Principal/Staff Engineer
Job title : Staff Engineer / Principle Engineer
What you’ll do :
- Technical Leadership: Lead architectural decisions for trading systems, multi- region AWS deployments, and regulatory compliance implementations including Travel Rule and Chainalysis integration
- Platform Development: Oversee trading platform development and integrations (IBKR, exchange protocols), customer engagement systems (Braze-Intercom), and external APIs with Akamai/ECS orchestration
- Engineering Excellence: Establish coding standards across global teams (UK,Singapore, India, Poland), mentor senior engineers, and drive adoption of modern development practices
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, compliance, and infrastructure teams to support crypto trading expansion and business objectives through reliable technology delivery
What you’ll need for this role :
- Experience: 8+ years of software engineering with 3+ years in senior/staff roles; strong fintech/trading systems background
- Technical Skills: Distributed systems, microservices, AWS cloud platforms, FIX protocol, container orchestration (ECS/Kubernetes)
- Leadership: Technical leadership experience, mentoring engineers, cross-functional collaboration across distributed teams
- Domain Knowledge: Financial regulations (APAC markets), DevSecOps practices
Preferred Qualifications:
- QuickFix library and financial messaging protocols
- Multi-currency trading systems and exchange connectivity
- Compliance technology platforms (Notabene)
- Mobile trading platforms and investment app UX
- Knowledge of crypto trading systems and digital asset infrastructure preferred
Staff engineers lead teams of skilled software engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the design, development, and implementation of cutting-edge financial technology products. Ability to inspire the future generation of engineers. Great at coaching/mentorship and leading best practice learning and development. Influences business and technology direction.
