Job Title: Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – Spread Products (Financing & Securitization)
Location: Mississauga, ON (Initially remote then hybrid)
Duration: 6 months (right to hire)
Hiring Event: November 18–19
Role Overview: Senior Forward Deployed Engineer with strong Java and Python expertise to build and deploy production-grade solutions for Fintech clients in the Spread Products domain. This customer-facing role combines software architecture, hands-on development, and client collaboration across trading, risk, and operations. Experience in Financing and Securitization is a plus.
Key Responsibilities
- Engage directly with clients to gather requirements, define solutions, and drive technical delivery.
- Design and develop scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot, Python, and microservices.
- Build and integrate REST/gRPC APIs, messaging systems, and enterprise applications.
- Optimize database performance across Oracle, MS SQL Server, and MongoDB.
- Develop CI/CD pipelines using Tekton/OpenShift Pipelines and Jenkins.
- Deploy and manage applications using Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and cloud platforms.
- Ensure production readiness, security, auditability, monitoring, and reliable deployments.
- Communicate architecture decisions, manage stakeholders, and own delivery from discovery through production.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in full-stack/backend development and customer-facing delivery.
- Strong Java, Core Java, Java 17+, Spring Boot, microservices, and REST/gRPC APIs.
- Production experience with Python, FastAPI/Flask, and data-processing libraries such as Pandas/NumPy.
- Hands-on experience with Tekton, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and CI/CD.
- Strong database design and performance tuning skills across Oracle, MS SQL Server, and MongoDB.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and Infrastructure as Code.
- Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React/Angular.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and ownership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fintech, Capital Markets, Spread Products, or Securitization (ABS/MBS) experience.
- Experience with Kafka, event-driven architecture, and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, or Splunk.
- Exposure to quantitative analytics, pricing, risk models, or ML using Python.
- Previous experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Technical Consultant.
Ideal Candidate: A hands-on senior engineer who combines strong Java expertise with Python proficiency, cloud-native engineering, and client-facing communication skills, and can independently deliver secure, reliable, production-ready solutions in a fast-paced financial services environment.
