Engineering Manager, Trading Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take direct charge of two or more engineering teams within the Trading Platform.

• Lead the development of TopstepX, a real-time system utilized daily by tens of thousands of traders.

• Own your domain by proactively identifying issues, taking initiative, and making independent decisions.

• Mentor engineers for their professional growth, address performance challenges promptly, and uphold a high standard of performance.

• Collaborate with Product and business stakeholders to prioritize tasks and ensure teams meet deadlines despite changes.

• Be responsible for system availability, performance, quality, and resilience.

• Establish hiring standards, conduct interviews, and coordinate team capacity with fellow Engineering Managers.

• Communicate progress, potential risks, and trade-offs effectively to upper management.

• Engage in open and constructive disagreements, including with leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years in people or technical leadership roles, encompassing hiring, coaching, and developing engineers at various levels.

• Over 7 years of experience in software engineering, particularly with production systems and integrations.

• Experience working in a startup or similarly fast-paced environment.

• Proven experience leading teams responsible for production systems, including on-call duties, incident response, and observability.

• Practical experience with .NET/C# and distributed systems.

• A history of balancing feature delivery with reliability and technical investment.

• Proficient with AWS and container technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience in fostering a culture of psychological safety.

• Preferred: background in trading, fintech, or other regulated financial sectors, particularly futures or trading platforms.

• Preferred: experience with high-availability, low-latency, or real-time systems, as well as microservices and real-time messaging technologies like WebSocket/SignalR.

• Preferred: familiarity with observability tools such as APM, tracing, and synthetic checks.

• Preferred: knowledge of CI/CD tools like Argo CD and GitHub Actions.

• Preferred: understanding of mobile application development, particularly with React Native.

🏝️ Benefits

• Seven Company-paid holidays and a generous family leave policy.

• Paid time off is provided upfront.

• Competitive 401(k) matching program.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance available for full-time employees.

• Bonus for taking five consecutive vacation days.

• Budget for food and groceries.

• Contributions toward health and wellness initiatives.

• Fully remote to hybrid working environment.