Full Stack Developer

Purpose of the Job:

We are looking for a Java Developer to be part of the Cash Equities Client & Market Connectivity team in Toronto. The job requires candidate to have design thinking and problem-solving skills. Candidate should demonstrate ability to build scalable architecture led solution and clear communication skills in geographically spread multi-cultural environment.

Responsible For:

The successful candidate will be expected to perform the following duties with a high level of competence:

• Develop strategic FIX client facing & market facing platform to meet the business needs
  
• Face off Product owners and business sponsors, discuss requirement and priority, manage communication and expectation.
  
• Further improve test and deployment automation, increase maturity of Continuous delivery
  

Major Challenges:

• Building an event based, high-throughput Order Management Platform that will become backbone of Cash Equities Future State Architecture
  

ESSENTIAL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS (Experience, skills, competencies etc)

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering of low-latency or real-time systems.
  
• Core Java with microservices, specifically designing and building Low latency systems with architecture such as Zero GC
  
• Good command of Linux/UNIX command line interface
  
• Proficient in the FIX protocol and domain knowledge in Cash Equities e.g. low touch ( DMA, DSA ) and high touch (managed, PT) order flow
  
• Knowledge of DevOps tooling (Groovy, Jenkins CI /CD, Logging and Monitioring, Troubleshooting)
  
• Collaborate with a multi-cultural geographically spread global organization
  
• Non technical knowledge
  
• Excellent communication skills
  
• Work effectively with various business and IT stakeholders Good to have skills (Experience, skills, competencies etc)
  
• Experience with container runtimes (Podman, Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
  
• Familiarity with message passing systems such as Kafka and Aeron
  
• Practicing data-driven optimizations (profiling, metrics collection)
  
• Problem solving skills with an ability to come up with feasible alternatives and optimal design solutions ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (KPIs, travel etc)
  
• You are an excellent communicator, and are comfortable communicating directly with the Sales/Trading Desk and internal Technology teams and are able to range up and down the detail depending on your audience.
  
• You will handle all phases of development (requirements through to implementation), establishing solid relationships and trust built on proven delivery.