We are banking at another level.

Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits , including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days , sick days as necessary , and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning , training and development , and much more...

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are looking for passionate, bilingual candidates to join a multidisciplinary squad responsible for the evolution and maintenance of BDC’s Finance & Accounting critical applications. As a Software Engineering Specialist, you will design, develop, secure, test, and maintain high-quality software to meet business and customer needs in an agile (scrum or Kanban) environment.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET

• Develop a global understanding of BDC’s Loan Accounting system, familiarize yourself with the short- and long-term business needs and guide stakeholders by offering them alternative solutions and bringing them awareness of the constraints of a complex system.

• Participate in all phases of the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC).

• Design and implement technical solutions that conform both to customer requirements and established software development standards.

• Implement, test and maintain deployment pipelines (iAM) and integrate with recommended quality monitoring tools

• Demonstrate technical leadership, stay up to date on technology evolution in the market and identify opportunities of improvement in existing technology on a continuous basis.

• Work in a team environment, coach and mentor others as well as participate in the recruitment and onboarding of new developer team members

• Supply on-call support during night batch processing to solve production problems (on rotation) as well as second-level daytime incident resolution support according to established service level agreements.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Professional & Educational Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Software Developer or Functional Analyst, developing and maintaining secure solutions on an IBM iSeries, AS400, CLP, SQL, Database : DB2 for i;

• A degree in computer science, engineering, or relevant field  

• Minimal competencies / Essential skills

• Understanding of IBM iSeries system architecture and batch processing

• Experience designing, documenting, developing, securing, and consuming REST APIs

• Experience developing with LANSA and CL using DB2 iSQL

• Experience with loan accounting and/or general ledger systems

• Excellent analysis, documentation and problem-solving skills.

• Bilingual and excellent written and spoken competencies (English & French)

• Professionalism, thoroughness, attention to detail and strong work ethic

• Integrity, honesty and transparency

Complementary skills

• Mastery of the concepts of object-oriented programming. Good knowledge of SOLID design principles and design patterns

• Excellent practical knowledge of the Microsoft suite, specifically Azure DevOps

• Knowledge of application security fundamentals (Owasp Top 10, SANS 25, etc.) and ability to apply adapted counter measures to correct detected vulnerabilities.

• Practical experience with agile software development (Scrum, Kanban)

• .Net Core programming, C#, Angular

• Good understanding of event-driven architecture, and knowledge of event streaming and messaging systems such as Kafka and ActiveMQ

Technology Stack:

• Development languages: LANSA, CL, RPG, SQL, PowerShell on PC laptops

• OS: IBMi iSeries

• Database: DB2 for i

• CI/CD Deployment tool: iAM

• Work items: Azure DevOps & ServiceNow

Other

• Work in hybrid mode – 2 days/week at head office

• Work in matrix model

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers , we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at accessibility@bdc.ca .

While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.

BDC is a bank unlike any other. We are the only bank dedicated exclusively to the development of Canadian businesses. The only institution whose purpose is to promote the growth of the Canadian economy by focusing on the success of small and medium-sized businesses, with a human touch and a genuine presence. At BDC, we’re changing people’s and businesses’ lives for the better. That’s what makes us unique as a bank.

That’s why we are banking at another level.