Full Stack Developer - Cash Equity

HSBC Global Services Limited; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking a Full Stack Developer for a hybrid Toronto role building an AI‑driven Client Management Platform. You’ll contribute from backend Java services to React front‑ends and integrate AI features, owning code through production.

Ideal candidates have 3–6+ years of software development, strong Java and React skills, PostgreSQL and REST API experience, Linux familiarity, and a pragmatic approach to testing and secure releases.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6+ years of active, day‑to‑day software development experience
• Strong expertise in Java (multithreading, microservices) and modern JavaScript/React
• Solid hands‑on experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and RESTful API design
• Comfortable using Unix/Linux commands to inspect systems, check DB state, and debug environments
• Experience with OpenAI integrations or Copilot, ability to debug and evaluate AI‑generated code
• Pragmatic problem solver who values secure engineering, automated testing, and production releases

Responsibilities

• Writing & Reviewing Code: Java microservices and React front‑ends
• Integrating AI: OpenAI APIs and Copilot collaboration and debugging
• Managing Data: Architecting RESTful APIs and PostgreSQL optimization
• Linux & DevOps: Navigating Linux, DB checks, automated CI/CD deployments
• Quality & Reliability: Writing unit/integration tests, addressing tech debt, code reviews

Skills

Java

React

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Linux

AI integration

Tools

OpenAI API

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Job Title

Full Stack Developer (Java / React / AI-Powered Systems)

Location

Toronto, ON (downtown) — Hybrid (2 days/week on-site)

Contract Duration

12 Months

Salary

• CA$90,000.00–CA$120,000.00 yearly
• CA$90.16 hourly
• CA$45,000.00–CA$60,000.00 yearly
• CA$95,000.00–CA$135,000.00 yearly
• CA$80,000.00 yearly
• CA$35.00 hourly

Role Overview

Are you an engineer who lives in the IDE, thrives on shipping clean code, and loves seeing your work hit production? We are looking for a Full Stack Developer to join a tight‑knit, high‑impact team building a next‑generation, AI‑driven Client Management Platform.

Advantages

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Build Modern AI Tech: Work on a "one-stop-shop" platform that ingests live data streams (Outlook, Zoom, Symphony, Bloomberg) and leverages AI to auto‑generate intelligence, summaries, and action items for business teams.
• True "You Build It, You Own It" Culture: Experience full‑cycle engineering. You’ll own your code from initial commit through CI/CD, testing, and production deployment.
• Lean, High‑Visibility Team: Join a nimble 5‑person engineering pod with global support, where your code directly impacts the business every single day.
• Collaborative Hybrid Environment: Downtown Toronto location with initial 2 days/week in‑office collaboration.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Be Doing Daily

• Writing & Reviewing Code: Hands‑on development in Java (Java 21) microservices and React / JavaScript front‑ends.
• Integrating AI: Working with OpenAI APIs and GitHub Copilot—evaluating, debugging, and optimizing AI‑driven components.
• Managing Data: Architecting RESTful APIs and querying/optimizing PostgreSQL databases.
• Linux & DevOps: Navigating Linux environments, checking DB data, and managing deployments via automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Quality & Reliability: Writing robust automated unit and integration tests, tackling tech debt, and participating in pair coding and code reviews.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• Hands‑on Experience: 3 to 6+ years of active, day‑to‑day software development experience (5 years is the sweet spot!).
• Core Stack Proficiency: Strong expertise in Java (multithreading, microservices architecture) and modern JavaScript / React.
• Database & API Skills: Solid hands‑on experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and RESTful API design.
• Practical Linux & Infrastructure: Comfortable using basic Unix/Linux commands to inspect systems, check DB state, and debug KVM testing environments.
• AI Tooling Awareness: Experience with or strong curiosity about OpenAI integrations and Copilot, including the ability to debug and evaluate AI‑generated code.
• Mindset: A pragmatic problem‑solver who values secure engineering, automated testing, and safe, regular production releases.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in financial services, banking, or trading platforms (e.g., Bloomberg, Symphony integrations).
• Exposure to modern DevOps practices and internal deployment tooling.

Summary

If you’re ready to solve real‑world problems, work directly with modern AI tools like GitHub Copilot and OpenAI integrations, and take features from concept to production, we want to talk to you.

Equal Opportunity & Diversity Statement

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity‑seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce, including those who identify as women or non‑binary/gender non‑conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.