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Design, build, deploy, and operate Node.js and TypeScript backend services supporting account onboarding, identity verification, agreements, and funding. Own event-driven workflows, asynchronous processing, job orchestration, integrations, reliability, monitoring, and operational tooling. Develop scalable services on Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes, support expansion into new markets, coordinate technical direction, and mentor engineers. Ensure correctness through idempotency, retries, reconciliation, and resilient handling of partial failures.

Design, build, and operate Rust services for account creation, identity verification, KYC/CIP decisioning, and asynchronous outcome delivery. Develop provider integrations, testable decision logic, secure PII workflows, policy-driven market configurations, and reliable cloud-native architecture using GCP and Kubernetes. Lead technical design reviews, establish cross-team contracts, respond to incidents, and mentor engineers while improving onboarding approval rates and time-to-funding.

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.

Design, implement, and support low-latency exchange connectivity components including market data handlers, order gateways, and reference data processors. Build APIs (REST/WebSocket/event bus), collaborate with OMS/FCM/infrastructure teams, and optimize for high throughput, fault tolerance, and observability in production trading systems.

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.

Lead paid search strategy and execution across Google Ads, Bing, and other platforms, managing seven-figure monthly spend. Build and scale non-brand experimentation, design incrementality tests, set account and bidding strategy, guide campaign and creative testing, partner with analytics for measurement and reporting, and serve as the team's paid search subject matter expert.

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.