Senior Software Developer (Front End), Trading
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WealthsimpleFinancial technology
Remote (Canada)Full-TimeSenior
SalaryCA$151.2K - CA$189K; CA$151.2K – CA$189K • Offers Equity
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Required Skills
- GraphQLAndroidKotlinReact NativeSwiftTypeScriptReactiOS
Requirements
- Have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Have a track record of shipping production-grade systems that real users depend on.
- Bring strong frontend fundamentals with React and TypeScript.
- Build performant, reliable client experiences and understand their behavior under real-world conditions.
- Bring an AI-first development workflow, including judgment about model risks and verification before changes reach production.
- Demonstrate product judgment and a maker-owner mindset, with interest in owning and growing a domain.
- Provide technical leadership through code, reviews, and design documentation.
- Navigate ambiguity and work collaboratively with a low-ego approach.
- React Native experience is preferred.
- Native mobile experience with Swift/iOS or Kotlin/Android is a strong plus.
- Trading, brokerage, or other real-time, high-reliability financial experience is a plus.
- GraphQL and performance optimization experience are a plus.
- Ruby on Rails, Kotlin, or Java experience is helpful but not required.
Responsibilities
- Own complex, end-to-end frontend projects across the trading experience, from technical design through implementation, launch, and iteration.
- Build and improve client-facing surfaces that power order flow and trading products, focusing on reliability, performance, and correctness.
- Work on order entry and execution, options trading, real-time market data, and portfolio experiences across equities, options, and crypto.
- Make architectural decisions and help balance speed, quality, and scale.
- Partner with Product and Design to clarify goals, surface trade-offs, and deliver outcomes.
- Build to the reliability and observability standards required by trading journeys.
- Use AI-centric workflows to ship faster and safer.
- Raise the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, documentation, pairing, and mentorship.
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