System Architect

Goldenpick Technologies; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is looking for a developer to create and maintain software solutions in trading and capital markets. The successful candidate will collaborate with professionals across teams to build scalable systems using cutting-edge technologies like AWS and Python, driving innovation in the trading sector.

Qualifications

• Good understanding of trading and derivatives.
• Strong experience in designing scalable and secure systems.
• Experience in capital markets and related systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software applications for trading.
• Maintain and improve existing applications.
• Create solutions using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Skills

Python

AWS Cloud

Kubernetes

C++

SQL

Terraform

DevOps

RESTful APIs

Education

University degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Responsibilities

• Work in collaboration with trading professionals, operations and technology teams to design and build solutions enabling trade activities across a number of asset classes including futures, equities, fixed income, derivatives, OTC and FX.
• Collaborate with team members to conceptualize, design and develop new software applications. Applications may be server-side enterprise solutions, GUI, or highly customized solutions developed for the specific needs of a business partner.
• Create solutions tailored to business requirements aligned with the long-term architecture and technology strategy using Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Cloud development.
• Maintain and improve existing applications to support trading functions.
• Effectively unit test and perform integration testing on software components.
• Prepare and document design and program specifications.
• Manage timelines/deliverables towards the successful delivery of projects.
• Develop the right IT behaviors to enable building scalable solutions within predictable time frames.
• Provide knowledge transfer to team members and support staff through application demos, walkthroughs, and documentation.
• Provide responsive business assistance while adhering to processes required for quality enterprise-level software development and support.

Skills Must have

• University degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Good understanding of trading, derivatives, trade life cycle with an eagerness to contribute to the systems that support them.
• Strong experience required in designing scalable, secure, and high-availability systems, microservices, RESTful APIs, and on-prem/cloud integrations.
• Design end-to-end technical solutions that meet business requirements, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, platforms, and tools to support the solution.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, data flow diagrams, and technical documentation to support development and operations.
• Strong hands-on experience in Python, RestAPI, AWS Cloud and Kubernetes.
• Good working experience in C++.
• Strong working knowledge of Databases i.e. SQL.
• Experience in capital markets and eagerness to contribute to the systems that support trading activities.
• Strong knowledge of software development best practices and patterns.
• Commitment to investments' guiding principles of integrity, partnership and high performance.
• Experience in in DevOps and CI/CD.
• Experience in Terraform.
• Knowledge of Bloomberg and/or Murex trading platforms.
• Knowledge of FIX protocol.
• Experience in other programming languages like Java..