Staff Software Engineer (Institutional, FCM)

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The role

The company is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the FCM team at the company Financial Markets, its CFTC-regulated futures commission merchant. The role covers the futures trade lifecycle and a replatforming onto a newer architecture. Remote-first company.

What you will do

  • Own design and architecture across the FCM core, from market data and order routing to settlement, reporting and risk
  • Drive the replatforming and reduce dependence on legacy vendors
  • Set the technical bar through code, design reviews and standards
  • Work with Product, CFM Risk and Ops, Finance and Compliance to deliver correct, auditable systems
  • Mentor engineers across the team

What they ask for

  • 8+ years of backend engineering on complex production distributed systems
  • Direct FCM or derivatives experience in part of the futures trade lifecycle
  • Proficiency in a modern backend language (Go preferred, or Java) and event-driven, high-availability design
  • Experience in a regulated financial environment such as CFTC or NFA
  • Track record delivering end to end, including migrations off legacy systems
  • Ion XTP or similar exchange platform experience is preferred

What they offer

  • Equity and bonus eligibility

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