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Node Engineer / Backend

Chicago, IL, US • Posted 60+ days ago • Updated 2 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

$110000 - $130000/yr

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Job Details

Skills

Technical Analysis
Workflow
Pattern Recognition
Quantitative Analysis
Analytics
Algorithmic Trading
Scripting
FOCUS
IaaS
Managed Services
Market Analysis
Node.js
Optimization
Terraform
Amazon Web Services
Remote Desktop Services
Amazon RDS
Amazon SQS
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Object-Oriented Programming
Functional Programming
Kubernetes
Management
Microservices
Testing
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Finance
Trading
Strategy Development
C++
Java
Fluency
Russian
Insurance
SAP BASIS

Summary

We are a venture-backed fintech company building a next-generation platform for automated technical analysis and trading workflows. Our software brings institutional-grade analytics-pattern recognition, signal generation, backtesting, and automated execution-to professional traders, quantitative analysts, and investment teams.

We're looking for a senior Node.js engineer to help evolve the backend systems that power a high-performance trading and analytics platform. You'll work on the infrastructure behind algorithmic trading tools, data ingestion pipelines, large-scale backtesting engines, and a custom scripting environment used by thousands of active market participants.

Required Skills & Experience

Design, optimize, and maintain Node.js microservices processing tens of thousands of messages per second
Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines for market, fundamental, and alternative datasets
Improve observability across the platform (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting)
Implement the business logic behind charting, scanning, backtesting, and scripting engines
Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code with a strong focus on performance
Manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform, including AWS-managed services
Work directly with PostgreSQL and MongoDB (no ORMs), scaling both read- and write-heavy workloads
Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, and event-driven system issues
Partner with cross-functional teams to translate trading ideas into production-grade software
Continuously experiment, learn, and refine how market data and automation intersect

Desired Skills & Experience

Deep experience with Node.js, including performance profiling, memory management, and event-loop optimization
Hands-on experience managing infrastructure as code with Terraform (AWS RDS, Lambda, SQS, etc.)
Strong working knowledge of PostgreSQL and MongoDB at scale
Solid grasp of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms-and when to use each
Familiarity with Kubernetes (configuring clusters required; building and managing clusters is a plus)
Experience working in a microservices architecture with many independently deployed services
A disciplined engineering mindset around testing, CI/CD, containerization, monitoring, and alerting
Genuine curiosity about financial markets and trading; hands-on trading or strategy development experience is a strong plus
Bonus: Experience with systems programming or performance-critical components using C++ and/or Java
Bonus: Fluency or professional working proficiency in Russian or Ukrainian

The Offer

Bonus eligible

You will receive the following benefits:

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Vacation Time
Stock Options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

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Dice Id: 10105282
Position Id: 860767
Posted 30+ days ago

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