Software Engineer; Python

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Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high‑performing culture.

The Client Analytics technology team is a crucial part of the Client & Data Management group under Global Banking & Markets Technology, IT&S. We are working on numerous projects to modernise our analytic platform, enabling our capability and improving our data quality and availability to better manage our client relationships and improve insights into client profitability. This is an opportunity to work with big data and analytics, gaining exposure to various systems and business areas of the Bank.

We are looking for a results‑oriented, creative and highly motivated Software Engineer (Python) to join our team to take on this challenging and exciting role for our analytic platform modernisation project. The successful candidate should have a curious mindset, strong technical and data engineering skills, be passionate about challenges and want to contribute to the success of the Bank. Camaraderie is as essential as technical expertise.

He/She will have the opportunity to work with various stakeholders—senior level and subject‑matter experts, business partners, business analysts, architecture, infrastructure and support—to understand business requirements and drive the design of quality technical solutions that best support the business need using the latest technology.

• Provide technical expertise in the design, development and implementation of effective and quality solutions that resolve highly complex business problems and support business needs.
• Utilise a diverse set of technologies to implement new functionalities & ETL processes or enhancements of existing implementations and ensure sound integration with surrounding components from an end‑to‑end operational perspective. This could include overhauling our analytic platform.
• Ensure that delivery meets the integrity, quality, performance and reliability requirements, and build automated testing and regression suites using Dev Ops principles.
• Provide support for existing applications and resolve business and technical issues.
• Perform code review of code developed by technical consultants and oversee their work.
• Coordinate infrastructure needs for requisitioning Unix and Windows servers, cloud‑based infrastructure, databases and assist actively with documentation covering architecture, security and operational readiness.
• Highlight technical issues and challenges and propose creative solutions to resolve issues.
• Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.

• 4+ years Python experience with application development.
• Experience with cloud‑based applications, containerisation technology:
  Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher.
• 5+ years RDBMS experience with Oracle, Postgres, SQL Server.
• 5+ years experience working in a fluent Linux environment with Linux command line and shell scripting.
• Experience with Dev Ops and continuous delivery and deployment methodologies based off Bitbucket, Jenkins.
• Exposure to Apache Airflow.
• Knowledge of Tableau and Power
  
  BI implementation will be an asset.
• Good understanding of object‑oriented design and design patterns, micro‑services architecture and high performance, and multi‑threading techniques.
• Nice to have:
  Experience with SAS or Talend applications, Spark.

• 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.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations – We value the unique skills and experiences everyone 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…