Ask HN: Toronto software market

Posted by MrGuinness on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @11:33AM
from the ask-hn dept.

H HN community, I'm looking for financial technology software firms in Toronto but am coming up empty. Surely some must exist; perhaps I'm a poor Google-er. I'm looking for firms that build software for the finance / capital markets industry. I've searched Google, Stackoverflow careers and LinkedIn.

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by andykim22 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @05:15PM (#9971634)

Give Kira Inc. a look: https://kirasystems.com/ Based in Toronto, Kira systems builds machine learning contract analysis & review that helps professionals (including those in the finance/capital markets industry) complete contract review and analysis faster and more accurately.

Here's also an intro to machine learning, just in case: http://www.r2d3.us/visual-intro-to-machine-learning-part-1/?...

Good luck with your search!

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by dangerboysteve on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:02PM (#9969516)

I'm sure there is one or two firms being being that Toronto is the finance capital of Canada.

A quick google search turned up: http://www.intelliware.com/

But you could always search the job sites and boards for companies hiring developers to get an idea who is out there. Example:

http://www.simplyhired.ca/k-c++-finance-software-developer-l...

maybe craft your searches on specific languages and technologies used in capital markets. This may yield better results on LinkedIn.

Also checked out the quantopian.com community

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by chollida1 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:43PM (#9970253)

Feel free to contact me, email in profile.

I'm pretty connected in the Toronto finance community.

I'll help if I can, and your abilities are suitable:) At the least I can probably get your resume to a few different funds and banks.

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by MrGuinness on Friday August 07, 2015 @02:03PM (#10023939)

Thanks, I will!

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by kohanz on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:06PM (#9969990)

Algorithmics [0] (acquired by IBM [1]) is one.

[0] http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/algorithmics/

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmics_Inc.

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by tixocloud on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @03:19PM (#9970954)

There are quite a few (i.e. Wealthsimple, Financeit) Is there anything particular you're looking for?

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by sniW on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @05:27PM (#9971700)

Hey there, I’m a programer at Wealthsimple. We're currently looking for web, iOS, and Android devs, as well as engineers with expertise in financial backoffice, financial modeling, and analytics.

Feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] - happy to chat more about the technical problems we’re solving

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by tixocloud on Thursday July 30, 2015 @03:15PM (#9977281)

Sure, I'll drop you a line. Definitely interesting in the sort of stuff that you guys are solving especially within the analytics space.

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by goldlist on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @04:44PM (#9971437)

Check out the MaRS FinTech cluster: http://www.marsdd.com/our-sectors/information-and-communicat...

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by hackerboos on Thursday July 30, 2015 @03:35PM (#9977407)

http://www.otpp.com/careers/career-opportunities

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by karmakaze on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:50PM (#9970315)

There's OANDA for forex.

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Re:Ask HN: Toronto software market by khnd on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:42PM (#9972791)

wealthsimple

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