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Java Developer – FX Development
📍 Location: Toronto ON (Hybrid: 2 days in-office)
💰 Compensation:
- T4: $83.68/hr
- INC: $97.10/hr
- 📄 Contract Length: 12 months (possibility of extension or conversion to FTE)
- 🕘 Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (flexible)
About the Role
Our client is looking for a Java Developer to join our Global Trading Solutions (GTS) Trading Systems team. In this role, you will build and enhance mission-critical components of our electronic FX trading platform. This is a hands-on development role where you’ll work with high-performance, low-latency systems that directly impact trading operations.
If you are a skilled core Java developer with a passion for financial markets and real-time systems, this role offers the chance to contribute to a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
What You’ll Do
- Design and develop robust, scalable, and low-latency software for FX trading systems.
- Implement efficient algorithms and data structures optimized for performance.
- Create test cases and ensure stability, reliability, and resilience of systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement system enhancements.
- Communicate with operations teams on new features and strategy behavior.
- Troubleshoot production issues and perform independent root-cause analysis.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions with minimal supervision.
What We’re Looking For
Must-Have Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of professional Java development experience.
- Strong multi-threading and performance optimization background.
- Experience developing low-latency trading systems.
- Solid understanding of financial markets and electronic trading workflows.
- Knowledge of FIX protocol and market data integration.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Collaborative team player with mentoring experience.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- FX trading or capital markets systems experience.
- Experience with profiling tools and latency measurement.
- Exposure to C# or other complementary technologies.
- Knowledge of containerization and cloud-native architectures.
Interview Process
- Hiring Manager interview
- Technical interview
- Follow-up technical interview
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