Story Behind the Need:

• Business Unit: Global Analytics & Financial Engineering team is currently working on a ongoing DAS project.
• Project: Work on fixed income distributed system integration with overnight batch system.
• Reason for request: To support the second phase of the DAS project.

Candidate Value Proposition:

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within one of the Top 5 Banking Institutions in Canada.
• You’ll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders all over the globe, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world.

Typical Day in Role:

• Analyze business requirements and propose solutions for meeting those requirements.
• Development of solutions to the business requirements.
• Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution.
• Assure quality security and compliance requirements are met for supported area.
• Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.
• Adapt to change quickly and adjust work accordingly in a positive manner.

Candidate Requirements/Must-Have skills:

• 10+ years experience of developing analytics and fixed income experience
• 5+ years of development experience in C++ language including modern versions C++11/14/17/20
• 5+ years of experience with Python
• Hands on experience in following the iterative and agile software development
• Familiar with capital market trading practice and regulatory requirements

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Structured approach to testing
• Experience with development tools including Visual Studio, make, shell scripting and git

Soft Skills:

• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction
• Good time management and organizational skills to effectively manage high scale projects
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required

Best vs Average:

• The ideal candidate would have a strong background in testing, specifically with Python

Candidate Review & Selection:

• Initial 1st round interview – hiring manager (1 hour)
• 2nd round interview – 45 to an hour
• 3rd round interview – 45 to an hour