Senior Software Engineer II of Trading

About this role

Your Opportunity As a Senior Software Engineer II focusing on trading engineering, you will play a critical role in delivering 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 ensure seamless integration of trading technologies into products, improving both user experience and application performance.

Location: This role requires 2-3 days a week in office in Soho, NY.

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

What you have Qualifications:

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 (e.g., TypeScript, C#, Java)

2+ years of experience in dynamic scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Ruby)

Experience with real-time data processing and event-driven systems (e.g., WebSockets, Kafka)

Strong SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL

Experience building CI/CD pipelines and managing production deployments

Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, 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, proven ability to unblock and mentor other engineers

Strong track record of delivery in high-performance engineering environments, commitment to diversity, inclusion, and building high-performing teams