MyFundedFutures ยท 1 day ago
Senior Backend Developer - Trading Platform
DFW Metroplex
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expMyFundedFutures is transforming the world of proprietary trading by providing traders with the capital, tools, and community they need to succeed. They are seeking a Senior Backend Developer to build and maintain their trading platform's backend infrastructure, delivering high-performance systems for active traders.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Implement new features and services for the trading platform
Optimize database queries and system performance for real-time market data
Collaborate with frontend engineers on API design and data contracts
Work with product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions
Debug complex distributed system issues across services
Write comprehensive tests and maintain code quality standards
Participate in code reviews focusing on performance and maintainability
Contribute to technical documentation and runbooks
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional backend development experience
2+ years of hands-on experience with Go and/or C#
Strong understanding of concurrent programming and multithreading
Experience building high-performance, low-latency systems
Solid design pattern knowledge and clean code practices
Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis
Proficiency with Protobuf for service communication
Experience with message streaming platforms (Kafka and/or NATS)
Writing maintainable, well-documented, and testable code
Strong understanding of memory management and performance optimization
Strong understanding of connection pooling and resource management
Strong understanding of event-driven and message-based architectures
Experience building high-performance, data-intensive backend applications
Comfortable working with large-scale real-time data streams (WebSocket, gRPC, REST APIs)
Comfortable working with time-series data storage and querying
Comfortable working with complex transactional workflows
Experience optimizing backend systems for low latency
Proficiency with profiling tools and performance analysis
Experience with PostgreSQL query optimization and indexing strategies
Experience handling high-throughput workloads
Preferred
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Background in quantitative finance or algorithmic trading
Experience with event sourcing patterns
Knowledge of regulatory compliance in financial systems
Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing)
Understanding of financial protocols and trading APIs (FIX protocol, exchange integrations)
Benefits
Competitive salary
Opportunity to work on a critical, high-visibility product
Direct impact on thousands of active traders
Collaborative team environment with other senior engineers
Professional development and conference attendance
Comprehensive benefits
Performance-based incentives
Company
MyFundedFutures
MyFundedFutures is the premier futures prop trading firm for beginner and experienced traders alike.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase