Senior Systems Developer

HOOPP Thames Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in pension management is seeking a Senior Systems Developer to enhance its Investment Solutions Group. The role involves working on financial risk management systems, participating in Agile practices, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in back-end development, cloud platforms, and strong communication skills.

Benefits

100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits

Learning and development initiatives

Yoga classes and wellness seminars

Membership in a defined benefit pension plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in back-end or full stack development.
• 5+ years experience in capital markets or financial risk management.
• Familiarity with investment management artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile Scrum practices and design meetings.
• Build and support features, resolving complex production issues.
• Educate developers on platform best practices.

Skills

Back-end development

Full stack development

Software development design patterns

Distributed systems

Strong interpersonal skills

Communication skills

T-SQL

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Git

CI/CD

Tools

DevOps Infrastructure as code

Python

Anaconda

Job description

high-performance, people-focused culture

our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves

learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth

membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pensionplan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security

competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, and a health spending account).

optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%

yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars

the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, byproviding a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers

Job Summary:

The Investment Solutions Group (ISG) delivers advanced technological solutions to HOOPP traders, portfolio managers, and cross functional teams including Risk Management and Finance.

As a Senior Systems Developer in the ISG Risk division, you will work on projects that span the entire trade, portfolio and financial risk management lifecycle including, for example, sourcing and mapping of market data and position data, financial engineering and modelling of securities, design and implementation of risk models, tech architecture, and analytical processes.

What you will do:

Actively participate in Agile Scrum practices such as daily standups, backlog refinement, planning and sprint retrospectives.

Contribute during design and planning meetings, issue retrospectives, code reviews, and team retrospectives; write wiki articles.

Create a safe, supportive and participatory environment that produces ongoing mutual respect

Set up your development environment, then review our code, databases and configuration.

Learn our technical stack and our systems by applying changes to each of them. These systems include pricing engines, and our Risk calculation systems, then use automated build and deployment pipelines.

Tag team with one of our many brilliant analysts to review the spec, and design the solution

Build, launch, and support your first big feature. While doing that, you will plan the work, resolve the dependencies on other teams, educate the developers who will use the feature, and migrate any affected production services.

Resolve complex production issues spanning multiple systems and technologies.

Support other development teams by helping their developers, learning about their needs, and educating them about the platform best practices.

Quickly learn, evaluate, and apply new concepts and technologies.

Participate in the off-hours on-call rotation. (Our off-hours support volume is very light, and we put in the effort to keep it that way.)

Who you are:

5+ years experience of back-end or full stack development.

5+ years experience in a capital markets, investment management and/or financial risk management function

Familiarity with investment management artifacts and concepts (e.g., market data, security master, pricing and risk models)

Proven knowledge of software development design patterns and distributed systems.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to take end-to-end ownership.

Technical experience in these 3 areas:

T-SQL with DBA fundamentals

Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Skilled in modern development tools and practices, such as git, CI/CD, unit testing.

Experience with DevOps Infrastructure as code would be considered an asset.

Prior experience with Python or Anaconda is an asset.

Experience in financial risk systems a definite plus is an asset.

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is one of the strongest and most stable defined benefit (DB) pension plans in Canada. Since 1960, HOOPP has been helping Ontario's healthcare workers build the foundation for a financially secure retirement.

We take pride in being the pension plan for Ontario’s healthcare community and serve more than 478,000 members at more than 700 employers across the province. At HOOPP, we are committed to providing our members with a stable and reliable pension that starts in retirement and is paid for life.

With offices in Toronto and London, we manage a global,multi-asset class investment portfolio. At the end of 2024 our net assets reached $123.0 billion and our funded status remained strong and stable at 111%.

HOOPP's core values - accountable, compassionate and trustworthy - guide every interaction with our members, employers and employees. We've become one of Canada's leading pension plans by consistently challenging ourselves and embracing innovation. From our unique investment management approach to our innovative technology and thought-provoking research, we constantly seek to push the boundaries, and we do this by hiring passionate, forward-thinking people.

Our high-performance culture is founded on collaboration, respect and belonging. HOOPP is an equal opportunity employer and we're proud of our diversity. We select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications. Should you require accommodation because of a disability during the recruitment and selection process, please contact our Human Resources team. We will be happy to consult with you so that arrangements can be made for reasonable accommodation.