Senior Software Engineer – Clearing

Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Clearing

Company: Elevate Recruitment & Staffing

Job description: Position: Senior Software Engineer
Full-time Permanent
Salary: $150,000 – $250,000 USD
Job Type: Remote (Global)
Office: Toronto, ONAs a senior software engineer, you will help build and scale the systems and services and empower millions of users that are trading billions of dollars worth of assets.
The clearing team is responsible for building a modern clearing and settlements platform. Client is a participant in a market where over two trillion dollars worth of equities need to be cleared and settled on a daily basis. They are tackling the industry with a modern approach on building highly scalable, event driven systems where resilient engineering, scale, and performance can have critical advantages.They have exciting plans for the team; self-clearing is just the first step in building end-to-end financial infrastructure as they continue to prove them selves as an innovative market leader and a core component for our growth across global markets and asset classes.They are looking for senior engineers who are keen on providing quality solutions, have great fundamentals, proven experience building and architecting at scale, and not afraid of challenging conventions or voicing their opinions. In this role, you will have the autonomy to design and implement solutions to achieve defined goals while actively participating in defining those goals. An understanding of cloud-based modern architecture, infrastructure, and orchestration practices are also great assets we actively look for.Day-to-Day:

• Contribute to a core system that millions of end users will rely on
• Work on self-clearing and help us join the elite club of self-clearing brokers
• Implement backend services and work on designing an architecture where reliability matters
• Take ownership of tasks, identify and address technical challenges proactively, and propose innovative solutions
• Contribute to architectural decisions, offering insights and suggestions for designing scalable and reliable systems
• Work with other teams to improve how our systems interact with theirs and improve systems in general
• Maintain good software quality and test coverage
• Participate in code reviews
• Troubleshooting on incidents and reported bugs
• You may be asked to be on-call to assist with engineering projects that are timely in nature

Must haves:

• Strong problem-solving skills paired with a proactive mindset
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• A preference for simple and elegant solutions
• At least 3 years of experience working on systems at scale
• Proven experience in building and maintaining microservices
• Strong coding skills, preferably in Go
• Ability to write clean, well tested, and maintainable code
• Experience with domain driven design and event driven design
• Ability to debug issues or better yet, foresee problems and avoid them entirely
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies, especially Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with messaging queues and message brokers
• Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL

Nice to Haves:

• Previous experience in the financial industry or knowledge of clearing and settlement processes
• Experience with DTCC integration
• Experience working remotely
• Experience working at a startup
• DevOps mindset is an asset

Benefits of working with client:

• Stock Options
• Benefits: Health benefits start on day 1. In the US this includes Medical, Dental, Vision. In Canada, this includes supplemental health care. Internationally, this includes a stipend value to offset medical costs.
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Apply directly at admin@teamelevate.ca

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 22:56:10 GMT

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