Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Job Title: Senior Full Stack Engineer Job ID: 87833 Location: Toronto, Ontario

Overview

Our client provides specialist financial services to alternative investment funds, investors, multinationals and private clients worldwide. With over 10,000 employees in 45 countries they innovative solutions to meet clients’ evolving needs and deliver exceptional service. Continuous investment in learning means you will work with people who are among the best in the industry. This is an opportunity to excel in an environment that genuinely supports your personal and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the full application lifecycle, from design through deployment, with a focus on coding, debugging, and continuous improvement
• Design and develop scalable, high-performing Microservices using Python, Node.js, React, and SQL
• Heavy focus on API building and versioning
• Gather, analyze, and address technical and design requirements in collaboration with Architecture and DevOps teams
• Plan, create, and execute test cases aligned to user stories, including UI performance testing, to ensure quality coverage
• Conduct and participate in peer code reviews to uphold quality and consistency
• Leverage AI coding assistant tools responsibly — validating outputs, ensuring security and accuracy, and applying sound engineering judgment
• Own production support for your products — monitoring system health, triaging and resolving incidents, and driving root cause analysis to prevent recurrence
• Communicate proactively on task progress, taking clear ownership of deliverables

Qualifications

• You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Proven experience using AI coding agents.
• 8+ years of Application Development experience.
• 3+ years of programming experience in NodeJs/Python.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo or CodePipeline.
• Experience with Project Management tools such as JIRA.
• Knowledge of financial industry is highly desirable.
• Self-motivated, innovative and analytical with strong attention to detail.
• Strong sense of responsibility and service minded attitude.
• Willingness to learn new skills and to contribute to a team culture centered on continuous improvement.
• Organized, accurate and self-motivated.
• Think creatively and propose options/solutions to challenges.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively in a global team environment.

Differentials

• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, S3, ECS, etc.
• Experience in the financial services industry.

Salary/Rate Range

CAD $120,000-$150,000