# Senior Software Engineer II of Trading

**Company:** [Forge](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/forge)
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $157k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, WebSockets, Kafka, SQL, Postgres, MySQL, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, GCP
**Posted:** 2026-04-28

> Builds and maintains high-performance trading platform architecture for private market marketplace. Requires 5+ years in compiled languages like TypeScript/C#/Java, real-time systems (Kafka/WebSockets), SQL databases, CI/CD, and cloud platforms.

## Job Description

## 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

## Qualifications
- **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 (**TypeScript**, **C#**, **Java**)
- **2+ years** of experience in dynamic scripting languages (**Python**, **JavaScript**, **Ruby**)
- Experience with real-time data processing and event-driven systems (**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

## Compensation
- For residents of Denver, CO the annual salary range for this role is **$157,000-$190,000 + annual bonus**. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors.

## Similar roles

- [Senior Software Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/55da3b45-2fbb-4848-8c5f-18a861a1760d) - Chainguard - Remote - $157k – $184k/yr
- [Senior Software Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f68f87b7-7fc4-4b09-a95a-40b461bb2bc3) - Chainguard - Remote - $157k – $184k/yr
- [Senior Software Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/dc447b88-506f-403a-baff-e4369ff94c60) - Chainguard - Remote - $157k – $184k/yr
- [Senior Software Engineer, Product Foundations](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/74e059de-841a-4a52-861f-9adeec432897) - Checkr - Denver, CO - $157k – $218k/yr
- [Sr Software Engineer-Networking](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/287b01d4-16be-4a1a-aba9-e7807ad9d3b4) - Databricks - Bellevue, WA - $157k – $214k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/8f3f2e3c-5132-4614-853e-c851ed9fd0e9
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/8f3f2e3c-5132-4614-853e-c851ed9fd0e9