Senior Software Engineer II of Trading
Forge Global3 months ago
Base Salary
$174k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Deliver software on schedule with accurate estimates.
- Own production changes, including monitoring and maintaining runbooks.
- Conduct high-quality code reviews and improve engineering standards.
- Design scalable, resilient, and high-performance trading platform architecture.
- Participate in design reviews and contribute to technical direction.
- Serve as a technical expert for trading systems for internal teams and external partners.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions with cross-functional teams.
- Solve complex engineering challenges, particularly involving code generation frameworks.
- Mentor and help unblock other engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5–8 years of software engineering experience.
- At least 5 years of development experience with compiled, object-oriented languages such as TypeScript, C#, or Java.
- At least 2 years of experience with dynamic scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Ruby.
- Experience with real-time data processing and event-driven systems such as WebSockets and Kafka.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines and managing production deployments.
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP and proficiency with Git, GitHub, and JIRA.
- Experience in private markets or financial services, especially financial market data.
- Strong collaboration skills and a track record of delivery in high-performance engineering environments.
- Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and building high-performing teams.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring 2–3 days per week in the San Francisco office.
- Employment offer background checks include employment and education verification, state and county criminal history searches, fingerprinting, and drug testing.
- Equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Tech Stack
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About Forge Global
Forge Global builds a secondary marketplace and data platform for trading private company shares, with custody services and APIs for integrations. It generates revenue from transaction fees, data subscriptions, and related private-markets services for employees, investors, and institutions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is publicly listed on the NYSE (FRGE) and publishes private market indices and analytics.