Role: Sr. Core Java Developer with trading

Location: Toronto, ON (1 day hybrid)

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We are seeking a full stack developer with an excellent command of Java to supplement the Equities Technology / Cash & Electronic team. We invest heavily in our front office electronic trading platform. The successful applicant would help turn this investment into a scalable, extensible and performant global trading platform.

The role requires experience with a highly automated software development workflow as well as a containerized run-time environment. The ideal candidate collaborates effortlessly online and offline and practices data-driven code optimizations – with or without the help of AI. Prior experience with order management systems (OMS) or low-latency applications is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement and deploy enhancements to our electronic trading platform
- Support and optimize what you and your colleagues have built




- Collaborate with software engineers in other time zones
- Reduce toil and repetitive tasks by automation

Required Skills & Experience

- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering of low-latency or real-time systems
- Excellent Java proficiency required, including concurrency, tuning, and memory management
- Positive command of Linux/UNIX command line interface
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

Preferred Skills

- Using agentic AI for software maintenance
- Experience with container runtimes (Podman, Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with message passing systems such as Kafka and Aeron
- Practicing data-driven optimizations (profiling, metrics collection)
- Working-knowledge of CI/CD techniques

📌 Sr. Core Java Developer with trading (Toronto)
🏢 Zodiac Solutions
📍 Toronto