Director Staff Engineer – Backend

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Director / Staff Engineer Backend

Location: Chicago IL (Hybrid)

Overview

Our client is seeking a senior backend engineering leader to architect and build mission-critical systems supporting a high-performance financial technology platform.

This role focuses on designing and implementing low-latency distributed systems capable of processing high-volume transactional data while maintaining reliability and operational integrity.

Responsibilities Architecture & System Design

Lead the design of high-performance distributed systems and platform architecture
Evaluate frameworks protocols and data architectures for scalability and reliability
Design messaging and data processing infrastructure supporting high-throughput systems

Development

Develop performance-critical backend systems including order processing and transactional workflows
Build distributed systems using event streaming relational databases and in-memory processing
Develop APIs supporting real-time programmatic access

Leadership

Establish engineering standards code quality practices and development workflows
Mentor engineers and guide architecture decisions across teams
Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs

Operations

Ensure production systems meet strict reliability and performance SLAs
Participate in incident response and system troubleshooting
Evaluate emerging technologies to improve performance and productivity

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
8 years of software engineering experience
Expert Java development experience
Experience building high-performance distributed systems
Strong understanding of networking protocols and API development
Experience with Kafka PostgreSQL and microservices architectures
Experience in financial systems or trading technology is highly desirable

Director / Staff Engineer Backend Location: Chicago IL (Hybrid) Overview Our client is seeking a senior backend engineering leader to architect and build mission-critical systems supporting a high-performance financial technology platform. This role focuses on designing and implementing low-late...