Software Engineer Specialist

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Purpose 

Contribute to the overall success of Global HR Technology ensuring specific individual goals, learning opportunities, plans, and initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team's business strategies and objectives.  Ensure all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures. 

Accountabilities  

• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge. 
• Collaborate with teammates to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web-based business applications. This team is located in both Canada and Colombia. 
• Develop and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. 
• Apply best development and design practices and participate in peer reviews of solution designs and related code. 
• Understand Java technologies. 
• Develop, refine, and tune continuous integrations between applications. 
• Analyze and resolve technical and application defects with excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills. 
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties. 
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time. 
• Provide third-level support to business users. 
• Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions. 
• Actively pursue 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 contribute to an inclusive work environment.  

Reporting Relationships 

• Primary Manager: Senior Manager Development
• Direct Reports: N/A
• Shared Reports: N/A 

Education / Experience / Other Information 

• Bachelor or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related discipline. 
• Extensive experience in object-oriented software design and development. 
• 3+ years of technical working experience in system analysis, coding, debugging & testing. 
• Hands-on working experience with the following technical currencies: Java/J2EE, Java Spring and Java frameworks (JDBC, Hibernate). Web technologies experience (React, JQuery, JSON) is also considered an asset. 
• Experience in database design and development. Experience with data migration tools is a nice-to-have. 
• Basic knowledge of IDE's for coding languages. 
• Understanding of cloud-hosted environments. 
• Technical working experience in a full or hybrid Agile environment. Passion for contributing to high-performance teams. 
• Good interpersonal and excellent communication (verbal/written) skills to interact effectively with team members and other departments. Be able to explain complex technical solutions and concepts. 
• B1+ level of English. 
• Creativity and flexibility regarding identifying technical solutions to resolve business problems in a rapidly changing and demanding environment. 

Working Conditions 

• Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence.   

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Location(s):  Colombia : Bogota : Bogota

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.