Software Engineering Specialist jobs

Your key responsibilities

You will be part of diverse teams of professionals across different geographies to deliver a wide range of data and analytics services. You will be solving complex issues and driving growth across financial services.

Skills and attributes for success

• Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Working in diverse teams of professionals with different backgrounds
• Demonstrating in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge
• Contributing to thought leadership through white papers, point of views, and proof of concepts
• Working in an entrepreneurial environment to pave your own career path
• Ability to meet deadlines, own deliverables and contribute to project delivery

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Undergraduate or Master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. engineering, computer science, business, economics, finance, statistics, and/or analytics).
• At least 2 to 5 years of related work experience in banking, capital markets, insurance, or asset management domain
• Good communication (verbal and written) with the ability to effectively advocate technical solutions and results to technology and business audiences
• Experience working independently, efficiently, and effectively under extreme time constraints and delivering results by critical deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with client-facing activities such as requirements gathering, facilitating meetings, presentation creation, and ability to prepare client ready deliverables
• Proven track record of consistently meeting deadlines, and provide reporting and business recommendations in a dynamic environment
• Good leadership and teaming skills
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to integrate new knowledge and adapt to change with a natural curiosity and desire to learn
• A willingness and ability to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 60%
• Valid Passport

DAE Specific

• Ability to understand business challenges and address remediations through data architecture and engineering solutions.
• Must have practical experience assisting clients with development of one or more of strategic Data Architecture and Engineering, Cloud Data Modernization, Data migration and Event-driven architecture, preferably focused on financial services.
• Experience development of large data platforms, data warehouses and data lakes, streaming applications, data ingestion, integration, and distribution pipelines.
• Practical experience using latest technologies for data ingestion, integration, transformation, storage, mining/warehousing, big data analytics, and visualization.
• Understanding of traditional data architecture practices (data warehousing, datahub, MDM, ODS etc.) as well transition to Next-Gen platform architectures such as distributed data lake and Data mesh on cloud, etc.
• Practitioner experience in multiple data technologies such as:
• Cloud Data Platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Platform, Databricks, Snowflake)
• Big Data applications and Distributed Processing (Hadoop and Spark ecosystem components)
• Data integration Tools (Informatica, Talend, etc.)
• Experience with scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.
• Traditional RDBMS (Teradata, Netezza, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• MPP (Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS Redshift etc.)
• NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J, Titan, Elasticsearch)
• Streaming Platform and Applications (Spark streaming, Kafka, Storm, etc.)
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools (Airflow, etc.)
• Dev Ops (GitHub, Kubernetes Jenkins, Terraform)
• Data Modeling (Data vault, Star, Snowflake)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) or Science (MS) preferred
• Prior consulting experience

What we offer you

The position reports to the Global Industry Strategy & Execution Lead. This is a permanent role.

Your key responsibilities

• Connect and collaborate: Be ‘the glue’ driving close connectivity and collaboration across the Sector, Super Region (SR), and Service Line (SL) teams and ensure alignment with global and SR enablement teams. Cultivate community engagement with the GCSPs that supports a view of client demand and buy in of prioritized accounts to drive growth of the Sector.
• Drive growth of Strategic and Premier Accounts: Work closely with GCSPs of the strategically important accounts in driving solutions and campaigns to fuel growth, while converting opportunities to wins for replication by strengthening relationships and working closely with SL and Region Account / Pursuit teams.
• Facilitate and drive execution: Support the shaping of the vision and ambition for the Sector in collaboration with the Global Sector Leader (GSL), SR Sector Leaders and SL representatives and drive end to end execution; Support the activities of the Sector Board ensuring disciplined and impactful board management. Understand and monitor macro-trends for the Sector and orchestrate the strategic planning cycle to drive growth, support prioritization and timely deployment of solutions, accounts and capital.
• Go-to-Market & ‘Big Bet’ Activation: Support GtM and operations teams to ensure effective delivery of the GtM strategy and execute Sector big bets and alliance initiatives. Involved in supporting capital allocation ensuring investments are prioritized against the Sector strategy to drive growth.
• Brand & Market Reputation: Jointly support with BMC and Insights, the right market reputation for the Sector including sector analyst relations and foster relationships with external parties to support EY’s strategic positioning within the Sector.

Skills and attributes for success

Ideally, you’ll have the ability to:

• work through high levels of stakeholder complexity, ambiguity, conflict and with abstract concepts
• identify innovative alternatives, digging into issues to surface core pain points
• Create and drive a project plan, and direct action with tact and diplomacy
• drive a program of work from start to finish
• easily shift between abstract strategic discussions and operational detail
• build trusted relationships and collaborate across dimensions of matrix

What we look for

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent qualification required
• 10+ years current experience with EY or Global Professional Services firm track record
• As the job involves responding to clients' needs and varying time zones, flexibility to work extended hours

As a Tax Manager in our U.S. Tax Practice, you will help our clients identify and solve complex U.S. and international tax issues as well as assist them in pursuing and successfully aligning all of the different areas of taxation into a benefit-driven strategy.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong understanding of U.S. tax concepts, including corporate federal and state income tax compliance, as well as income tax provision preparation and review.
• Experience in preparing and reviewing U.S. corporate and partnership tax returns for multinational clients, including income tax provisions for public and private companies.
• Proficient in conducting federal and state tax research, analyzing cross-border tax issues, and drafting technical memos.
• Ability to develop and deliver innovative tax planning ideas and solutions that meet or exceed client expectations.
• Strong analytical skills to assess clients' tax situations and provide practical recommendations.
• Capacity to make informed decisions in complex tax matters and develop implementation plans.
• Excellent relationship-building skills to establish and maintain long-term client partnerships.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and knowledge sharing to enhance service delivery.
• Ability to identify and pursue opportunities for tax planning and special services.
• Proficient in leveraging technology to enhance productivity.
• Effective communication skills to foster open dialogue and supervise team members.
• Willingness to participate in recruiting efforts and contribute to a collaborative, team-oriented culture that supports professional growth.

To qualify for the role you must have

• An undergraduate degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years of experience in US Tax
• Completion of US CPA or US Enrolled Agent or other related experience or certification relevant to this area of specialization
• A commitment to learning in a tax technology environment
• Strong project management, analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to work within tight deadlines
• Process oriented with excellent documentation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you to decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

The salary range for this job in British Columbia is $92,000 to $144,000. Individual salaries within this range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and work location city.

As a Senior Manager in Solution Architecture, you will be at the heart of our technology capability, driving the delivery of complex solutions that align with our strategic business objectives. You will manage budgets, oversee project delivery, and ensure performance outcomes while building and maintaining valuable client and commercial relationships.

Your Key Responsibilities

The goal is to support our clients to transform their business through technology. You will be responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, integrating, testing, and deploying new and existing software application programs. You will work with customers technical leads, client executives, and partners to manage and deliver high quality systems with a focus on reliability and excellent customer experience, becoming a trusted advisor to decision makers throughout the engagement.

• Lead the delivery of technical solutions, ensuring quality and managing operational risks.
• Engage actively in delivery leadership, project management, and client interactions across all project phases.
• Travel frequently to meet client needs and project requirements.
• Solve complex problems using proven methods and evaluative criteria.
• Influence policy and procedural changes with potential broad business impact.
• Provide direction and feedback to teams, contributing to performance evaluations and the hiring process.

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; writing, publishing and conference-level presentation skills
• Passionate about delivering commercial software products and platforms to market
• Deeply technical and constantly in a state of learning
• Comfortable providing technical guidance and coaching to other engineers
• Strive to be at the forefront of new modern technologies and bring them within the larger team
• Ensure the successful engineering delivery of assigned projects and putting hands-on if needed
• Work with the engineering team to package best practices and lessons learned into thought leadership and published assets

• Interact with sales, partners, and customer technical stakeholders to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks/issues, and timelines for successful project outcomes Proven ability to manage and deliver complex solutions.
• Strong focus on maintaining quality and navigating operational risks.
• Capability to manage budgets and project delivery effectively.
• Experience in building and managing client and commercial relationships.
• Ability to travel as required for client engagements and project needs.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A Bachelor’s degree, with a preference for a Master’s degree.
• A minimum of 5 to 7 years of relevant experience building successful production scalable software systems preferred.
• Programming languages: Extensive years of experience with Java, C#, or .NET
• Frameworks: Extensive years of experience with Spring Boot, .Net or .Net Core
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals.
• Ability to communciate in written and spoken form with clients about business needs and translate that into a technical solution.
• Excellent knowledge of software design and system architecture.
• High quality organizational and leadership skills
• Outstanding consulting, communication, and presentation abilities.
• A team player possessing strong communication skills with staff at all levels.
• Self-skilled and quick learner, regardless of the languages and technologies used.
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.
• Experience building large scale distributed systems with cloud native technologies
• Proficiency in cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data architecture.
• Strong business skills including relationship management, commercial awareness, and communication.
• Critical thinking and the ability to drive outcomes.
• Emotional agility, leading teams, and managing change.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Desire to be a full-stack engineer
• Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with a variety of audiences including developers, clients, customers, partners and executives
• Ability to be fearless in getting “hands-on” with technology and execution
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering processes
• Deep understanding and interest in cloud and distributed systems architectures
• Comfortable with ambiguity with a drive for clarity
• Experience in leading and growing technical talent (for software engineering managers)
• A strong ability to adapt to changing technology landscapes and stay ahead of industry trends.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to foster team collaboration and client trust.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
• Experience in leading diverse teams in dynamic environments.