Senior Python Software Engineer

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…