Technology Lead
On-siteToronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Lead design, development, and delivery of sales technology solutions for equity derivatives and structured products distribution. Architect and own the design of a scalable order management system covering the full order lifecycle, while building integrations with vendor platforms including SIMON, Luma, Evooq, OTCX, Halo, and CAIS. Drive adoption of digital distribution channels and self-service tooling, manage Bloomberg structured note contribution workflows, and design relational database schemas and document store models. Evaluate third-party vendor relationships, collaborate with compliance, legal, and risk teams to ensure regulatory adherence, and mentor junior engineers and business analysts. Monitor system performance, manage incident response, and enforce coding standards across the sales technology stack.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in a capital markets or financial services environment
- Strong hands-on proficiency in Python and Java; ability to own full-stack delivery across both
- Deep understanding of equity derivatives products (including structured notes, autocallables, barrier options, and equity-linked products) from a sales and technology perspective
- Demonstrated experience working with or integrating into structured product distribution platforms: SIMON, Luma, Evooq, OTCX, Halo, and/or CAIS
- Proven experience managing Bloomberg structured note contribution workflows, including secondary market price publication, BSYM/BBGID identifiers, and Bloomberg terminal integration
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and working with FIX or other financial messaging protocols
- Strong database proficiency across both relational and document-oriented paradigms
- Solid understanding of trade lifecycle, order management, and structured product workflows
- Proven track record of leading technical delivery in an Agile environment
- Confident communicator, able to engage sales, trading, and senior stakeholders with clarity and credibility
- Strong stakeholder management skills, balancing competing priorities across business and technology teams
- Mentorship-oriented, invested in developing junior engineers and analysts
- Pragmatic and delivery-focused, comfortable owning outcomes under production pressure
- Collaborative cross-functional partner, working closely with compliance, legal, and risk teams
- Structured, analytical thinker able to translate ambiguous business requirements into technical designs
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and containerized deployment (e.g., AWS, Azure, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with additional structured product platforms beyond those listed
- Exposure to structured products linked to other asset classes (rates, credit, FX)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in a regulated environment
- Knowledge of data engineering / ETL pipelines for reporting and analytics
- Prior experience with FIX protocol implementations in an OMS context
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks beyond MiFID II (e.g., Dodd-Frank, SEC Reg BI)
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