Staff Software Engineer - Margin & Risk

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer - Margin & Risk based in Canada.

• As a Staff Software Engineer, you will provide technical direction for mission-critical margin and risk systems spanning multiple asset classes.
• You’ll design and build infrastructure that calculates margin, enforces real-time exposure limits, and manages margin calls from initiation through resolution.
• The role combines distributed systems engineering, financial risk expertise, low-latency architecture, and a strong focus on correctness.
• You’ll work across equities, options, crypto, and emerging asset classes, treating customer exposure as a unified cross-asset risk picture.
• Your decisions will directly influence financial safety, system reliability, regulatory controls, and the trading experience.
• You’ll lead through architecture, code, design reviews, and mentorship rather than direct people management.
• Working with engineering, product, operations, compliance, and adjacent platform teams, you’ll establish scalable foundations for a growing global financial platform.