Android Developer

Job description
Requisition ID: 229306

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

Contributes to the overall success of the mobile wealth applications – Scotia iTrade/Scotia Wealth Management – in Canada and globally ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:
• Participate in daily Scrum meeting
• Review team members codes – use a peer review system for code review
• Refining sessions -look ahead at upcoming work – give estimates
• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Work with product owners and business system analysts to refine ticket requirements in JIRA and Confluence, review pull requests, and implement documented designs.
• Develop high-quality code by reviewing work with designer and product owners and resolving any issues quality assurance testers.
• Collaborate closely with a team of Android, IOS, and backend developers to work on both new features and incremental improvements to the bank’s flagship mobile app
• Adheres to and demonstrates good coding conventions and best practices, and helps to maintain the architecture of the project
• Stays on top of reviewing others’ code, actively contributing suggestions and catching potential issues
• Always works to balance user experience, performance (client and backend), and security
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered 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.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:
• 3+ years of previous experience Android development
• 3+ years of design patterns such as MVVM and clean code architecture,
• 2+ years of Kotlin, Dagger, Android Studio and other tools used in Android Development
• Previous experience with Authentication Systems
• Experience building applications that consume RESTful APIs
• Nice to have Skills: Knowledge of unit testing
• Nice to have Skills: UI testing
• Nice to have Skills: Experience with accessibility and analytics
• Nice to have Skills: Experience in integrating Third Party libraries and SDKs
• Nice to have Skills: Competent in software engineering and computer science principles
• Soft Skills Required: Strong communication skills – both oral and written
• Soft Skills Required: Self-starter
• Soft Skills Required: Leadership experience -projects/teams
• Soft Skills Required: The position requires concentrated use of sight and touch at a computer terminal on average 5-6 hrs/day.
• Soft Skills Required: The incumbent must work under tight deadlines, conflicting priorities and changing project requirements.
• Soft Skills Required: The position requires ability to work laterally across many diverse department structures and with a wide range of people at differing levels of the organization.
• Soft Skills Required: Good problem solving skills and excellent communication
• Education: Post-secondary preferable in computer science or engineering.

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.
• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• Community Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

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, please click here. 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.

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