Senior Software Engineer (Fintech, NYSE-Listed, Investments & Wealth Platform)

Salient Group; New York (NY); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salient Group is seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to design and build the backend systems behind a brokerage and capital markets platform, including trading, order management, positions, settlement, funding, and risk.

You will work at the intersection of financial engineering and modern software practice, collaborating daily with product, risk, compliance, and cross-regional engineering teams, and you will drive AI-native engineering practices across the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building backend systems in Java, C++, Go, Python, or similar.
• Experience with distributed, highly-available systems.
• Strong knowledge of databases, APIs, messaging, caching, and concurrency.
• Independent ownership from design to production.
• Strong cross-functional and cross-cultural communication skills.
• Regular, critical use of AI coding tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and own backend systems powering trading, order management, positions, and settlement.
• Make architecture decisions for scale, accuracy, and security.
• Drive root-cause analysis on production issues in live trading.
• Collaborate daily with Product, Risk, Compliance, and cross-regional teams.
• Use AI coding tools across the dev lifecycle — coding, review, testing, debugging, documentation.
• Help establish AI-native engineering practices across the team.

Skills

Java

C++

Go

Python

Distributed systems

APIs

Databases

Messaging

Concurrency

Cross-functional communication

Job description

Fintech backend systems. Capital markets scale. AI-native engineering for an investments app.

We're hiring a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to design and build the backend systems behind a brokerage and capital markets platform — trading, order management, positions, settlement, funding, and risk. You'll work at the intersection of financial engineering and modern software practice, partnering closely with a product and engineering team based overseas.

What You'll Do:

• Design and own backend systems powering trading, order management, positions, and settlement


• Make architecture decisions built for market-driven scale, accuracy, and security


• Drive root-cause analysis on production issues in a live trading environment


• Collaborate daily with Product, Risk, Compliance, and cross-regional engineering teams


• Use AI coding tools and agents throughout the dev lifecycle — coding, review, testing, debugging, documentation


• Help establish AI-native engineering practices across the team

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years building backend systems in Java, C++, Go, Python, or similar


• Proven experience with distributed, highly-available systems


• Strong grasp of databases, APIs, messaging, caching, and concurrency


• Independent ownership from technical design through production


• Strong cross-functional and cross-cultural communication skills


• Regular, critical use of AI coding tools — not just relying on generated output

Nice to Have:

• Experience building OMS, trading, portfolio, clearing/settlement, or market data systems


• Background in regulated capital markets or brokerage environments


• Experience with high-volume, low-latency trading infrastructure


• Cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps exposure


• Prior collaboration with China-based engineering teams

Key Skills:

• Still love writing code, not just managing projects


• Understand how capital markets businesses translate into system architecture


• Have built where accuracy and risk control matter as much as speed


• Already treat AI as core to your daily workflow


• Enjoy pushing back on existing approaches with simpler solutions

We regret to inform only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.