03 Aug
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Fidelity Clearing Canada
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Toronto
03 Aug
Fidelity Clearing Canada
Toronto
Job Overview Job Description: Please note: Current work authorization for Canada is required for all openings. This is a full‑time regular role. You will be working on a flexible hybrid schedule as part of Fidelity’s dynamic working arrangement. The work location for this role is 483 Bay Street in Toronto until approximately late 2026, when the work location will change to the new Mississauga office at 3 Robert Speck Parkway. Company Overview Who We Are: Fidelity Clearing Canada (FCC) is the leading independent clearing broker and custodian in the Canadian market. We provide trade execution, clearing, custody and back‑office support services to Canadian‑based brokerage firms and the Canadian brokerage arms of U.S.-based firms. Responsibilities Manage the back‑end development team and the delivery of products and services for a range of external clients and internal business lines, ensuring alignment with business objectives, operational priorities, and client commitments. Prioritize activities, manage team capacity, and allocate resources in accordance with business strategy, platform roadmaps, operational priorities, production support needs, and client commitments. Coordinate activities with technology, architecture, product, business, operations, information security, and vendor teams. Provide oversight during code releases, deployments, application upgrades, Level3 production support activities, incident response, root‑cause analysis, and defect remediation for core business processes. Manage and support complex enterprise job scheduling processes using Control‑M, including batch orchestration, dependency management, monitoring, incident response, and recovery for business‑critical data processing workflows. Coordinate development efforts related to start‑of‑day data loading, scheduled data extraction, report generation, file‑based integrations, reconciliation processing, exception handling, restart/retry procedures, and data quality controls across upstream and downstream systems. Ensure strict unit testing practices, integration testing, broader automated testing, security considerations, post‑implementation reviews, and operational readiness activities are completed against defined success criteria. Provide ongoing communication on development status, production support priorities, delivery risks, dependencies, and operational readiness to senior management; support work‑effort estimation, roadmap planning, and determination of deliverable timelines. Positively influence architecture, design, coding, testing, AI enablement, and secure integration practices. Liaise with internal and external user groups as needed and work effectively in an agile environment. Allocate, monitor, and plan the tasks of team members using agile practices, including sprint planning,
backlog refinement, daily coordination, and continuous improvement. Lead and support back‑end application development, including Java REST services, complex SQL and database design, RESTful API integrations, microservices/service‑oriented architecture, event‑driven messaging, and secure integration patterns. Support application maintenance, currency updates, technical debt reduction, reliability improvements, and modernization of key business applications. Provide mentorship, coaching, feedback, and training to enable team members to meet or exceed expectations, grow their technical capabilities, and support team succession and bench strength. Conduct performance assessments of team members, set clear objectives, address performance gaps, support career development plans, and build a high‑performing, accountable engineering team. Qualifications 5+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with a track record of moving from hands‑on delivery into technical leadership or engineering management roles. 3+ years of direct engineering management experience, managing performance, hiring, onboarding, coaching, career development, and building successful teams. Experience in wealth management, brokerage, payments, banking, or broader fintech environments is considered an asset. Operational interest in leveraging AI tools to accelerate software development, testing, code review, delivery planning, and engineering productivity processes. Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with developers, architecture, operations, business partners, vendors, and senior stakeholders. Familiarity with secure coding principles and experience ensuring secure SDLC controls and best practices are integrated into team delivery practices. Expertise in modern software development practices, including Agile/Scrum, CI/CD pipelines, release discipline, engineering standards, and continuous improvement across development teams. Experience supporting or coordinating complex job scheduler‑based processing using Control‑M or similar platforms, including data loading, extraction, reporting, dependency management, and operational recovery. Experience managing teams that built and supported complex systems with multiple dependencies, focusing on data processing from book‑of‑record and downstream platforms.
Strong understanding of MS SQL Server and/or Oracle, including managing delivery and support for business‑critical database platforms and complex data models. Ability to guide database and data‑processing delivery by ensuring strong SQL practices, complex database design, query building, tuning, performance improvement, and supportability. Ability to lead and approve technical direction across Java, REST services, microservices, secure API patterns, event‑driven messaging, and core back‑end platforms. Experience managing team capacity, sprint commitments, production support demands, stakeholder expectations, delivery risks, and competing business priorities in an Agile/Scrum workplace. Strong people‑leadership skills: performance management, feedback delivery, conflict resolution, team engagement, talent development, succession planning, and support for hybrid/remote team effectiveness. Demonstrated ability to lead Team Leads and Developers by setting clear expectations, delegating effectively, removing blockers, creating accountability, and maintaining delivery discipline across multiple priorities. Additional Assets Completion of the Canadian Securities Course. Experience integrating AI‑enabled development assistants, code review tools, test generation tools, or developer productivity capabilities into engineering practices. Experience with Dataphile, Broadridge, Snowflake, Talend, Control‑M, or similar financial data processing, ETL, and enterprise scheduling platforms. Experience with modern web frameworks such as Angular or React. Education & Experience University degree, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience. Benefits Base Salary and Discretionary Performance Bonus: Competitive annual range of $176,000 to $188,000, based on experience and qualifications. RRSP Contribution: After 6 months of employment, we invest in your future with an RRSP contribution—no employee matching required. Equal Opportunity & Accommodations Fidelity Canada is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity Canada is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, family status, protected veterans’ status, Aboriginal/Native American status, or any other legally protected ground. Accommodation during the application process: Fidelity Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in the selection process. If you require an accommodation, please email us at #J-18808-Ljbffr
📌 Manager Development Fcc (Toronto)
🏢 Fidelity Clearing Canada
📍 Toronto