Sr. Software Engineer building and owning Scala-based backend systems for NinjaTrader's Evaluation Services, including real-time auto-liquidation, risk evaluation, and trading services. Requires 5+ years backend experience with strong Scala, actor models, PostgreSQL, and event-driven architectures.
125k – 175k/yrHybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Trading Systems
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Lead design, development, and optimization of Scala-based, low-latency trading infrastructure and services for high-volume, 24x7 retail futures trading. Requires extensive experience building high-performance distributed trading systems, JVM tuning, and mentoring engineers.
195k – 220k/yrOn-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sr. Software Engineer II, Exchange Connectivity
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Senior software engineer building and maintaining low-latency exchange connectivity, market data handlers, and order gateways for a leading trading platform. Requires 8+ years trading industry experience with C++ or Rust.
140k – 190k/yrHybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Scala
NinjaTraderChicago, IL +23
Staff-level Scala engineer to design, build, and operate a high-throughput, low-latency trading platform on Kubernetes. Requires 8+ years building reactive distributed systems and 5+ years with Scala/JVM.
160k – 200k/yrHybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sr. Software Engineer II, Trading Services
NinjaTraderChicago, IL +23
Design, build, and deploy scalable Scala backend systems in Kubernetes for high-performance trading platform. Requires 6+ years experience and strong distributed systems expertise.
140k – 190k/yrHybrid6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sr. Software Engineer, Backend - NT Connect
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Senior backend engineer building scalable API and WebSocket services for a fintech brokerage platform. Requires 8+ years experience with JVM languages, Kubernetes/GCP, and distributed systems in a hybrid Chicago role.
100k – 150k/yrHybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, FCM
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Staff Engineer owns technical architecture for FCM platform's Transaction Ledger & Treasury systems, modernizing to cloud-native GCP/Kubernetes while ensuring financial correctness and regulatory compliance. Requires 8+ years experience in distributed systems, backend languages, and financial tech.
160k – 210k/yrHybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
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Sr. Software Engineer
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Sr. Software Engineer building and owning Scala-based backend systems for NinjaTrader's Evaluation Services, including real-time auto-liquidation, risk evaluation, and trading services. Requires 5+ years backend experience with strong Scala, actor models, PostgreSQL, and event-driven architectures.
125k – 175k/yrHybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Principal Software Engineer, Trading Systems
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Lead design, development, and optimization of Scala-based, low-latency trading infrastructure and services for high-volume, 24x7 retail futures trading. Requires extensive experience building high-performance distributed trading systems, JVM tuning, and mentoring engineers.
195k – 220k/yrOn-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sr. Software Engineer II, Exchange Connectivity
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Senior software engineer building and maintaining low-latency exchange connectivity, market data handlers, and order gateways for a leading trading platform. Requires 8+ years trading industry experience with C++ or Rust.
140k – 190k/yrHybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer - Scala
NinjaTraderChicago, IL +23
Staff-level Scala engineer to design, build, and operate a high-throughput, low-latency trading platform on Kubernetes. Requires 8+ years building reactive distributed systems and 5+ years with Scala/JVM.
160k – 200k/yrHybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sr. Software Engineer II, Trading Services
NinjaTraderChicago, IL +23
Design, build, and deploy scalable Scala backend systems in Kubernetes for high-performance trading platform. Requires 6+ years experience and strong distributed systems expertise.
140k – 190k/yrHybrid6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sr. Software Engineer, Backend - NT Connect
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Senior backend engineer building scalable API and WebSocket services for a fintech brokerage platform. Requires 8+ years experience with JVM languages, Kubernetes/GCP, and distributed systems in a hybrid Chicago role.
100k – 150k/yrHybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, FCM
NinjaTraderChicago, IL
Staff Engineer owns technical architecture for FCM platform's Transaction Ledger & Treasury systems, modernizing to cloud-native GCP/Kubernetes while ensuring financial correctness and regulatory compliance. Requires 8+ years experience in distributed systems, backend languages, and financial tech.