Operational Resiliency Engineer

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What youll do:

NinjaTrader is looking for an L1 Operational Resilience Specialist to provide front-line operational support to our FCM Core team across Account Acquisition Compliance/AML and Treasury functions. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and operations youll keep critical financial processes running smoothly while working closely with Engineering Product QA and cross-functional partners to drive continuous improvements in reliability and observability.

In this role you will:

• Manage incident response by acknowledging and triaging incoming events applying runbooks to restore service quickly and consistently
• Design and implement metrics and monitors across our distributed application collaborating with the SRE team to integrate into our observability framework
• Develop and continuously improve runbooks for FCM processes ensuring clear repeatable procedures for operational events
• Understand and maintain the DAG controlling all FCM processes and their dependencies ensuring accurate sequencing and reliable execution
• Implement robust monitoring and logging using industry-standard observability tooling such as OpenTelemetry
• Update and maintain technical documentation describing the critical path processing for FCM; establish SLA SLO and SLI targets for each process
• Manage event platform systems such as Kafka and IBM MQ to ensure reliable data connectivity with external partners
• Surface operational feedback to engineering teams to drive improvements in the resiliency and robustness of business processes
• Leverage AI tooling to proactively identify gaps in monitoring analysis documentation and other operational domains

What youll need:

• BS or MS in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience
• 2 years of experience working with distributed systems in a production environment
• Comfort leveraging AI tooling to improve workflows and surface operational insights
• Strong understanding of security best practices for backend services
• Excellent verbal communication skills with a collaborative team-first approach

Bonus Points for:

• Familiarity with finance back office systems and trading concepts
• Background in multi-tenant SaaS platform architectures
• Experience working in a regulated fintech trading or brokerage environment

Compensation:

The salary range for this role will be $100000.00 - $150000.00 addition this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 10%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).

Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401(k) plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of 18 days per year plus seven paid holidays.

Location:

This role is based in Chicago IL. We are not open to remote candidates for this role.

Hybrid:

For Chicago-based employees we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday with remote work on Mondays and addition to these weekly remote days we offer:

• 20 additional flex remote days annually
• 5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays

Our Core Benefits Include:

• Generous PTO
• 7 Paid Holidays Annually 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
• 1 Service Day Annually
• 401k with 3.5% Company Match
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave
• Health Vision Dental Coverage
• Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader

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