Sr. Manager, Software Engineering - API

Remote Position - must reside Florida, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Utah or Wisconsin

Trade Station is the home of those born to trade. As an online brokerage firm and trading ecosystem, we are focused on delivering the ultimate trading experience for active traders and institutions. We continuously push the boundaries of what's possible, encourage out-of-the-box thinking, and relentlessly search for like-minded innovators.

At Trade Station, we are building an AI-First culture. We expect team members to embrace AI as a core part of their daily workflow, whether that’s using AI to accelerate development, enhance decision‑making, improve client outcomes, or streamline internal processes. We hire, grow, and promote people who can harness AI responsibly and creatively. We treat AI as a partner in problem‑solving, not just a tool;

following our governance standards to ensure AI is used ethically, securely, and transparently. If you join us, you’re joining a culture where AI is how we work.

Are you ready to make yourself at home?

We are looking for a Sr. Manager, Software Engineering to lead the build‑out of Trade Station's next‑generation API platform. This is a pivotal role: our APIs are the front door for every client application, third‑party integration, and AI‑powered experience we deliver. This role will own the strategy and execution to establish Trade Station as the leader in trading APIs — creating the developer experience that drives adoption, increases trade revenue, and enables an ecosystem of innovators to build on our platform.

The team will design, build, and operate API products spanning REST, Graph

QL, gRPC, and emerging protocols like MCP (Model Context Protocol) to power AI agents and agentic workflows. Internally, this role will drive the adoption of gRPC as our high‑performance service communication standard. Externally, this role will champion a world‑class developer experience — from API design and documentation to SDKs, sandbox environments, and developer portal capabilities. This Sr. Manager will partner closely with Product Management, who owns the product roadmap and prioritization, while the Sr.

Manager owns the technical vision, architecture, and engineering execution.

The Sr. Manager, Software Engineering, will work with group Architects and cross‑functional partners to drive technical innovation and optimize your team's performance in a fast‑moving business and technical environment. This role will provide leadership for Technical Leads and software development teams, participate in technology management planning sessions, coordinate execution with the enterprise architecture vision, and communicate with executive leadership. The successful candidate will develop a deep understanding of API consumers — both internal teams and external developers — to drive design decisions, execute product roadmaps, and act as the evangelist for Trade Station's API platform.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape a critical growth vector for the company while leading a talented group of highly dedicated engineers.

• Serve as an inspirational and outcome‑driven leader — execution and follow‑up is everything
• Own the technical strategy and technical roadmap for Trade Station's API platform, spanning REST, Graph
  
  QL, gRPC, and AI‑native protocols (MCP), partnering with Product Management on product strategy and prioritization
• Drive API‑first design principles across the organization, ensuring consistency, discoverability, and developer ergonomics across all API surfaces
• Foster a developer‑experience (DX) mindset: treat external and internal API consumers as customers, obsess over documentation quality, onboarding friction, and time‑to‑first‑call
• Lead the adoption of gRPC as the internal high‑performance service protocol, establishing patterns, tooling, and best practices for teams across the organization
• Define and enforce API governance standards including versioning, deprecation policies,…