Position: Senior Python Engineer
Location: Downtown Toronto, Hybrid/Onsite
Salary Range: $100K-$150K
Job Type: Permanent
Posting Type: Open Vacancy
We’re partnering with a growing financial technology firm looking to add a Senior Backend Engineer to their engineering team in Toronto.
This position focuses on building scalable backend systems that support investment operations, portfolio analytics, risk management, and financial data workflows across a sophisticated cloud-native platform used within capital markets environments.
You’ll work closely with engineering, quantitative, and business teams to design and deliver high-performance solutions handling complex financial datasets and workflows across multiple asset classes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand business requirements and integrate financial and market data into core platform services
- Partner with quantitative, trading, and risk-focused teams to design new functionality and improve existing systems
- Develop an understanding of financial instruments, market data feeds, and investment workflows, particularly across rates and FX products
- Build and maintain backend services and APIs within a modern microservices architecture
- Design scalable cloud-native applications and distributed systems within AWS environments
- Contribute to backend development primarily using Python and Rust
- Model and manage complex financial datasets across multiple database technologies, including relational and NoSQL systems
- Support performance optimization, observability, reliability, and ongoing platform enhancements
Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or a related field
- Strong backend software engineering experience with modern programming languages such as Python, Rust, Java, Go, or C++
- Experience designing APIs, distributed systems, and scalable backend applications
- Experience working with databases and data modelling concepts
- Interest in financial systems, trading platforms, risk management, or capital markets environments
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure and AWS services is an asset
- Strong problem-solving skills and interest in working on complex technical and business challenges
Please send your resume in Word format to Bronwyn Massey at bronwyn.massey@quantum-qtr.com.
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