Job Description
Description
Trans-Canada Capital (TCC) is an innovative asset management firm specializing in non-traditional investment strategies for institutional investors. Since 2009, the team has successfully managed the pension assets of Air Canada, one of the largest corporate pension plans in the country. Over the years, we have earned an enviable reputation by generating superior returns through sophisticated strategies focusing on alpha generation in a rigorous risk-controlled framework. With more than $30 billion in assets under management, over 100 investment professionals based in Montreal, and a complete range of innovative solutions, TCC is well positioned to meet the needs of institutional investors seeking consistent returns.
Reporting to the Director of Technology, we are currently seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the IT team responsible for developing and maintaining investment systems, monitoring tools and proprietary systems. The ideal candidate is a C# and SQL developer with extensive experience in the financial markets space. You will work in an agile and fast-paced environment with a lot of room for growth, including management or leadership opportunities.
The candidate will choose TCC because of its collaborative work environment, its innovative approach to asset management, the sophistication and diversification of its investment strategies, its growth potential, the tight-knit relationship amongst the investment teams and the competitiveness of its total compensation package.
This is a hybrid position requiring three days per week at our office downtown Montreal.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, test, deploy, maintain, and support the firm’s application and data architecture supporting business and investment activities (Proprietary and third-party solutions)
- Involved with all technical software development activities within the team such as designing, planning, coding, code reviewing and testing
- Participate actively in the design of new technological solutions and IT architecture decisions
- Collaborating and liaising with business teams to understand business requirements and get user feedbacks on delivered solutions
- Support internal clients using data on a daily basis to drive investment decisions and produce reporting
- Write well thought-out code, with an emphasis on quality, performance, maintainability, and scalability
- Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices
- Be at the forefront of new technologies and suggest innovative and modern solutions
Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience (required)
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a software developer or analyst in the financial sector (required)
- Proven experience with investments systems such as Eagle, Bloomberg AIM, Murex, Markit EDM (required)
- Knowledge of sophisticated financial instruments such as OTC and derivatives, or good knowledge of financial markets (required)
- Proven experience with C#, .NET, MSSQL, Oracle, Git, Azure
- Experience developing front-end applications using frameworks such as React, Vue.js, Angular or similar
Skills:
- Engineering mindset
- Strong desire to learn and to stay up to date with new technologies
- Pro-active with strong sense of initiative and autonomy
- Analytical skills and critical thinking
- Excellent team player
- Strong communication skills in both French and English (required) -This position requires proficiency in a language other than French to provide support to clients and employees located outside Quebec or who require services in a language other than French.
Linguistic Requirements:
Bilingualism (English and French). This position requires proficiency in a language other than French to provide support to clients and employees located outside Quebec or who require services in a language other than French.
Diversity and Inclusion
Trans Canada Capital Inc. is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.
Trans Canada Capital Inc. thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.
The position is based in downtown Montréal.
