About ClearBlue:
ClearBlue Markets is a global leader in carbon markets, helping clients navigate carbon pricing and offset strategies to drive real climate impact. With offices in Toronto, Calgary, Amsterdam, and Colombia, our team blends deep policy expertise, trading experience, and technology to support organizations across compliance and voluntary markets. Recognized as Best Advisory by Environmental Finance multiple years in a row, we’re a mission-driven company building a collaborative, fast-growing, and people-first culture that balances performance with purpose. You’ll be joining a company in rapid growth mode. That means cross functional collaboration, curiosity, ownership and care are just as important as technical skill. We value transparency, a first principles approach, and impact. We’re ecstatic to welcome teammates who want to grow with us.
Job Title: Software Engineer (full Stack -AWS/PostgreSQL/Python/FastAPI/TypeScript/React)
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada
Job Overview:
ClearBlue Markets is building a sophisticated financial intelligence platform that powers high-end advisory services for institutional clients navigating global carbon markets. Our enterprise-grade application serves Fortune 500 companies, major industrial emitters, and leading financial institutions—delivering complex market analytics, pricing intelligence, and regulatory compliance tools through advanced data visualization and financial modeling capabilities.
As a Software Engineer, you'll develop features for our Vantage platform, working with intricate financial datasets, multi-jurisdictional carbon pricing mechanisms, and enterprise-scale data infrastructure. You'll build sophisticated interfaces featuring complex interactive tables, advanced charting libraries, and market dashboards that rival leading financial terminals. You'll also design and implement integrations with third-party data providers, regulatory systems, and external market platforms. Our engineering team maintains a rapid release cadence with multiple deployments per week while ensuring zero-downtime operations for our clients.
Environmental commodity markets—encompassing carbon credits, emissions allowances, and offset instruments across 15+ global jurisdictions—are evolving rapidly. You'll work in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment where you'll master both financial technology and environmental commodity markets.
Reporting directly to the Vice President of Engineering, you'll collaborate with a distributed team of several software engineers across Toronto and Amsterdam. Together, we're building the essential infrastructure that enables businesses worldwide to achieve their decarbonization objectives while managing complex compliance obligations and financial risks. The role requires you to work 4-days in our Toronto office.
What makes this role unique:
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Build FinTech-caliber applications for the carbon markets sector
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Work with sophisticated financial instruments and multi-market pricing data
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Develop complex data grids, interactive visualizations, and analytical tools comparable to professional financial market platforms
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Solve challenging technical problems involving data processing, financial calculations, and regulatory compliance automation
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Join a team that values technical proficiency, promotes a can-do attitude, and encourages transparent communication about your work
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Contribute in an environment where engineers are empowered to make technical decisions and drive innovation
Skills:
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Excellent problem-solving skills and analytical thinking
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An affinity for financial and commodities markets
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Ability to work proactively on both independent and collaborative tasks with minimal direction and ambiguity
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Strong sense of accountability—ability to work under pressure, meet documented timelines, and communicate progress transparently
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Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate technical and non-technical concepts effectively across the team
Core Technical Expertise:
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Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar)
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System design and architecture
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Python 3
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TypeScript / React
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FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Alembic
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HTTP, REST APIs, OAuth 2, CORS, JWT
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Git, CI/CD systems
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Linux, Docker
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PostgreSQL
Bonus skills:
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NumPy and Pandas
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AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, ELB, VPC and ideally also ECS and ECR)
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Terraform
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Auth0
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Elasticsearch
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Highcharts or similar charting libraries
Education:
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering
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Experience:
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3+ years of software development experience
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Prior experience developing AI-powered applications with a frontier LLM (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, etc.), including working knowledge of agent configuration and prompt engineering, is highly desirable
Why join ClearBlue Markets?
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Competitive compensation with opportunities for advancement as the company scales
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Modern tech stack / latest tools
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Flexible hybrid work arrangement (remote work one day per week)
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Opportunities to learn from experienced engineers and domain experts
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Collaborative team culture built on mutual support and inclusion
How to Apply?
Follow this link to ClearBlue Markets' Job Board. Best of luck!