Software Engineer III
Topstep
•$132,000 - $168,000•Hybrid
About The Position
As a Software Engineer III at Topstep, you'll play a foundational role in building our Trader Experience platform using React, TypeScript, and GraphQL. You'll be instrumental in embedding within feature teams to drive ongoing web development. This is an opportunity to shape the experience for traders. This role is ideal for someone who brings both deep web development expertise and a product mindset. Join us and help define what mobile excellence looks like at Topstep.
Requirements
- 3 + years of professional experience building production web applications, with demonstrated impact on scalability and reliability.
- A solid full-stack foundation, with strength in backend API design (TypeScript, GraphQL, REST) and modern frontend development (React, Next.js, TypeScript).
- Strong database fundamentals, including experience with PostgreSQL or SQL Server - schema design, migrations, indexing, and query optimization.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical concepts for a range of audiences.
- A production mindset and bias toward action - embracing metrics, logging, tracing, on-call participation, and end-to-end ownership of delivery.
Nice To Haves
- Deep expertise in designing and operating scalable, distributed systems, including event-driven architectures, message queues, eventual consistency, and race condition handling, with a strong focus on performance, security, and maintainability.
- Experience building financial, trading, or fintech mobile applications where real-time data, reliability, and security are critical.
- Comfort with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate cloud-native applications with an emphasis on reliability, safe deployments, and operational simplicity.
- Embed automated testing, observability, and operational ownership into every stage of feature delivery.
- Proactively identify and resolve issues, helping ensure our platform remains stable, performant, and ready to grow.
- Collaborate with product engineering teams to champion event-driven best practices and deliver scalable, resilient solutions.
Benefits
- Seven Company-paid Holidays
- generous Family Leave
- Paid time off is front-loaded
- Competitive 401(k) matching
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- Vacations are encouraged with a bonus for taking 5 consecutive days
- food and groceries budget
- contributes towards health and wellness
- performance-based bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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