Senior Backend Developer Trading Platform

MyFunded Futures

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Dallas, IA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 3 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At My Funded Futures were transforming the world of proprietary trading by giving traders the capital tools and community they need to succeed.

We blend innovation transparency and performance to create opportunity helping traders scale faster and smarter. If youre passionate about fintech financial markets and data-driven growth youll fit right in.

Explore our open roles below and see how you can help us shape the future of funded trading.

About the Role

Were seeking an exceptional Senior Backend Developer with expertise in Go and C# to build and maintain Fintevos trading platform backend infrastructure. Youll work alongside our engineering team to deliver high-performance trading systems that serve thousands of active traders who depend on real-time reliable and low-latency execution for their trading decisions.

What Youll Build

Youll develop and maintain core trading infrastructure including:

  • Real-time order routing and execution services
  • High-frequency market data processing and distribution
  • WebSocket and gRPC APIs for real-time client communication
  • Integration with trading partners and liquidity providers (CQG Tradovate)
  • Risk management and position tracking systems
  • Account management and authentication services
  • Event-driven services for trade lifecycle management
  • Database queries and optimizations for high-volume transactional data

Beyond core trading systems youll also contribute to broader backend initiatives across the platform including payment processing reporting and administrative tooling.

Required Qualifications

Technical Expertise

  • 5 years of professional backend development experience
  • 2 years of hands-on experience with Go and/or C#
  • Strong understanding of concurrent programming and multithreading
  • Experience building high-performance low-latency systems
  • Solid design pattern knowledge and clean code practices
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis
  • Proficiency with Protobuf for service communication
  • Experience with message streaming platforms (Kafka and/or NATS)
  • Writing maintainable well-documented and testable code
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Memory management and performance optimization
    • Connection pooling and resource management
    • Event-driven and message-based architectures

Trading Platform Experience

  • Experience building high-performance data-intensive backend applications
  • Comfortable working with:
    • Large-scale real-time data streams (WebSocket gRPC REST APIs)
    • Time-series data storage and querying
    • Complex transactional workflows
  • Previous work on trading platforms financial applications or similar real-time systems is a plus but not required

Performance & Optimization

  • Experience optimizing backend systems for low latency
  • Proficiency with profiling tools and performance analysis
  • Experience with PostgreSQL query optimization and indexing strategies
  • Experience handling high-throughput workloads

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Background in quantitative finance or algorithmic trading
  • Experience with event sourcing patterns
  • Knowledge of regulatory compliance in financial systems
  • Experience with observability tools (Prometheus Grafana distributed tracing)
  • Understanding of financial protocols and trading APIs (FIX protocol exchange integrations)

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Implement new features and services for the trading platform
  • Optimize database queries and system performance for real-time market data
  • Collaborate with frontend engineers on API design and data contracts
  • Work with product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions
  • Debug complex distributed system issues across services
  • Write comprehensive tests and maintain code quality standards
  • Participate in code reviews focusing on performance and maintainability
  • Contribute to technical documentation and runbooks

Technical Environment

  • Languages: Go C#
  • Databases: PostgreSQL Redis
  • Messaging: Kafka NATS
  • Communication: Protobuf gRPC WebSocket
  • Testing: Unit testing integration testing
  • CI/CD: Automated build and deployment pipelines

What We Offer

  • Competitive salary
  • Opportunity to work on a critical high-visibility product
  • Direct impact on thousands of active traders
  • Collaborative team environment with other senior engineers
  • Professional development and conference attendance

EEO Statement

Equal Employment Opportunity
My Funded Futures is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity drives innovation and success. We are committed to building an inclusive environment where every team member feels valued respected and supportedregardless of race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin age disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.

Pay Transparency

In compliance with pay transparency laws My Funded Futures provides compensation ranges in job postings where required. Final compensation may vary based on experience qualifications and location. We also offer comprehensive benefits and performance-based incentives.

Accessibility / Accommodation Statement

If you require assistance or an accommodation during the application process please contact our HR team at .


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At My Funded Futures were transforming the world of proprietary trading by giving traders the capital tools and community they need to succeed.We blend innovation transparency and performance to create opportunity helping traders scale faster and smarter. If youre passionate about fintech financial...
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