Topstep · 1 month ago
Staff Software Engineer - Trading Experience
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expTopstep is an engaging working environment which ranges from fully remote to hybrid. As a Staff Full Stack Engineer on the Trading Experience team, you'll play a foundational role in shaping the white-label trading platform, focusing on both backend and frontend development while mentoring other engineers.
ConsultingEducationFinancial ServicesStock ExchangesTrading Platform
No H1B
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for full-stack architecture across Trading Experience, influencing how we design microservices, structure frontends, and ensure system reliability for multi-tenant environments
Own end-to-end feature development from C# microservices and database design through React/Next.js UI, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance across the stack
Establish engineering patterns for .NET Core service design, API contracts, React component architecture, and multi-tenant data isolation that other teams can adopt
Partner with product and design to translate partner and trader needs into technical solutions that balance customization requirements with maintainable architecture
Drive architectural improvements during our modernization initiative, building cloud-native microservices on Kubernetes while maintaining feature velocity and partner commitments
Lead technical initiatives that materially improve developer experience, system performance, deployment reliability, or code quality across the organization
Mentor engineers across teams on full-stack best practices, microservices architecture, Kubernetes operations, and production ownership
Champion quality and reliability by embedding testing, monitoring, and operational thinking into every feature you ship
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional experience building production web applications, with demonstrated impact establishing patterns and practices that scaled across multiple teams
Strong full-stack foundation with expertise in both backend microservices (C#/.NET Core, ASP.NET Core) and modern frontend development (React, Next.js, TypeScript)
Deep .NET Core expertise including ASP.NET Core Web APIs, dependency injection, middleware pipelines, async/await patterns, and building maintainable service architectures
Production Kubernetes experience running microservices on EKS, writing Helm charts, managing deployments with ArgoCD or similar GitOps tooling, and understanding pod lifecycle, networking, and storage
Database and persistence knowledge including SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Entity Framework Core, schema design for multi-tenancy, and distributed data patterns
Modern frontend mastery with Next.js, React, TypeScript, and CSS frameworks (Tailwind, styled-components), including Server Components, state management, and performance optimization
Microservices architecture experience including service boundaries, API versioning, event-driven patterns, distributed tracing, and handling eventual consistency
Production ownership mindset with experience building observable, testable, and maintainable systems including instrumentation, structured logging, and debugging distributed issues
Track record of technical leadership through design documents, architectural decision records, code reviews, and establishing engineering standards
Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to varied audiences and build consensus across teams
Comfortable making pragmatic decisions balancing long-term architectural vision with immediate business needs and partner commitments
Preferred
Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms or white-label products with tenant isolation, customization, and data partitioning patterns
Background with message brokers (NATS, RabbitMQ) and event-driven architectures
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and automated deployment strategies (blue-green, canary)
Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) or API gateways
Experience building financial, trading, or fintech platforms where data consistency, performance, and reliability are critical
Background contributing to design systems or component libraries used across multiple teams
Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and cloud infrastructure automation
Benefits
10 Company-paid Holidays and generous Family Leave.
Paid time off is accrued monthly.
Competitive 401(k) matching, health, dental, and vision insurance is offered for full time employees
Vacations are encouraged with a bonus for taking 5 consecutive days.
Employee referrals are bonused.
Topstep offers a food and groceries budget and contributes towards health and wellness.
Company
Topstep
Topstep is a financial organization that enables resource traders to develop and learn in the trading industry.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Michael Patak
Founder & CEO
Recent News
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