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Python Developer - Montreal - Up to $180,000 Starting Base + Exceptional Bonuses/Benefits

Summary

Build and maintain a high-performance, low-latency trading data platform that powers real-time risk analysis and systematic strategies for a quantitative finance firm.

$$$: Up to £160,000 Starting Base + Bonus + Benefits


The Opportunity:


We're looking to add a high-impact engineer to a small, specialised team responsible for the real-time risk and trading data platform that powers systematic strategies across the firm.


You’ll operate at the intersection of distributed systems, market data, and quantitative trading, designing high-reliability platforms that process large volumes of trading activity with strict latency and accuracy requirements.


Your Responsibilities (Full Spec Avail):



  • Build high-performance data services and pipelines that power real-time portfolio monitoring

  • Develop tools used by investment teams to analyse risk, exposures, and performance

  • Automate critical trading lifecycle workflows across derivatives and multi-asset portfolios

  • Partner closely with traders and quantitative researchers

  • Own systems end-to-end within a mission-critical trading environment


About You:



  • Strong CompSci fundamentals (degree ideally in CompSci or equivalent)

  • 4+ years building production software or data systems

  • Comfortable working with high-volume data pipelines, distributed services, or performance-sensitive platforms

  • Ownership mindset with the ability to take complex systems from design to production


Ready to build software where performance matters and every microsecond counts?

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