Software Engineer

BlueMatrix; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Health Care Plan

Generous Vacation/Personal Days

Generous Referral Program

Job summary

BlueMatrix in Toronto, Canada seeks a software engineer to join a fast-paced team building client-facing components within a microservices setup. You will help evolve a retreating monolith into scalable services, primarily using Java and REST APIs, with a focus on performance, reliability and secure data handling.

Collaborating across product and operations, you will mentor junior developers, participate in on-call support, and help deliver market-ready features while aligning with regional

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of software engineering on a development team.
• Proficient in Java with ability to adopt new tech quickly.
• Experience delivering reliable, high-performance REST APIs.
• Interest in database and query performance tuning.
• Experience with Snowflake.
• Scrum/Agile development experience.
• Experience with microservices and automated testing.
• Experience with AWS or equivalent.
• On-call support and client interaction experience.
• Mentoring junior developers.

Responsibilities

• Scale our system to meet increasing global demand.
• Meet regulatory requirements in new regional markets.
• Productionalize and roll out market-validated features.

Skills

Java development

REST APIs

Database performance

Agile/Scrum

Code reviews

Mentoring

On-call support

Learning agility

Team communication

Microservices

On-call readiness

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Job description

About the Company

We are on a mission to build and strengthen our engineering teams to match the accelerating success of our Street Context acquisition. We provide a premium Email, Analytics and Broker Relationship platform, purpose-built for capital markets and institutional investors.

About the Role

Are you looking for your next challenge in your Software Engineering journey? Are you a curious and driven engineer looking for a fast-paced environment to grow and accelerate your career? Do you thrive in collaborative environments, viewing engineering as a collective effort? Are you motivated by team success? If so, continue reading…

Our system is composed of a retreating monolith surrounded by a growing collection of micro-services. Within this system, you and the dev team will be responsible for building and maintaining client-facing components. The current tech stack consists of experience with modern frontend frameworks like Vue or React. If you’re hungry to learn, humble, and interested in winning as a team, we think you’ll do well here. What’s most important is that you love your work, respect the team and don’t lose your sense of humor along the way.

Responsibilities

• Scale our system to meet increasing global demand
• Meet regulatory compliance requirements in new regional markets
• Productionalize and roll-out new market-validated features

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of working experience on a development team.
• Proficient in Java while comfortable with adopting new technologies.
• Experience delivering reliable, high-performance REST APIs.
• Strong interest in database & query performance tuning.
• Experience with Snowflake.
• Good understanding of scrum/agile development methodologies.
• Experienced with code reviews, service ownership, fully automated testing, micro-services, and rapid/continuous releases.
• Experience working with AWS or equivalent.
• Comfortable with being on-call for support and interacting directly with clients if needed
• Experience mentoring junior developers.
• Aptitude for learning new things quickly and the confidence and humility to ask clarifying questions.
• Proactive, self-motivated, transparent, accountable, and communicative.
• Supportive in building a positive and inclusive work culture.

WHY WORK WITH US

The BlueMatrix team is made up of ambitious and passionate people who have turned technology development and client service into an art. Many have dedicated the majority of their career to growing the BlueMatrix brand and helping shape the investment research marketplace.

With locations in New York City, Durham, London, Edinburgh, and Timisoara, Romania, we collaborate across the globe for a unique perspective on the impact of technology in our industry.

You can also count on:

• Competitive Compensation (based on experience)
• Health Care Plan
• Generous Vacation/Personal Days
• Generous Referral Program