Wealthsimple
Wealthsimple
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingFintechInsurance
Wealthsimple is a Canadian fintech company building digital tools for everyday financial management and long-term wealth building. Its platform brings together consumer banking, savings, chequing accounts, credit cards, self-directed trading in stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrency, as well as managed portfolios, tax services, and advisory wealth management for high-net-worth clients. Wealthsimple also provides financial education and planning tools designed to help retail customers make more informed decisions about their money.

Senior Frontend Software Developer, Trading — Canada Remote

Build dependable frontend systems for Wealthsimple’s trading products, supporting order flow, portfolio experiences, and real-time market data. Lead delivery across equities, options, and crypto while balancing performance, reliability, and product quality.

Description

  • Lead complex frontend initiatives across the trading platform, from technical design through delivery, launch, and continuous improvement.
  • Develop and enhance customer-facing interfaces that support order flow and trading products.
  • Prioritize dependable, performant, and correct software.
  • Build experiences for order entry and execution, options trading, real-time market data, and portfolios spanning equities, options, and crypto.
  • Shape architecture while balancing delivery speed, quality, and scalability.
  • Collaborate with Product and Design to define objectives, address trade-offs, and deliver meaningful outcomes.
  • Apply reliability and observability practices to critical trading journeys.
  • Use AI-focused development workflows to improve delivery speed and safety.
  • Participate in design and code reviews, documentation, pairing, and mentorship.

Requirements

  • At least five years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Strong frontend fundamentals with React and TypeScript.
  • React Native experience is preferred.
  • Swift/iOS or Kotlin/Android native mobile experience is a strong advantage.
  • An AI-first development approach, including agentic workflows, sound judgment, risk awareness, and verification practices.
  • Strong product judgment and an ownership-oriented maker mindset.
  • Technical leadership ability and clear communication skills.
  • Experience delivering production-grade systems relied on by real users.
  • Trading, brokerage, or high-reliability real-time financial product experience is a plus.
  • GraphQL and performance optimization experience are a plus.
  • Ruby on Rails, Kotlin, or Java experience is a plus.
  • Experience working in fast-paced environments with broad engineering ownership is a plus.
  • Interest in trading and investing is a plus.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
  • Must maintain permanent residence in Canada.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage and life insurance.
  • Long-term group savings plan with an employer match through Wealthsimple for Business.
  • Twenty vacation days annually.
  • Four wellness days annually.
  • Unlimited sick and mental health days per year.*
  • Option to work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year.*
  • Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS.
  • Equity compensation for permanent employees.
  • Opportunities to use AI tools and contribute to technology innovation.

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