Software Engineer, FCM

Full Time Senior Staff Software Engineer, FCM in healthcare at Ninja Trader in Chicago or Remote*. Apply directly through the link below.

At a glance:

• Work mode:
  Hybrid
• Employment:
  Full Time
• Location:
  
  Chicago or Remote*
• Salary: 160k - 210k USD
• Experience:
  
  Senior
  · 12+ years

Core stack:
Product Management, Cross-functional, Infrastructure, Reconciliation, Observability, Event-Driven, Architecture, Code Review, Performance, Distributed, Kubernetes, Leadership, Innovation, Compliance, Terraform, Mentoring, Python, Design, Remote, Retail, Azure, CI/CD, Audit, AWS, GCP, API

Is this Staff Software Engineer, FCM job remote? Yes, this position is fully remote (Chicago or Remote*).

What is the salary range? The salary range is 160k - 210k USD annually.

What skills are required? Product Management, Cross-functional, Infrastructure, Reconciliation, Observability, Event-Driven, Architecture, Code Review, Performance, Distributed, and more.

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We are looking for a Staff Engineer to serve as the technical domain owner for the Transaction Ledger & Treasury system within our FCM platform, accountable for the financial correctness, reconciliation integrity, and system‑of‑record architecture of our brokerage systems. This role will lead the evolution of our architecture, modernizing and consolidating ledger, fund movement, and reconciliation logic into a coherent, cloud‑native foundation.

You will also drive the thoughtful use of AI‑assisted development and operational tooling to increase engineering leverage, improve review quality, and accelerate modernization without compromising financial correctness or regulatory integrity. These are mission‑critical systems where every state transition must be financially correct, auditable, and resilient under failure—because design flaws directly impact customer funds, regulatory standing, and firm capital.

As a Staff Engineer, your work will have a profound impact on our core FCM infrastructure, directly influencing our business’s bottom line. You will set the technical standard for the FCM engineering organization: defining architecture patterns, establishing engineering best practices, mentoring and elevating the engineers around you, and making high‑stakes design decisions that determine…