Senior Software Architect (Fintech, NYSE-Listed, Investments & Wealth Platform)

We're hiring a hands-on Senior Software Architect to design and build the backend systems behind a brokerage and capital markets platform — trading, order management, positions, settlement, funding, and risk. You'll work at the intersection of financial engineering and modern software practice, partnering closely with a product and engineering team based overseas.

What You'll Do

- Design and own backend systems powering trading, order management, positions, and settlement
- Make architecture decisions built for market-driven scale, accuracy, and security
- Drive root-cause analysis on production issues in a live trading setting
- Collaborate daily with Product, Risk, Compliance, and cross-regional engineering teams
- Use AI coding tools and agents throughout the dev lifecycle — coding, review, testing, debugging, documentation
- Help establish AI-native engineering practices across the team

What You'll Need

- 7 years building backend systems in Java, C , Go, Python, or similar
- Proven experience with distributed, highly-available systems
- Strong grasp of databases, APIs, messaging,



caching, and concurrency
- Independent ownership from technical design through production
- Strong cross-functional and cross-cultural communication skills
- Regular, critical use of AI coding tools — not just relying on generated output

Nice to Have

- Experience building OMS, trading, portfolio, clearing/settlement, or market data systems
- Background in regulated capital markets or brokerage environments
- Experience with high-volume, low-latency trading infrastructure
- Cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps exposure
- Prior collaboration with China-based engineering teams
- Professional Mandarin proficiency

Key Skills

- Still love writing code, not just managing projects
- Understand how capital markets businesses translate into system architecture
- Have built where accuracy and risk control matter as much as speed
- Already treat AI as core to your daily workflow
- Enjoy pushing back on existing approaches with simpler solutions

We regret to inform only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

📌 Senior Software Architect (Fintech, NYSE-Listed, Investments & Wealth Platform) (Greater Toronto Area)
🏢 Salient Group
📍 Greater Toronto Area