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About the Role

Engineer and lead the backbone of real-time credit decisioning for global trading. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role building and operating ultra-reliable, low-latency Java services where milliseconds matter and correctness is non-negotiable. You will set technical direction, remain actively involved in design and code reviews, and lead a small team of engineers partnering closely with trading, quant, and risk teams to deliver systems that scale under peak market load.

Responsibilities

Own solution design for high-throughput, highly available components; drive concurrency best practices, JVM tuning, and rigorous performance profiling to meet strict SLOs.
Oversee data preparation, validation, and model lifecycle management in line with established standards, with a focus on correctness, auditability, and repeatability.
Lead design reviews, code reviews, and build quality bars across the SDLC; remove blockers and raise the team’s engineering game with a Java-first approach.
Evolve and support a mission-critical automated trading platform (observability, incident response, root-cause analysis) with an eye to resiliency, failover, and graceful degradation.
Set clear goals, coach, and develop top talent; foster an inclusive, high-trust environment aligned to our values; reward outcomes and elevate performance.
Partner across trading, quant, risk, operations, and platform engineering to plan roadmaps, manage dependencies, and communicate progress with clarity.
Ensure engineering practices meet control requirements (testing, documentation, release discipline, model governance); implement change as market conditions and business priorities shift.
Take on broader responsibilities that advance the platform and the business.

Requirements

7+ years in software engineering with significant enterprise Java focus; experience leading engineers or managing a dev team in a front-office or near-front-office context.
Track record delivering low-latency, distributed systems supporting trading or risk workflows; comfort operating in high-stakes, trader-facing environments.
Post-secondary degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
Combination of technical leadership, delivery excellence, and domain knowledge expected.
Strong fundamentals in Computer Science & Data Structures, clean code and API design, and testability.
Understanding of pricing, market microstructure, and trade lifecycle.
Proficiency in CI/CD, automated testing, release discipline, and operational runbooks.
Crisp written/oral communication; ability to influence across functions.
Excels in cross-group execution, making sound decisions with incomplete information.
Uses metrics, SLIs/SLOs, and evidence to guide priorities and trade-offs.
Adaptability
Learning Agility
Relationship Building — thrive in a fast market and complex stakeholder landscape.
Java (primary), Spring/Spring Boot, REST; event-driven and microservice patterns.
Concurrency, lock contention analysis, GC tuning, async/reactive patterns; load and latency testing.
Kafka/Solace (or equivalent), pub/sub, back-pressure and replay strategies.
Oracle/PostgreSQL; schema design for high throughput; familiarity with Redis/Hazelcast (or equivalent).
Metrics, logs, tracing (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK/Splunk); SLI/SLO management and on-call readiness.
Git, Jenkins/Azure DevOps CI/CD; Docker/Kubernetes; experience with Azure preferred.
Secrets management, least-privilege access, auditability, model governance alignment.

Skills

Java
low latency
multi-threading/concurrency
collections
JVM performance tuning
memory management
profiling
Computer Science
Data Structures
clean code
API design
testability
Risk Analytics
Financial Markets
pricing
market microstructure
trade lifecycle
Automation
Delivery
CI/CD
automated testing
release discipline
operational runbooks
Communication
Leadership
Collaboration
Ambiguity
Data-Driven Decisions
Adaptability
Learning Agility
Relationship Building
Spring/Spring Boot
REST
event-driven patterns
microservice patterns
lock contention analysis
GC tuning
async/reactive patterns
load and latency testing
Kafka
Solace
pub/sub
back-pressure
replay strategies
Oracle
PostgreSQL
schema design
Redis
Hazelcast
Metrics
logs
tracing
Prometheus
Grafana
ELK
Splunk
SLI/SLO management
on-call readiness
Git
Jenkins
Azure DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
Azure
Security
Controls
Secrets management
least-privilege access
auditability
model governance

Location

100 King Street West

Work Type

Salaried

Experience Level

7+ years
significant enterprise Java focus
experience leading engineers or managing a dev team

Education Level

Post-secondary degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)

Salary/Compensations

$85,500.00 - $185,000.00

Benefits

health insurance
tuition reimbursement
accident and life insurance
retirement savings plans

About the Company

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.
As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.
To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

Equal Opportunity

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.