a rapidly changing, demanding and complex business environment Day to day decisions regarding approaches are handled independently by the incumbent High degree of discretion and independent judgment to determine work priorities and approval of code delivery to UAT and Production The incumbent must have a detailed understanding of the application systems he/she is responsible for The incumbent must have good interpersonal and communication skills in order to deliver proposals, provide user support and interact with team members and other departments A broad understanding and knowledge of the banking products, services, market trends, business lending, computer services, planning and control tools and organized structure The incumbent is guided by Bank policy and receives general direction from the Technical Lead, Manager, Project Manager for the projects assigned The incumbent is expected to function independently to ensure that the assigned tasks and project objectives are met The Developer works with the agile team to support the Product Owner in refining the product backlog and prioritizing business value. The incumbent is required to work independently/autonomously within the parameters agreed upon by the development team The incumbent is empowered and expected to own their solution, ensuring full integration and minimizing the impact of technical debt. Where issues are encountered, problem resolution is to be first discussed among the team. If required, proper escalation channels will be used It is also expected that the incumbent will play a leadership role within the team, creating a positive work environment through coaching and encouragement in addition to providing their technical experience and advice with the rest of the team. Education / Experience / Other Information Must have 5 years of technical hands-on working experience with Java Enterprise Edition, Java Script, XML, XSL, and open source tools/libraries Must have 3 to 5 years of technical hands-on working experience with Object-Oriented Design, Design Patterns, Microservices, Domain-Driven API design and Service Oriented Architecture Must have technical hands-on working experience with JSON, WSDLRestful, SOAP, Redis, HTTPs and SOAPJSON Must have technical hands-on working experience with distributed system development using Web Services (Restful or SOAP), HTTPs, JSON, MQ and Redis Must have technical hands-on working experience with Apache HTTP, Tomcat or JBoss Must have technical hands-on working experience with data modeling & Relational Databases (e.g., MS SQL Server & DB2) Must have technical hands-on working experience with different technologies and frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJs, AngularJS, Redux and JQuery Technical hands-on working experience with Spring such as Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Batch and Spring Security Technical hands-on working experience with open source development environment (Linux/AIX) and Security Standards Technical hands-on working experience with File Transfer Protocols (FTP) and processes such as TCP/IP, Socket, and Secured FTP, would be an asset Technical hands-on working experience with automation and testing frameworks or tools such as Junit, Postman and Cucumber would be an asset Technical hands-on working experience with performance testing frameworks or tools such as Gatling and JMeter would be an asset Technical hands-on working experience with Cloud based environments would be an asset Technical hands-on working experience with Git, Gradle, Continuous Integration & Deployment Tools such as Jenkins, SonarQube The incumbent must have solid background in system and application architecture solutions, development, maintenance, and support of a variety of banking/applications on different technology and platform Must have excellent problem solving and analytical skills and is capable of multi-tasking and managing concurrent tasks and initiatives Comfortable working in an Agile environment, and familiar with Agile development practice, i.e., TDD, CI/CD Must have excellent oral and communication skills in English Must be a self-starter, fast learner with positive attitude and team player Must be proficient in MS Office and Project Management tools Bilingual English/Spanish language skills (B2 English level) Working Conditions Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence. #LI-Hybrid Location(s): Bogotá or Home-Office ScotiaTech is a business unit within ScotiaGBS, a Scotiabank Group company located in Bogota, Colombia. The ScotiaTech hub was created to support different technology systems and processes of the Bank. We offer an inclusive, positive work environment, and competitive benefits. At ScotiaTech, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at ScotiaTech; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted. Note: All postings in me@Scotiabank will remain live for a minimum of 5 days.