# Engineering Manager, Trade Management

**Company:** [Forge](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/forge)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $225k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, C#, Java, Python, Kafka, WebSockets, Jira, Agile
**Posted:** 2026-07-30

> Lead the engineering team for Trade Management at Forge, owning trade settlement workflows and platform services. Combine people leadership, technical guidance, and hands-on development across backend/frontend while partnering with Product, Data, and Operations in a financial services environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the engineering team responsible for the Trade Management domain, including trade settlement workflows and related platform services.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Own the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering initiatives for trade management, ensuring projects are delivered on time and aligned with agreed estimates.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture discussions, code reviews, and hands-on contribution across backend and frontend systems.
- Drive engineering excellence by promoting modern software development practices, operational reliability, and continuous improvement.
- Stay current on emerging technologies, data engineering trends, and industry best practices, and advocate for their thoughtful adoption where they provide meaningful business value.

## Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of engineering management experience leading and developing software engineering teams.
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience using object-oriented programming languages such as TypeScript, C#, and Java.
- 2+ years of experience using Python or similar scripting languages for data-related workflows, with familiarity in modern data architectures such as data lakes and medallion architectures.
- Experience within Private Markets, Capital Markets, or Financial Services, with exposure to financial market data and trade lifecycle processes.
- Strong project management and execution skills, with demonstrated experience delivering complex initiatives from planning through deployment while contributing technically across backend and frontend systems.
- Experience working in Agile development environments and utilizing tools such as JIRA or similar project management platforms.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing and supporting real-time data processing systems and event-driven architectures using technologies such as Kafka and WebSockets.
- Experience managing or collaborating with distributed and nearshore engineering teams.

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