Associate Trader, Electronic Trade Desk

Location

Toronto Headquarters

Full time

Regulatory Capital Markets

• CA $101.6K – CA $127K
  • Offers Equity

Base salary range:
For this role, candidates located in Canada can expect a base salary range, described in the posting. Actual compensation is determined based on skills, experience, and role level. Exceptional candidates may be considered above the top of the range, and pay can increase quickly for those who make a big impact in the role.

Total compensation:
In addition to base salary, permanent employees receive equity compensation. We use clear job levels and market-based salary bands to ensure compensation is fair and consistent across the company.

Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator. The company offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $125 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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The Trade Desk team is at the backbone of our investment products, ensuring that client trades are executed efficiently and we are operating optimally. We are a group of maker-owners who manage billions of dollars, so the stakes are high.

This role will focus on operational excellence and efficiency, working closely with teams across Brokerage Operations to ensure the best outcomes for our clients.

As the Associate Trader for Self Directed Investing, you will work directly on the Trading team to support, assist, and monitor trading operations, with a primary emphasis on futures and options. While your focus will skew toward derivatives, you will still support all aspects of the business (equities, crypto, and more). You will be tasked with automating manual operational processes, leveraging AI tools to enhance efficiency, writing queries to gather business intelligence and supporting the trade desk in various initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity to meaningfully contribute to a dynamic company with the momentum of a successful team and product behind you.

• Lead the day-to-day effort across trading operations on the SDI trade desk, with a specific focus on derivatives workflows, to measure, track and improve associated operations.
• Support the team on major initiatives: new order types, new asset classes, and net new product launches, from early scoping through to execution.
• Manage cross-functional relationships across product, compliance, regulatory, trading, brokerage operations and client experience — balancing competing priorities and keeping the right people informed.
• Build and improve operational processes using SQL, AI tools, and automation — turning manual, time-consuming workflows into something more efficient and scalable.
• Monitor operational metrics and controls, identify anomalies early, and support risk management across derivatives workflows.
• Manage and execute (once registered) inventory for assets impacting SDI trading, including equities, options and crypto.
• Contribute to post-incident remediation and root cause analysis when things go wrong — and help make sure they don't go wrong the same way twice.

• Active CIRO registration to trade equities, options, and futures.
• 2-4 years of direct capital markets experience.
• Deep working knowledge of derivatives markets, specifically futures and options; solid understanding of equities and crypto.
• Hands‑on experience in trade support and trading operations, including order execution.
• Strong SQL skills and experience writing queries for operational or analytical purposes.
• Familiarity with FIX protocol and UAT testing.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, Claude Code) to automate tasks, build workflows, and improve operational efficiency — including prompt engineering.
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