Principal Backend Engineer – Brokerage

IO Tech Solutions
New York, NY
Category Engineering
Job Description
Role Overview

Lead the design and development of scalable backend systems for a new brokerage product initiative. This role sits within a high-performance engineering team building core infrastructure for trading and investment applications across web and mobile platforms.

What You Will Do

Design and build scalable backend systems, APIs, and services supporting brokerage and trading applications, lead architecture decisions, ensure systems are secure and resilient, and collaborate with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams.

Why It Might Be a Fit

10+ years backend engineering experience, including senior/lead or architecture ownership roles, retail brokerage or trading systems experience, strong backend engineering experience with Node.js and TypeScript, and proven experience designing microservices and event-driven architectures.

Requirements

  • Retail brokerage or trading systems experience
  • Strong backend engineering experience with Node.js and TypeScript (NestJS / Express)
  • Proven experience designing microservices and event-driven architectures
  • Strong SQL expertise, with exposure to Kafka or similar messaging systems
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP) and Docker + Kubernetes
  • Strong understanding of building high-volume, low-latency backend systems
  • 10+ years backend engineering experience, including senior/lead or architecture ownership roles
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