Software Developer | Banking & Capital Markets

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy delivering client and industry driven solutions through our 5 core specialist Practices; Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, IT Operations, Change & Transformation, and Risk, Regulation & Compliance.

FDM is seeking a Experienced Software Developer located in Toronto to support a project in the Banking & Capital Markets sector. Involvement in this project is anticipated to last initially 12 months but may be extended.

This role will be hybrid with requirements to be in office 3 days per week.

We are seeking hands-on developers with experience building and supporting enterprise applications within financial services. Potential projects include digital banking, payments integration, capital markets platforms, wealth technology, and application modernization.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, test, and support enterprise applications and services.
• Build APIs and integrations connecting applications, databases, and business platforms.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, QA, and DevOps teams across the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and production releases.
• Troubleshoot issues and improve application performance, reliability, and security.

About You

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in one or more core development stacks, such as Java/Spring Boot, C#/.NET, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience delivering technology within banking, capital markets, payments, wealth management, or related financial services.
• Experience with APIs, systems integration, SQL, and relational databases.
• Familiarity with Git, automated testing, CI/CD, and Agile delivery.
• Experience working within large, cross-functional teams, with ownership of development work through production.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Additional experience we value

• Backend engineering: microservices, distributed systems, Kafka, or other messaging technologies.
• Full-stack development: React or Angular alongside backend development.
• Cloud delivery: AWS or Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and deployment automation.
• Financial platforms: trading, clearing and settlement, securities processing, collateral, payments, or wealth systems.
• Modernization: application migrations, legacy-platform integration, and automation.
• Applied AI: LLM integrations, RAG, agentic workflows, or AI-assisted software delivery.

Candidates are not expected to have every skill listed. We are interested in your strongest technical expertise and evidence of successful delivery.

Please submit your résumé highlighting your primary technology stack, relevant financial-services projects, and individual contributions.