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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $80 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
About the team:
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
Join our growing team and collaborate with leaders across Product, Operations, Engineering, Trading, Data Science, Risk, Compliance and Client Success to build and expand our innovative trading products: delivering best-in-class futures trading and prediction markets experiences for our clients.
About the role:
We’re looking for a Manager, Futures to help us build and scale our futures and prediction markets products. In this role, you’ll blend deep subject-matter expertise with hands-on operational leadership — shaping features, managing risk, and ensuring smooth day-to-day execution. You’ll work closely with partners across the business to design resilient systems, keep our operations safe and efficient, and deliver products that clients can trust.
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In this role, you'll have the opportunity to:- Act as a subject-matter expert on futures clearing and prediction markets, shaping product features, daily operations, and risk practices.
- Build and improve systems, processes, controls, and tools to support the full product lifecycle — from launch through day-to-day execution.
- Oversee financial and collateral requirements, with a focus on optimizing capital efficiency.
- Lead daily operations like confirmations, settlement, expiry, delivery, and reconciliations, while supporting smooth rollout of new features.
- Partner on risk management by monitoring client activity, concentration limits, and firm exposure, and by strengthening controls to protect clients and the company.
- Contribute to policies, regulatory compliance, incident management, and client-facing materials that keep our operations safe, transparent, and aligned with industry standards.
What you'll bring:- Deep experience in futures clearing and settlement operations, ideally with major exchanges like CME or ICE.
- Strong knowledge of futures regulations (CFTC required), with proven experience in prediction markets (e.g., Kalshi) or crypto perpetuals (e.g., Coinbase).
- Hands-on expertise running day-to-day clearing and settlement, with a solid understanding of derivatives mechanics, margin, and operational requirements.
- A track record of working with engineering teams to design automation and build resilient operational systems.
- Familiarity with prediction market platforms (like Kalshi or Polymarket) and their settlement and lifecycle processes.
- Recognized derivatives certifications (e.g., FINRA Series 3, DFOL, FLC, CCSE, DFC).
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Why Wealthsimple?
🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business
🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days
📚 Up to $1,500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively
🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year
🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
We’re a remote-first team, with over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!
Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple
We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI, and tooling to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.
DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
