Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NinjaTrader is an industry-leading trading platform and futures broker dedicated to empowering traders with cutting-edge products and services. They are seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join their Trading Services team, responsible for evolving their advanced trading system and impacting the core high-throughput, low-latency trading application.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain our Scala and Akka-based trading system deployed on Kubernetes in the cloud
- Architect, deploy, and manage backend services in a Kubernetes environment to ensure scalability, availability, and resilience
- Implement and enhance our services architecture for trading applications, promoting modularity and maintainability
- Develop distributed systems to support the high-performance and low-latency requirements of trading platforms
- Implement robust monitoring and logging solutions to track and analyze backend system performance in real time
- Integrate backend systems with market data feeds, ensuring accurate and timely data for trading activities
- Collaborate with other engineering teams and Product Managers to deliver end-to-end customer solutions
Skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of software development experience with reactive, message-driven, distributed near real-time applications, preferably in a high-performance, low-latency environment
- 5+ years of professional experience with Scala (or similar JVM-based languages) backend software development
- Familiarity with functional programming principles
- Experience with Kubernetes and cloud services (e.g., Google Cloud Platform), with a focus on scalability and high availability
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent
- Exceptional troubleshooting, debugging, and diagnostic skills for cloud and web-based technologies using industry-standard observability tooling and frameworks
- Deep understanding of modern distributed systems and the ability to troubleshoot HTTP/HTTPS, WebSockets, TLS, DNS, TCP/IP, and similar protocols
- Dependable team player with a strong work ethic, exceptional accuracy, and analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on performance analysis and optimization
- Ability to take full ownership of projects (design, implement, test, deploy, maintain, and iterate), with a focus on delivering high-quality production software
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, collaborates effectively, seeks feedback, and strives for continual improvement
Benefits
- Annual target bonus of 12%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).
- 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions.
- Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of 23 days per year plus seven paid holidays.
- For Chicago-based employees, we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday, with remote work on Mondays and Fridays.
- 20 additional flex remote days annually
- 5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays
- Generous PTO
- 7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
- 1 Service Day Annually
- 401k with 3.5% Company Match
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave
- Health, Vision, Dental Coverage
- Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader
Company Overview
NinjaTrader provides trading software and brokerage services for futures, forex, and equities markets. It was founded in 2003, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.ninjatrader.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
NinjaTrader has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2025, 3 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.