Senior Software Engineer I

Forge Global•San Francisco, CA

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Forge, we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, accountable, and humble. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to artificial intelligence, and more. With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge’s goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible, and seamless for companies, their employees, and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth. Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and is building a growing network effect. Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams, and innovators in this way. The Role: As our Senior Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in delivering a high-quality data platform responsible for maintaining and distributing Forge data to both internal and external clients. You will also improve and maintain internal user interfaces that interact with this data.

Requirements

3–5+ years of experience in development using object-oriented languages such as TypeScript, C#, or Java
Experience with scripting languages like Python for data-related tasks
Experience with front-end frameworks such as React and Tailwind CSS
Familiarity with modern data architectures (e.g., Medallion architecture, Data Lakes)
Experience in Private Markets or Financial Services, particularly with financial market data
Proven expertise in: CI/CD pipeline setup, Data orchestration, Application deployment, Code quality assurance
Strong project management skills, taking initiatives from planning through deployment with hands-on coding across backend and frontend
Proficiency with PostgreSQL, SQL queries, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Extensive experience with version control systems like Git and platforms like GitHub
Familiarity with Agile tools such as JIRA or similar

Nice To Haves

Experience migrating systems from legacy architectures to modern tech stacks
Knowledge of real-time data processing and event-driven architectures (e.g., WebSockets, Kafka)
Experience leading offshore and nearshore teams
Experience working with large language models (LLMs) and agent-based workflows

Responsibilities

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality software solutions
Implement software solutions in line with given estimates
Stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in data engineering and advocate for their adoption
Implement new features and maintain existing ones
Conduct code reviews, unit testing, and production deployments
Work within agile methodologies to ensure efficient delivery
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to define requirements clearly and deliver changes in a timely manner.