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Java Developer - Equities Regulatory Reporting


Company : Scotiabank https://static.whatjobs.com/static/ajCo


Location : Toronto, Ontario


Created : 2026-05-06


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and highperforming culture. We are looking for a strong Software Developer to join the Equities Regulatory Reporting technology platform, supporting critical Regulatory reporting solutions. This role contributes to the success of the technology organization by owning complex, productioncritical solutions endtoend, influencing technical direction, and ensuring all deliverables meet regulatory, security, resiliency, and operational standards. You will work in a highimpact, productionintensive environment, taking ownership of core regulatory workflows that are heavily filedriven and batchoriented, improving platform stability, auditability, and operational resilience, and contributing to the longterm technology roadmap. Is this role right for you? Analyze business and regulatory requirements and translate them into robust, scalable technical solutions, delivering endtoend ownership from design and build through production support. Own technical design and implementation decisions across complex regulatory data flows, ensuring data integrity, auditability, resiliency, and repeatability. Design, build, and support productioncritical batch and filedriven workflows, with deep ownership of execution logic, rerun strategies, and failure handling. Develop and maintain solutions using Java (Java17+) and Unix/Linux Shell scripting as primary languages, with Python used for regulatory reporting, validation, reconciliation, and monitoring. Build and enhance modular Java services supporting regulatory integrations, configurationdriven processing, and downstream workflows. Design, implement, and support secure largefile transfers (SFTP), including: completeness and integrity controls (checksums, hashes) marker / trigger file logic reprocessing and recovery mechanisms Implement and maintain keyless authentication patterns aligned with enterprise security standards. Establish, enhance, and enforce CI/CD pipelines, quality gates, and disciplined peer code reviews. Prepare, execute, and monitor automated deployments, managing test and production releases through formal Change Management processes. Raise and manage change requests with appropriate risk assessment, mitigation, and rollback strategies. Provide Level2 / Level3 production support for regulatory platforms, including incident triage, root cause analysis, and permanent remediation. Create and maintain production and disaster recovery runbooks, support annual DR testing, and actively participate in DR planning and execution. Act as a senior technical mentor, guiding junior developers, driving platform standards, reducing technical debt, and improving operational maturity. Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed? Core (Mandatory) Skills 4+ years of overall development experience in productioncritical systems. Strong handson expertise in Unix/Linux Shell scripting, including: batch processing file lifecycle management automation operational tooling Strong handson experience with Java (Java17+), building and supporting backend services and integrations. Proven experience designing and supporting filedriven regulatory workflows in a production environment. Strong experience implementing secure file transfer solutions (SFTP) for large files, including integrity and completeness controls. Solid SQL and database querying skills for validation, reconciliation, and investigation. Experience with Git / Bitbucket and structured peer code reviews. Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent production issues in a regulatory environment. Strongly Preferred Skills Strong handson experience with Python for: regulatory reporting validation and reconciliation monitoring and operational dashboards Experience working with Apache NiFi dataflows for highvolume regulatory data ingestion, transformation, validation, and downstream delivery. Experience supporting vendorbased regulatory platforms (e.g., nTIER) and associated integrations. Nice to Have Prior exposure to equities or capital markets regulatory reporting (e.g., CAT, EBS, CAIS). Experience supporting audit requests, regulatory inquiries, and data investigations. Experience working in 247 production support environments. Why this role matters This is a handson L7 role with real production accountability. Success requires not only strong development skills, but also deep operational ownership, sound judgment in a regulatory context, and the ability to lead through complex production scenarios. 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 biasfree 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 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. Remotefriendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best. Upskilling through online courses, crossfunctional 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! 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr