Offer summary

Qualifications:

Extensive experience in backend architecture and development., Strong expertise in C# and .NET Core technologies., Knowledge of AWS cloud services and microservices architecture., Familiarity with regulated financial systems, compliance, and trading platforms..

Key responsibilities:

Design and lead the development of a scalable, compliant trading platform.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system requirements.

Mentor backend teams and oversee implementation and deployment.

Ensure all components meet regulatory and security standards.

Job description

.Net Backend Architect (Trading Platforms)
Remote

TOP Skills:
C#, .Net Core Architecture, AWS Cloud, Trading Platforms, Futures Commodity Commissions Market (FCM) platform, KYC, AML

We are seeking a seasoned Backend Architect with deep expertise in regulated financial systems, trading platforms, and endtoend trading infrastructure to lead the architecture and backend development of a greenfield Futures Commodity Commissions Market (FCM) platform.
This product will power a federally regulated sports prediction market, akin to Robinhood s financial trading model, requiring full compliance with CFTC and NFA regulations. You will design, architect, and oversee the buildout of a highly scalable, secure, and compliant trading platform operating in a highperformance AWS cloudnative environment.
This role is critical in shaping the frontoffice (OMS), midoffice (clearing and settlement), and backoffice (reporting and compliance) infrastructure from scratch. Youll be expected to act as both a strategic architect and a handson engineer.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & System Design

Architect and lead development of a scalable and compliant backend system for binary trading markets (e.g., sports futures).

Design and implement:

Order Management System (OMS): Trade matching, limit orders, and execution.

Clearing House Connectivity: Integration of trade flows and money movement with clearing partners.

Compliance Subsystems: Regulatory checks (pretrade, posttrade), CFTCNFA reporting, and audit trails.

Back Office Reporting: Generation of trade statements, endofday summaries, DCO (Derivatives Clearing Organization) communications.

CrossFunctional Collaboration

Work with Product, Compliance, Frontend, and Legal to define business and regulatory requirements.

Collaborate with frontend engineers (SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, Next.js) to define RESTful and eventdriven APIs via AWS API Gateway.

Partner with finance and operations teams to define MVP requirements for trade reconciliation and reporting.

Implementation & Leadership

Build and mentor backend teams (onshore and offshore) through implementation, code reviews, and deployment.

Produce architecture documentation, technical specifications, and estimation for Statements of Work (SOW).

Evaluate and integrate thirdparty systems or vendors (e.g., FIS) when needed.

Infrastructure & Compliance

Design AWSnative architecture leveraging services like DynamoDB, Kafka, EC2, EKS, CloudWatch.

Establish secure CICD pipelines with observability, logging, failover, and alerting.

Ensure all components are compliant with CFTC, NFA, and industrystandard financial protocols.

Technical Stack & Tools

Languages: .NET Core, C++ (lowlatency, highthroughput systems)

Cloud: AWS (DynamoDB, EC2, Kafka, EKS)

Data: Cloudnative pipelines, realtime messaging

Architecture: Microservices, eventdriven architecture

Compliance: CFTC, NFA reporting workflows, KYCAML frameworks

DevOps: CICD pipelines, secure deployments, observability frameworks