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Architects and optimizes high-volume database platforms supporting trading applications. Responsibilities include MySQL schema design, SQL and query optimization, migrations, scalability, reliability, observability, production issue resolution, developer tooling, and database architecture. The role partners with engineering and platform teams, leads technical initiatives, establishes database best practices, mentors engineers, and uses Google Cloud services to improve performance, resilience, and operational efficiency.

Administer and configure the Salesforce org, including users, permissions, objects, record pages, layouts, flows, validation rules, reports, and dashboards. Manage data imports, exports, cleanup, and integrity using Data Loader. Resolve admin requests, document changes, follow deployment practices, diagnose routine issues, and collaborate with analysts, developers, and stakeholders to deliver reliable solutions while expanding Salesforce expertise.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead the architecture of the FCM platform, ensuring financial correctness and system integrity, while modernizing systems and improving operational tooling.

Design, evolve, and optimize Scala-based, low-latency trading services. Lead architecture for scalability and performance, tune JVM/Akka systems, enhance observability, ensure security and regulatory compliance, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating cross-functionally to support 24x7 high-volume trading.

Lead the SRE function for NinjaTrader’s trading platform, ensuring availability, scalability, performance, and 99.95% uptime. Responsibilities include managing Kubernetes services, resolving production incidents, participating in a 12x7 on-call rotation, automating deployments and operational tasks, designing monitoring and alerting systems, establishing SLIs/SLOs, using Terraform for infrastructure automation, and implementing cloud security and compliance practices. The role also mentors engineers and collaborates cross-functionally on reliable platform delivery.

Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines and data lake architecture. Improve observability and SLOs, optimize ETL/ELT, develop dbt workflows, support event-driven architectures, integrate financial APIs, and collaborate with analytics and ML teams to deliver reliable, model-ready data products.

Serve as the senior technical lead for partner integrations with NinjaTrader APIs. Troubleshoot and resolve complex API and real-time data issues, collaborate with partner engineering and Technical Account Managers, conduct code reviews, build diagnostic tools, set API support quality standards, mentor junior engineers, and translate partner feedback into roadmap improvements.

The Staff UX Product Designer will enhance trader engagement, lead design processes, build community hubs, and collaborate across teams to deliver impactful user experiences.

Lead a team delivering market and partner solutions for futures proprietary trading. Provide subject-matter expertise, gather market intelligence, inform product and partner strategy, support partner lifecycle engagements, and collaborate with Business Development to drive retention and growth. Own team KPIs, hiring, onboarding, and cross-functional enablement.

Senior individual contributor owning cloud security architecture for GCP. Design edge/perimeter defenses with Cloudflare and Cloud Armor, build policy-as-code and secure Terraform modules, lead threat modeling and security reviews, advance cloud detection and incident response, translate compliance requirements into technical controls, mentor engineers, and serve as the cloud security technical authority.