Software Engineer (Java) – Front Office Pricing & Risk

TD•Toronto, ON

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Transparency team is a Front Office development team responsible for building cross-asset pricing and risk systems, primarily focused on FICC derivatives. The team partners closely with Sales, Trading, and Quant teams to deliver applications that support pricing, risk, and electronic trading workflows globally. This is a global team with engineers across Toronto, London, New York, and Singapore, working on systems critical to TD’s trading activities. We are looking for a Software Engineer with strong Core Java fundamentals to join our pricing and risk services team. This role is well suited for engineers who have solid backend development experience, are interested in financial markets and trading systems, and want to grow their domain knowledge in pricing and risk. You will work closely with business and quantitative teams to build scalable, high-performance services.

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience
Strong Core Java (JDK 11+) fundamentals
Good understanding of Object-oriented design
Good understanding of Data structures and algorithms
Good understanding of Multithreading/concurrency basics
Experience building backend services or distributed systems
Familiarity with REST APIs, messaging, or event-driven systems
Experience with testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
Strong interest in financial markets and trading systems
Ability to work closely with business users (Sales/Trading)
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to work in a collaborative, global team
Eagerness to learn and grow in both technical and business domains

Nice To Haves

Python or other scripting languages
Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Solace, Kafka, ZeroMQ)
Frontend exposure (React/Angular)
Performance tuning or low-latency systems
Experience in Fixed Income, FX, Swaps, or Options
Exposure to pricing or risk systems
Familiarity with capital markets or electronic trading environments

Responsibilities

Develop and enhance backend services for pricing and risk systems using Java
Collaborate with Sales, Trading, and Quant teams to implement business requirements
Contribute to the design and delivery of scalable, reliable systems
Support integration with downstream consumers (eTrading, analytics, etc.)
Write clean, testable, and maintainable code
Participate in code reviews, testing, and CI/CD practices
Continuously learn and build understanding of financial products and trading workflows