Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platforms (Vice President)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Software Engineer (Backend Platforms), Staff/Principal-level technical leader

• Focus: Cloud-native, high-scale, low-latency distributed systems for wealth custody and clearing

Description

You will architect, design, and lead the development of financial-grade backend systems supporting custody, clearing, and wealth platforms. The role defines engineering standards and long-term distributed systems and data platform vision, while partnering with product, data, risk, and business stakeholders to meet strict accuracy, availability, security, and regulatory compliance needs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead development of high-scale, low-latency backend systems supporting custody, clearing, and wealth platforms

• Define and enforce engineering standards, architectural patterns, and system design principles across backend teams

• Drive long-term technical vision and architecture for distributed systems and data platforms

• Translate complex product/data/business requirements into scalable technical solutions

• Mentor senior engineers and raise the engineering bar across multiple teams

• Lead critical incident response, performance optimization, and production system reliability initiatives

• Evaluate and introduce new technologies aligned to strategic and regulatory objectives

• Ensure systems meet enterprise expectations for resiliency, observability, auditability, and security

Requirements

• 9+ years of backend software engineering experience building and scaling distributed systems

• Demonstrated Staff or Principal Engineer influence across multiple teams or technical domains

• Expertise designing high availability, fault-tolerant systems with strong data consistency guarantees

• Track record owning large-scale architecture decisions and long-term evolution

• Experience in production-critical environments where reliability and accuracy are paramount

• Domain expertise in wealth management, brokerage, or financial services platforms

• Strong knowledge of portfolio management, trading/order lifecycle, market data ingestion, and financial account/tax/retirement concepts

• Experience building systems requiring high precision (e.g., monetary calculations), full auditability, and regulatory compliance

• Working knowledge of financial regulations/standards (e.g., SEC, FINRA, GDPR) is a strong plus

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math or related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program including retirement plan with company match (401K)

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, and optional coverages

• Paid time off (vacation, sick leave, short-term disability, and family care)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Incentive compensation eligibility for annual performance-based awards

• Access to tax-advantaged savings plans (eligibility varies)

• Inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and employee networks