Software Automation Engineer Full-time Job

The Team 
The Group Treasury Technology team provides development and support services for Group Treasury (including Structural Interest Rate Risk management, Asset/Liability Management, Funds Transfer Pricing, Match Maturity, Budgeting and Planning) and Global Risk Management (Global Retail Credit Risk, Trade Floor Risk Management).

 

The Role 
The Software Automation Engineer is responsible for developing and implementing technical solutions to support the Group Treasury business with a focus on automating existing manual processes, reducing the likelihood for human errors and improving operational processes. You will be required to participate in multiple projects, including technical design, use cases, and process workflow of complex business processes for internal clients. You must possess the ability to work with a team of technology focused peers and the ability to juggle multiple/concurrent tasks. You must thrive on challenge, be proactive, dynamic and demonstrate initiative and eagerness to learn. 

 

Some of the key accountabilities include:
Provide technology collaboration and be the ambassador for Automation across Group Treasury Technology.
Participate in aspects of a systems development life cycle within the development team (Requirements Analysis, Design, Development, Test, QA, Implementation and Support)
Be the Point of Contact for escalation on service operation including service availability and continuality
Analyze data in operational database environments including SQL Server
Optimizing and simplifying existing code and perform code reviews
Work closely with the stake holders to clarify requirements and to recommend best practices
Rewriting exiting framework and adding new code and functionalities
Lead initiatives to support continuous integration and improvement through technologies and process
Support Business as Usual Devops where applicable (may require off business hour support)

What You Will Bring to Succeed 

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. 
• 3-5 years of experience as a Software Engineer
• 2-3 years of industry experience.
• Must have extensive knowledge and experience with major programming languages such as Python, Java, .NET, SQL and scripting.
• Hands on experience working in a DevOps/Agile environment
• Nice to have - Experience with Serverless, Google Cloud Function/Run, Google Cloud Storage and Micro-Services.
• Hands on experience working with Bitbucket, Jenkins (pipelines)
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, and be capable of multi-tasking and managing concurrent tasks and initiatives
• Ability to solve technical problems/ processes and understand complex details
• A high level of interpersonal and verbal communication skills necessary to relate to other people at their systems knowledge level
• Self motivated and curious to learn new technologies and business use cases.

The Workplace

• We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work 
• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success! 
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world 
• We foster an environment of innovation and continuous learning
• We care about our people, allowing them to design how they work to deliver amazing results 
• We offer a competitive total rewards package, including a performance bonus, company matching programs (on pension & profit sharing), and generous vacation

Scotiabank is one of North America's leading financial institutions, and Canada's most international bank. We provide innovative financial products and services to individuals, small and medium-size businesses, corporations and governments across Canada and around the world.