Senior Applications Developer – Golang | Capital Markets

LOB: Capital Markets – ASG

Location: Toronto

Work Model: Hybrid – Wednesday & Thursday onsite

Contract: 6 months, with potential for extension or FTE conversion

Start Date: October 26, 2026

Hours: 37.5 hours/week, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM

Interview Process: 2 rounds

Team Size: 10–15

Pay Rates

- T4 - $61.36
- INC - $73.04

What You'll Do
- Design, develop, enhance, and maintain backend applications using Go/Golang .
- Own development deliverables from requirements analysis through testing and production deployment .
- Learn and work within an established application architecture, business domain, dependencies, and supporting systems.
- Support integration testing, UAT, implementation, and production releases.
- Independently lead smaller projects or application initiatives.
- Provide technical direction, mentorship, and development guidance to team members.
- Build and maintain comprehensive unit test suites using Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices.
- Apply clean-code principles and software development best practices.
- Help establish consistent coding, testing, and quality standards across the team.
- Use Snyk, SonarQube , and similar tools to identify and address code quality, security, and vulnerability concerns.
- Collaborate with development, testing, security, and delivery teams.
- Stay engaged with emerging AI-assisted and AI-driven software development practices.

What We're Looking For

Must Have:





- 6–8 years of overall software development experience.
- 2–3+ years of hands-on Go/Golang development experience.
- Strong backend application development experience.
- Experience providing technical direction, mentorship, or development guidance.
- Solid knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD) .
- Experience developing and maintaining comprehensive unit test suites.
- Experience with static code analysis and security/vulnerability scanning tools, specifically Snyk and SonarQube .

Nice to Have:

- Interest or experience with AI-assisted/AI-driven development tools and practices .
- Experience with payment applications, foreign exchange platforms, or Capital Markets technology .

What Makes This Role Interesting
- End-to-end ownership: Take your work from analysis and development through testing and production.
- Hands-on + leadership: Continue coding while providing technical direction and mentorship.
- Independent ownership: Lead smaller projects and initiatives within a Capital Markets environment.
- Complex technology: Gain exposure to an established payment and FX platform and its supporting business domain.
- Full delivery lifecycle: Work across development, testing, implementation, and production deployment.
- Technical influence: Help improve coding, testing, quality, and development standards across the team.
- Capital Markets exposure: Work within a team supporting critical payment technology.

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