NinjaTrader
Principal Software Engineer, Trading Systems
Chicago · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$195k-$220kDetected 23 days ago
ScalaDistributed SystemsGitRedisDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsRESTgRPCKafkaRabbitMQWebSocketsOAuthTCP/IPDNSCommunication
About the role
- For the latest listings and details, please visit: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ninjatrader.
- We provide cutting-edge products and services that enhance the trading journey.
- Whether a seasoned pro or just starting out, NinjaTrader equips traders with award-winning software and brokerage services to navigate the world's leading financial markets with confidence.
Responsibilities
- In this pivotal role on our Trading Services team, you will design, evolve, and optimize our core trading infrastructure.
- Your work will directly impact our ability to support rapid growth in the retail futures trading space.
- Design, develop, and optimize our Scala-based trading services for high-volume, low-latency, 24x7 environments
- Lead architectural strategy for future-state scalability and performance optimization
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, operations, and security teams to translate business requirements into robust and secure technical solutions
- Optimize system performance, with focus on JVM tuning for Scala/Akka-based distributed system
- Experience in low-latency, lock-free development and design
Requirements
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
Nice to have
- Strong experience with multithreading and concurrency in high-performance environments
- Familiarity with binary or custom trading protocols
- Strong knowledge of messaging frameworks (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and network protocols (UDP, TCP)
- Hands-on experience implementing HTTP/WebSockets, REST APIs, OAuth, gRPC, and Redis APIs
- Deep understanding of order handling/matching engines
- Extensive experience with FIX or other market data/order-entry protocols
- Practical hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes and Docker)
- Solid grasp of network communications, particularly IP multicast and TCP protocols used in market data feeds
Skills
- https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ninjatrader.
- Welcome to the dynamic world of NinjaTrader!
- Our growth story is nothing short of exhilarating.
- Since 2003, NinjaTrader has been dedicated to understanding and supporting traders on their journey toward trading triumph.
- So, why work at NinjaTrader?
- Sounds too good to be true?
- Take it from our employees.
Compensation
- The salary range for this role will be $195,000.00 - $220,000.00 USD annually.
- In addition, this position will also receive an annual target bonus of up to 15%.
- Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).
- Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader.
- Additional details on our total compensation package and benefits are listed below.
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Benefits
- Bonus Points for:
- Our Core Benefits Include:
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