Senior Software Engineer II of Trading
About The Position
As a Senior Software Engineer II focusing on trading engineering, you will help deliver a high-quality trading platform that powers trading functionality in the Forge Marketplace. You will identify opportunities to enhance trading products, including integrating modern low-latency technologies, and help define the direction and roadmap for trading engineering initiatives. You will collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to integrate trading technologies into products seamlessly and improve user experience and application performance. The role requires working in the Soho, New York office 2–3 days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5–8 years of software engineering experience.
- 5+ years of development experience in compiled, object-oriented languages such as TypeScript, C#, or Java.
- 2+ years of experience in dynamic scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Ruby.
- Experience with real-time data processing and event-driven systems, such as WebSockets or Kafka.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and managing production deployments.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Proficiency with Git, GitHub, and Agile tools such as JIRA.
- Experience in Private Markets or Financial Services, especially financial market data.
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills, with a proven ability to unblock and mentor other engineers.
- A strong track record of delivery in high-performance engineering environments.
- Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and building high-performing teams.
Responsibilities
- Deliver software on time with accurate estimates.
- Take ownership of production changes, including monitoring and maintaining runbooks.
- Provide high-quality code reviews and help improve team engineering standards.
- Design scalable and resilient trading platform architecture with a focus on performance.
- Participate in design reviews and contribute to technical direction.
- Serve as a technical expert for trading systems for internal teams and external partners.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Solve complex engineering challenges, particularly within code generation frameworks.
- Identify opportunities to enhance trading products, including integrating modern low-latency technologies.
- Help define the direction and roadmap for trading engineering initiatives.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to integrate trading technologies into products and improve user experience and application performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
