The CGI Team is responsible for delivering highly critical pricing and risk calculation capabilities to a wide range of internal consumers, from Front Office to Regulatory Risk. Business users such as quantitative risk analysts, Front Office teams, and risk managers regularly collaborate with us to shape development priorities. The significant daily data volume requires innovative solutions to ensure our compute and data storage systems scale effectively with increasing trade populations and evolving regulatory needs.
Our tech stack is predominantly composed of distributed .NET services, relational and distributed databases, and a caching layer based on Couchbase. Our calculations are transitioning from IBM Symphony Grid Manager to a new cloud-compatible open-source grid manager: ArmoniK. The real-time framework (streaming, contribution, flows, pre-trade), designed for low-latency constraints, is primarily implemented in C++.
We are currently evaluating and implementing solutions involving cloud bursting and cloud-native services. We are seeking highly skilled individuals to help implement, extend, and support our computing middleware systems, including reviewing the real-time framework, grid, and cloud-oriented components, and contributing to the project roadmap and architectural governance.
- Contribute to the development and optimization of the distributed computing middleware used by the trading, risk management, and quantitative teams.
- Participate in the modernization of a stack composed of distributed .NET services, relational and distributed databases, C++, Couchbase caching, and the migration to the open-source, cloud-native ArmoniK grid engine.
- Contribute to the redesign of a low-latency, real-time framework in C++.
- Design and implement cloud-native solutions, including mechanisms for bursting computing to the cloud.
- Work closely with business users and quantitative analysts to understand functional requirements and ensure the quality and performance of delivered solutions.
- Participate in architectural decisions, propose improvements, and contribute to the technology roadmap.
Mandatory
- 7+ years of experience
- Fluent in English and French* require for the position
- Expertise in developing services using C# / .NET Core / C++
- Strong aptitude for designing, producing, and tuning highly secure code
- Solid knowledge of real-time software development in C++, ideally in electronic markets
- Proven experience in profiling, monitoring, optimization, and production support for real-time distributed systems
- Clear understanding of multithreaded systems
- Autonomy and excellent communication skills
- Interest in modern technologies and software development best practices
- Basic experience in pricing and market making is desirable
Desirable
- Experience with static, dynamic, and web analysis tools (Checkmarx, SonarQube, OWASP Zap, Clair Container)
- Knowledge of serverless architectures and cloud-agnostic tools
- Familiarity with GitLab, JIRA, and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible)
- Experience with stream processing technologies (Kafka, Spark)
- Proficiency in performance analysis and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Kiali)
- Experience managing Linux servers/VMs
- Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters
*Bilingualism (French and English) is required for this position due to the nature of the role requiring interactions with domestic and global clients.
Loc: Montreal
Work mode: On site
CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $60,000–$115,000. This role is an existing vacancy.
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