C# Desktop App Developer Full-time (Remote)

Tartigrade; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tartigrade is seeking an engineer to support the development and maintenance of internal desktop trading tools. You’ll work on C#/.NET WinForms/WPF applications that interact with market data sources, improve application reliability, and deliver new features for the trading team.

Responsibilities include maintaining WinForms/WPF apps, enhancing schedulers and background services, packaging and distributing via MSIX, and connecting to external APIs like Interactive Brokers TWS or Yahoo Finance.

Qualifications

• Proficient in C#/.NET with WinForms or WPF.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance WinForms/WPF desktop apps.
• Improve schedulers and background services for robustness.
• Package, sign, and distribute applications (MSIX or similar).
• Connect applications to external APIs (e.g., Interactive Brokers TWS, Yahoo Finance).
• Optimize data-fetching pipelines and error handling.
• Debug and fix crashes, scheduler issues, and performance bottlenecks.
• Write setup guides and documentation for long-term maintainability.

Skills

C#/.NET

SQL/Databases

Packaging/Deployment

Debugging

Git/GitHub

Multithreading

TWS API (IB)

Education

Electrical Engineering/Software Engineering/CS

Tools

MSIX

ClickOnce

GitHub

Interactive Brokers TWS API

Job description

Remote

Full Time

Job Description

We are looking for an engineer to support the development and maintenance of our internal desktop trading tools. You’ll work on C#/.NET WinForms/WPF applications that interact with market data sources, improve application reliability, and deliver new features for the trading team.

Responsibilities

Desktop Applications

• Maintain and enhance WinForms/WPF apps.
• Improve schedulers and background services for robustness and stability.
• Package, sign, and distribute applications (MSIX or similar).

Integration & APIs

• Connect applications to external APIs (e.g., Interactive Brokers TWS, Yahoo Finance).
• Optimize data-fetching pipelines and error handling.

Testing & Documentation

• Debug and fix crashes, scheduler issues, and performance bottlenecks.
• Write setup guides and documentation for long-term maintainability.

Requirements

Must-Have Skills:

• C#/.NET development (WinForms or WPF).
• Exposure to SQL Server or PostgreSQL for backend data.
• Experience with packaging and deployment (MSIX, ClickOnce).
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with Git/GitHub version control.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with TWS API (Interactive Brokers).
• Logging/telemetry integration in desktop apps.
• Knowledge of multi-threading or high-performance data processing.

Eligible applicants must be:

• Graduated from electrical engineering, software engineering, computer science, or a closely related program.