Location Address: Hybrid (2-3 days/week), Toronto
Contract Duration: 6 months
Extension: Possible
FTE: Possible
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Candidate Value Proposition
– The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and experienced team of software developers, infrastructure specialists, and business analysts, as well as gaining experience in the capital markets and credit risk technology fields. The project will contribute to the bank’s core risk management and reporting functions, helping to protect the bank and its customers.
Typical Day in Role
• Project aims to implement a daily settlement limit check in to existing system.
• Primary function is to support the building out of a reporting system.
• Building the limit reporting system to display credit check information.
• Development of calculation and/or reporting applications
• Producing thorough, clear, and detailed documentation
• Communicating with stakeholders to ensure they are implementing best practices, integrating existing technologies, etc.
• Leveraging existing infrastructure to communicate information between systems and applications.
• Will be working on creating net new code and enhancement of existing code in a 50/50 capacity, depending on project deliverables.
• Working collaboratively with project team, participating in scrums and meetings, implementing all steps of SDLC.
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
• 8+ years’ experience with Object-oriented program languages, with recent 5 years of experience in Python
• 3+ years’ recent experience with Linux/Unix Shell Scripting
• Strong relational database experience, SQL, Postgres
• 8+ years’ experience in an Agile environment and the SDLC
Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Web development experience such as Python Django
• Banking or Capital Markets experience is an asset
• Experience with Javascript framework is an asset
• HTML and CSS experience is an asset
Soft Skills:
• Good communication, both written and oral, whether producing documentation or attending meetings with other developers, non-technical team members, or external stakeholders
• Proactively raise issues as they are identified
• Creativity and resourcefulness in solving problems within the framework of the existing technology stack
• Willingness to learn and upgrade skills as needed on the job
Best vs Average: One of the two roles will need to work on Python Django, experience in this area will be prioritized on top of requested skillsets.
Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.
Candidate Review & Selection
• Structure and Format: Two rounds of interview
o First round: technical interview with HM and developer(s) – MS teams – 45mins
o Second round: behavioral interview with HM and BA lead – In-person – 30mins