Backend Software Engineer, Trading & Data Platform

Arta Finance•Mountain View, CA

About The Position

Arta is on an audacious and incredibly rewarding mission: to pave the way for people everywhere to lead more successful financial lives. Arta leverages AI and sophisticated digital tools—once reserved for ultra-high-net-worth individuals—and makes them accessible to a broader global audience. Think of it as your own digital family office, combining intelligent investment strategies, alternative assets, private market access, and smart automation to help you grow and protect your wealth effortlessly. We value trust, teamwork, and adaptability. Think: intelligent investing, personalized portfolios, and real-time trading, all backed by robust data infrastructure. We’re building the backend systems that power Arta’s trading platform, billing infrastructure, and real-time financial data pipelines. You’ll work closely with product managers, designers, ML researchers, and investment professionals — but your core focus will be designing and scaling the services, pipelines, and APIs behind these mission-critical systems. This is a role for a backend engineer who thrives in high-stakes, data-intensive environments and enjoys solving complex distributed systems problems — from market data ingestion, to transaction workflows, to revenue and billing accuracy (where “close enough” is not a thing).

Requirements

4+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering, ideally in fintech, trading, or other high-reliability domains
Strong programming skills in Python
Proven experience working with data-intensive systems, both batch and real-time
Hands-on experience building and scaling data pipelines and streaming systems (Kafka, Spark, Airflow, or equivalents)
Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), and containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes)
Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, time-series databases, or similar storage systems
Familiarity with market data feeds, order management systems, or electronic trading platforms is a plus
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership and ambiguity

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with market data feeds, order management systems, or electronic trading platforms is a plus
Bonus: Familiarity with quantitative finance, portfolio optimization, or risk modeling
Bonus: Exposure to ML-driven systems for trading or investment management
Bonus: Experience with GraphQL, gRPC, or WebSockets for low-latency interfaces

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable, secure, high-performance backend services supporting our trading and analytics platform
Own and evolve our market data ingestion and processing pipelines, integrating data from exchanges, providers, and internal systems
Build and maintain RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services used by internal and external consumers
Contribute to architecture decisions involving microservices, event-driven systems, and real-time streaming
Ensure system reliability through strong practices in observability, fault tolerance, monitoring, and incident response
Work closely with frontend, data science, and product teams to deliver seamless user experiences backed by robust backend infrastructure
Stay current on market data standards, trading protocols, and relevant regulatory considerations (MiFID II, FINRA, etc.)

Benefits

A competitive salary and benefits package, with ample opportunities for growth and advancement
A vibrant and dynamic work environment where innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning are highly valued
The opportunity to work with a diverse and talented team of industry experts, passionate about shaping the future of finance
Robust health insurance offering for you and your family
High deductible health plan available with health savings account contribution
20 weeks of parental leave
17 days PTO annually

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