Software Developer

CanDeal; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CanDeal is seeking an exceptional Software Developer to join their Markets Technology team in Toronto. This role involves developing and enhancing applications to support CanDeal’s infrastructure, requiring extensive Java expertise and a strong understanding of financial services.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of hands-on Java development experience.
• Strong understanding of back-end and messaging skills.
• Experience in financial services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Enhance market data delivery applications.
• Evolve internal and external web-based applications.
• Optimize code and performance of internal applications.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SOAP

REST

SQL

Messaging (Kafka, JMS)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/software engineering

Job description

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CanDeal is a leading provider of electronic marketplaces and data services for Canadian dollar debt securities and derivatives. Its Markets Division, provides access to a deep pool of liquidity for Canadian government, agency, provincial and corporate bonds, as well as money market instruments and interest rate swaps. CanDeal Solutions delivers data products and other services that support business, trading and technology needs for participants in the Canadian capital markets.

CanDeal is a growing and entrepreneurial organization with an extremely solid foundation and an ownership group which includes: BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital, TD Securities and TMX Group.

This is an exciting time to join a growing organization led by visionary leaders who are helping to shape their industry’s future.

JOB PURPOSE:

CanDeal is looking for an exceptional Software Developer. As a member of the CanDeal Markets Technology team, you will assist in developing applications to further CanDeal’s infrastructure.

Primary Duties

• Enhancing market data delivery applications manage or another word.
• Evolve internal and external web-based applications.
• Code and performance optimization of internal applications.
• Perform other duties as required.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/software engineering is required.
• Hands on, 10-15 years java development, senior level with a solid understanding of Java/Spring Boot/Web ecosystem, with strong back-end and messaging skills and preferably in the financial services.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of design patterns in the context of distributed systems, SOA and concurrent programming.
• Understand how to design, build and test secure services and applications.
• XML and related technologies (JAXB, XPath, XSL)
• Messaging experience: Kafka, Tibco Rendezvous/JMS/MQ/ or equivalent.
• SOAP/Rest services
• ORM(hibernate) / JPA /Distributed TX/Caching
• Data modeling experience, strong SQL
• Ability to troubleshoot and tune distributed java apps

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of Fixed Income etrading systems
• Experience with FIX (QuickFix J)
• Knowledge of Identity Management solutions (IDM)

Key Qualities for Success

• Self-motivated and driven
• Takes initiative and can work independently without constant supervision
• Well organized and results oriented
• Highly enthusiastic, service-oriented individual
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your resume to:[e-mail]

Please inform us if you require any accommodation during the hiring process

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Information Technology

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