About the job
Senior Software Engineer — Toronto
Fintech backend systems. Capital markets scale. AI-native engineering for an investment app.
We’re hiring a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to design and build the backend systems behind a brokerage and capital markets platform — trading, order management, positions, settlement, funding, and risk. You’ll work at the intersection of financial engineering and modern software practice, partnering closely with a product and engineering team based overseas.
What You’ll Do:
- Design and own backend systems powering trading, order management, positions, and settlement
- Make architecture decisions built for market-driven scale, accuracy, and security
- Drive root-cause analysis on production issues in a live trading environment
- Collaborate daily with Product, Risk, Compliance, and cross-regional engineering teams
- Use AI coding tools and agents throughout the dev lifecycle — coding, review, testing, debugging, documentation
- Help establish AI-native engineering practices across the team
What You’ll Need:
- 5+ years building backend systems in Java, C++, Go, Python, or similar
- Proven experience with distributed, highly-available systems
- Strong grasp of databases, APIs, messaging, caching, and concurrency
- Independent ownership from technical design through production
- Strong cross-functional and cross-cultural communication skills
- Regular, critical use of AI coding tools — not just relying on generated output
Nice to Have:
- Experience building OMS, trading, portfolio, clearing/settlement, or market data systems
- Background in regulated capital markets or brokerage environments
- Experience with high-volume, low-latency trading infrastructure
- Cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps exposure
- Prior collaboration with China-based engineering teams
- Professional Mandarin proficiency
Key Skills:
- Still love writing code, not just managing projects
- Understand how capital markets businesses translate into system architecture
- Have built where accuracy and risk control matter as much as speed
- Already treat AI as core to your daily workflow
- Enjoy pushing back on existing approaches with simpler solutions
Additional Recruiter Notes:
- We regret to inform only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Interested in This Role?
Reach out to info@salientgroup.com.au
