Staff Backend Engineer - Investment
Core
Set technical direction and architecture for stock trading systems (order management, market data, portfolio) ensuring correctness, latency, and reliability at peak volume.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (Investment/Trading Systems)
Builds
Fault-tolerant, low-latency trading services and integrations with exchange/clearing parties
Domain
Fintech / Capital Markets / High-frequency trading
Required skills
Java, Go, Microservices, Event-driven architecture, Kafka, Redis, Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), System design, Reliability engineering, Root cause analysis
Preferred skills
Capital markets background, Brokerage experience, Regulatory compliance knowledge
Technologies
Java, Go, Kafka, Redis, GCP, AWS
Responsibilities
Define technical direction for trading systems, Lead design of fault-tolerant services, Plan for peak load and failure scenarios, Lead investigations for production incidents, Mentor Senior Engineers, Stay hands-on with critical components
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship