Software Engineer Associate

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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

We are seeking continuous learners with a passion for innovation and a drive to enhance capital markets products and analytics platforms.

This role is ideal for individuals with a strong technical and engineering mindset who thrive in collaborative environments.

As a key contributor, you will work closely with business stakeholders and cross-functional engineering teams to design and deliver market-leading solutions within ScotiaGBS .

Accountabilities

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
  • Cloud Architecture and Development:
  • Develop, and implement cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to support real-time fraud detection and prevention applications.
    
    
• Data Management:
  • Oversee the ingestion, storage, and processing of large datasets, ensuring data integrity and security.
    
    
• Performance Optimization:
  • Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency, including managing dataflow jobs and reducing system lag.
    
    
• Security and Compliance:
  • Ensure all cloud solutions comply with industry standards and regulations, including PCI compliance for data tokenization and encryption.
    
    
• Collaboration and Communication:
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams, including fraud analytics, IT, and cybersecurity, to deliver high-quality solutions.
    
    
  • Collaborate with other functional and delivery teams to research and design the best solution for the different business requirements.
    
    
• Incident Management:
  • Respond to and resolve cloud-related incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and impact on operations.
    
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• 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.
  
  

Education / Experience / Other Information

• General Qualification:

  • Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, experience reading, writing, and running SQL scripts
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or relevant experience.
    
    
  • Soft Skills
    • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
      
      
    • Work as a contributing member of a team.
      
      
    • Values quality, while still managing expectations and deliverables.
      
      
    • Open to ideas and gives and receives feedback well.
      
      
    • Wants to understand financial market.
      
      

  Experience:

  • Experience with Java, Springboot
  • Experience with CI/CD tools
  • Experience with Scans is a plus
  • 2+ years’ experience developing, deploying, and maintaining applications

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certifications:
    • Relevant cloud certifications such as Google Cloud Developer.
      
      
  • Industry Knowledge:
    • Familiarity with fraud detection and prevention systems and technologies.
      
      
  • Apache Flink knowledge

Working Conditions

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

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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.

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