Fitch Group is currently seeking a Software Engineer based out of our Toronto office.How You'll Make an Impact:
- Demonstrate proficiency in full-stack technologies for enterprise-scale applications.
- Work as part of an agile team in design, development, debugging, and deployment efforts while addressing security, cross-browser and cross-platform expectations and concerns.
- Understand the importance of design best practices, provide effective translation to code artifacts and implement appropriate integration approach for API/data layer.
- Partner with Product Owners and stakeholders to understand business needs, define and develop applications/ architecture, design, review, implement and optimize Engineering processes.
- Build data expertise and a deep understanding of business domain knowledge and own data quality for allocated areas of ownership.
- Maintain and enhance microservices based components for the application suite.
- Recommend, create and maintain development best practices and guidelines to be used across various applications.
- Write automated unit, integration, performance and visual regression test cases.
- Integrate test case execution with the CI/CD pipeline to better align with the DevSecOps strategy.
- Promote, implement, and evolve development best practices especially on commits, versioning and dependency management.
You May be a Good Fit if:- 1-3 years of experience developing distributed applications with moderate-to-high complexity
- Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot for backend development
- Strong hands-on experience with OAuth 2.0 and OIDC (OpenID Connect) implementations - this is a core focus area
- Practical experience with SAML/SSO implementations and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in enterprise systems
- Advanced API design and security testing skills, including OAuth flow testing
- Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React for frontend development
- Working knowledge of AI/ML frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen) and understanding of how Agentic AI enhances development workflows
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot) and their practical application in daily coding
- Working knowledge of relational databases (Oracle/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB/DynamoDB) from both storage and compute perspectives
- Familiarity with RESTful API development and testing tools like Postman
- Experience with version control (Git/GitHub) and basic CI/CD concepts
- Ability to work in Agile/DevSecOps environments with emphasis on security, automation, and quality
What Would Make You Stand Out: - Working knowledge of Spring Security framework and custom authentication/authorization configurations
- Experience with Kubernetes/EKS for container orchestration and production deployments
- Proficiency with AWS CLI and AWS services (IAM, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions/Workflows and ArgoCD for implementing GitOps practices and automated deployment pipelines
- Interest in exploring AI integration patterns, prompt engineering, and emerging frameworks like Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Experience with microservices architecture and distributed system design patterns
- Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability tools in production environments
Why Choose Fitch: - Hybrid Work Environment: 2 days a week in office required.
- A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity
- Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals
- Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing
- Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively
- Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe
- Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community
Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch's credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.
FOR TORONTO ROLES ONLY: Expected base pay rates for the role will be between 80,000 CAD and 120,000 CAD per year. Actual salaries will be determined on an individualized basis and may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of Fitch's total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, long-term incentives, and other benefits sponsored by Fitch.
