The Role: 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 San Francisco, CA.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
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
For residents of San Francisco, CA the annual salary range for this role is $174,000-$210,000 annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factorsUpon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches.
