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Principal Software Development Engineer

Office - Chicago💼 Full-time💰 $250,000–$250,000🗓 2026-07-10 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, low-latency brokerage systems and trading infrastructure for a global B2B financial technology platform.

Role type

Principal Software Development Engineer (Backend/Systems)

Builds

Scalable, highly available trading systems and APIs for US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, and options.

Domain

Financial Technology / Capital Markets

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Java, Golang, REST APIs, Microservices, Kafka, Kubernetes, SQL/NoSQL, Unix/Linux scripting, CI/CD, AWS/GCP/Azure, Test Driven Development, System Architecture

Preferred skills

Post Trade/Payment/SaaS experience, Event-driven architecture expertise

Technologies

Java, Golang, Kafka, Kubernetes, Postgres, MySQL, AWS, GCP, Azure, Jira, Git, Jenkins

Responsibilities

Lead technical architecture and delivery of high-performance brokerage systems; Design and maintain REST APIs and microservices; Assess application health and provide technology solutions; Develop automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines; Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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