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ForgeForgeNew York, NY

Senior Software Engineer II of Trading

Senior Software Engineer II building and scaling a high-performance trading platform for Forge's private equity marketplace. Requires 5+ years experience with compiled OO languages, real-time systems, and SQL databases.

174k – 210k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

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

Requirements

  • 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

Nice-to-Haves

  • Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and building high-performing teams

Skills

TypeScriptC#JavaPythonJavaScriptRubyWebSocketsKafkaPostgresMySQLCI/CDAWSAzureGCPGit
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