Engineering Manager - Tradeify Platform

Tradeify
Colombia +19 more
Remote

Who this role is best for

Fintech professionals with backend engineering experience will find this leadership role in a high-performance trading ecosystem.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience managing backend or full-stack engineering teams in fintech or trading environments
    — “Prior experience managing or leading engineers, in addition to hands-on engineering experience.”
  • Individuals who have guided architecture decisions for scalable APIs and microservices
    — “Guide architecture decisions for scalable APIs, backend services, and microservices.”
  • Professionals comfortable with production systems that are load-bearing and already in use
    — “Comfort operating and scaling distributed systems that are already in production and load-bearing.”

Things to consider

  • This role requires managing a team that supports multiple product teams internally
    — “Experience managing platform or infrastructure teams that support other product teams internally.”
  • Candidates must be ready to engage in performance management, including difficult conversations
    — “Own performance management for your team, including calibration and hard conversations when needed.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with real-time systems and event-driven architecture in your resume and interviews
    — “Experience with real-time systems and event-driven architectures (Kafka, NATS, or Pulsar).”
  • Emphasize your ability to maintain production reliability and lead incident response efforts
    — “Own production reliability and observability, and lead incident response for systems the whole business depends on.”
  • Showcase your hands-on technical involvement, such as pull request reviews and design doc contributions
    — “Stay hands-on with the code: review pull requests, weigh in on design docs, and unblock engineers on hard problems.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • hiring and growing a team of backend and full-stack engineers
  • partnering with Product to scope and prioritize platform and integration work
  • guiding architecture decisions for scalable APIs and backend services
  • owning delivery and production reliability
Typical background
Prior experience managing or leading engineersFull-stack or backend engineering backgroundExperience with REST APIs, WebSocket services, and third-party platform integrations

Skills & requirements

Required

Managing And Leading Engineering TeamsBackend DevelopmentFull-stack DevelopmentREST ApisWebsocket ServicesThird-party Platform IntegrationsRelational And In-memory Data StoresProduction Systems On Cloud PlatformsDistributed SystemsCode QualityTesting StandardsCi/cd PracticesProduction Reliability And ObservabilityIncident ResponseEngineering StandardsHiring Practices

Preferred

Fintech ExperienceTrading ExperienceCrypto ExperienceReal-time SystemsEvent-driven ArchitecturesTimescaledbClickhouse

Stack & domain

ReactNext.jsVuePythonNode.jsC#GoREST ApisWebsocket ServicesThird-party Platform IntegrationsRelational And In-memory Data StoresAWSGCPAzureDockerKubernetesReal-time SystemsEvent-driven ArchitecturesTimescaledbClickhouseCommunicationLeadershipTeam ManagementProblem-solvingRoot-cause AnalysisFintechTradingCrypto

About the role

Original posting from Tradeify via Ashby

ABOUT US

At Tradeify, we're building a high-performance trading ecosystem that empowers traders around the world with capital, technology, education, and community. We operate across futures and crypto markets and partner with platforms like NinjaTrader and Tradovate to deliver a best-in-class trading experience.

We're a rapidly scaling fintech serving a global trader community, and technology is at the center of everything we do. If you want to build systems where performance actually matters, where a slow order execution is a real problem for real traders, this is a good place to do it.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Tradeify Platform team owns the backend and infrastructure that the entire business runs on today: trading accounts, evaluations, integrations with third-party trading platforms, and the APIs and services other teams (including product surfaces like Arcnine) build on top of. This is a live, revenue-generating system, not a greenfield build.

We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead this team. You'll partner closely with Product, Data, and other Engineering teams to keep the platform reliable and fast while extending it to support new integrations and features. You'll report to the CTO, and this is a remote role.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

  • Hire, onboard, and grow a team of backend and full-stack engineers.
  • Run regular 1:1s, set clear goals, and give direct, useful feedback.
  • Own performance management for your team, including calibration and hard conversations when needed.
  • Partner with Product to scope and prioritize platform and integration work.
  • Guide architecture decisions for scalable APIs, backend services, and microservices supporting third-party trading platform integrations (NinjaTrader, Tradovate, and others).
  • Stay hands-on with the code: review pull requests, weigh in on design docs, and unblock engineers on hard problems.
  • Own delivery, including sprint planning, tracking progress, and keeping commitments realistic against a live production system.
  • Drive up code quality, testing standards, and CI/CD practices across the team.
  • Own production reliability and observability, and lead incident response for systems the whole business depends on.
  • Contribute to engineering standards and hiring practices at the broader Tradeify org level.
  • Help shape how the broader engineering team hires, onboards, and operates.
  • Represent the platform team's work, constraints, and technical debt tradeoffs in cross-functional planning.

WHAT YOU BRING

  • Prior experience managing or leading engineers, in addition to hands-on engineering experience.
  • Full-stack or backend engineering background (React, Next.js, or Vue on the frontend; Python, Node.js, C#, or Go on the backend).
  • Experience with REST APIs, WebSocket services, and third-party platform integrations.
  • Familiarity with relational and/or in-memory data stores (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, or MongoDB).
  • Experience running production systems on AWS, GCP, or Azure with Docker/Kubernetes.
  • Comfort operating and scaling distributed systems that are already in production and load-bearing.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work with non-technical stakeholders.

NICE TO HAVE

  • Background in fintech, trading, or crypto.
  • Experience with real-time systems and event-driven architectures (Kafka, NATS, or Pulsar).
  • Familiarity with TimescaleDB or ClickHouse.
  • Experience managing platform or infrastructure teams that support other product teams internally.
  • Experience managing teams that use AI-assisted development tools day to day.

WHY JOIN TRADEIFY

  • Join a professional-grade futures and crypto trading firm at a pivotal stage of growth.
  • Be a foundational member of the team running the platform the entire business depends on.
  • Work closely with experienced traders across multiple asset classes.
  • High-performance culture that rewards ownership, curiosity, and results.
  • Competitive base salary, performance bonuses, and comprehensive benefits.

A NOTE ON OUR HIRING PROCESS

At Tradeify, we use AI-assisted tools as part of our recruiting process, which may include resume screening, application review, and candidate communication. We want all applicants to be aware of this upfront so you can make an informed decision about applying. Final hiring decisions are always made by a member of our team.

Source: Tradeify careers (Ashby)

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