Lead Java Developer

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 8, 2026
1 position

$75–$90 / hour

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Apply by: Nov 5, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Not Applicable
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Lead technical direction while writing production code and designing reliable, reusable, supportable, high-performance solutions for the Rates Derivative Pricing System. Partner with traders, Quants, and support teams to define requirements, deliver projects, resolve production issues, and recommend system improvements.

Job details

Overview Insight Global is seeking a lead Java developer in Toronto for a Canadian Tier 1 Bank, working on its Rates Derivative Pricing System. You will be the primary point of contact for traders, Quants, and support partners across North America and APAC, and will lead development projects that expand the system's capabilities to support the Capital Markets Macro trading business. This is a hands-on technical leadership role — you'll be writing production code daily while setting the technical direction for the work. It is not a people-management position; there are no direct reports. Leadership here means owning architecture and technical decisions, not line management. This is also a front-office-facing role at the intersection of finance and technology — you'll need the technical depth to build low-latency systems and the capital markets fluency to work directly with the trading desk. Responsibilities Remain hands-on, contributing production code while leading the technical direction of the work Partner with stakeholders to gather and define requirements Design and implement solutions optimised for performance, supportability, reusability, and reliability Contribute across the full software development lifecycle Deliver to deadlines within a fast-moving release cycle Resolve production issues and recommend system improvements Advise traders, Quants, support partners, and fellow team members Must-have Hands-on server-side Java development, with strong emphasis on concurrency, messaging, and event processing 1+ years setting technical direction in a lead or senior engineering capacity (hands-on technical leadership, not people management) Working knowledge of capital markets and the trade lifecycle, sufficient to communicate effectively with traders and Quants Curve building and interest rate swap pricing knowledge, with hands-on experience in at least one of the following: Rates curve building and pricing, or Rates eTrading FX forward curve building and pricing, or FX eTrading Credit curve building and pricing, or Credit eTrading Design and implementation of low-latency trading applications using real-time messaging technologies (Solace, TREP) Strong SQL and command of software design and architecture patterns Ability to break down complex business-domain requirements into technical solutions Experience providing L2 production support as part of a team Excellent verbal and written communication; a detail-oriented team player focused on quality Disclosure: Artificial Intelligence is used in the Hiring Process for this role.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires hands-on server-side Java experience, at least one year of hands-on technical leadership, capital markets and trade lifecycle knowledge, and experience in rates, FX, or credit curve building and pricing or eTrading. Candidates should also have low-latency real-time messaging experience, strong SQL and architecture skills, L2 production support experience, and excellent communication skills.