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Software Developer

Requisition ID: 202259

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

The Global Marketing Technology (GMT) team within Scotia Digital Engineering is responsible for building, managing, and transforming digital marketing IT capabilities for Scotiabank. As the IT partner for digital marketing and eCommerce at Scotiabank, we equip our business partners with innovative and leading-edge digital technologies to perform creative marketing and advertising online. The most visible part of our portfolio is www.scotiabank.com, the primary website for Scotiabank that serves millions of customers every day. Our mission is to build an eCommerce platform for financial services that offers the best-in-class customer experience.

Global Marketing Technology team is seeking an experienced React.js Front-end Application Developer to help us build new and evolve existing customer-facing capabilities and experiences on www.scotiabank.com. You will work within a fast-paced high-performance agile team focused on architecting, designing, and developing internet-scale customer-facing web applications within the www.scotiabank.com domain.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Plan, design, develop, unit test and deploy product features following Scotia Digital standards and methodologies.

• Work with Delivery Leads and BSA’s to articulate efforts and compile estimates for projects & user stories.

• Create and maintain up-to-date detailed technical design documents.

• Establish good software engineering practices and habits to maintain a high standard of software quality within the team.

• Support for quality assurance testing efforts and defect resolution.

• Level 4 support responsibilities for applications within portfolio.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• 5+ years hands-on experience developing and supporting customer facing production applications using technologies & standards such as but not limited to React.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Java Servlets, REST APIs, HTML5, CSS3, WCAG 2.1, responsive designs, and single page application (SPA).

• 5+ years hands-on experience developing and supporting high-availability customer facing applications deployed as containers on public clouds such as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

• 5+ years working experience on a SCRUM/agile team as a software developer.

• Hands-on experience with web application performance optimization tools to provide recommendations for website improvements is an asset

• Hands-on experience developing user interface components in a CMS (Adobe Experience Manager, Drupal, SDL-Tridion, WordPress) is preferred but not required.

• Good understanding of micro-frontend & micro-services software design patterns is preferred but not required.

What's in it for you?

• 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. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.

• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual 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 opportunities, and tuition assistance.

• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.

• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, pleaseclick here (https://www.scotiabank.com/careers/en/careers/technical-support-for-applicants.html) . Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.