Staff Software Engineer

November 14

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Topstep

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Finance • Fintech • B2B

Topstep is a company that provides a platform for futures traders to develop their skills and potentially earn funding through their unique Trading Combine program. The program allows traders to demonstrate their abilities in a simulated trading environment, and those who meet the criteria can unlock a funded trading account within a short period. With over 10,000 traders and support features like coaching, community engagement, and educational resources, Topstep aims to help individuals become successful traders while minimizing their financial risk.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2012

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

🤝 B2B

📋 Description

• Set technical direction for full-stack architecture across the engineering organization, influencing how we design APIs, structure frontends, and ensure system reliability • Own end-to-end feature development from Postgres schema design through GraphQL APIs to Next.js UI, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance • Establish engineering patterns for GraphQL schema design, React component architecture, state management, and API/UI coupling that other teams can adopt • Partner with product and design to translate trader needs into technical solutions that balance user experience with system constraints • Drive architectural improvements during our modernization initiative, helping transition from monolithic systems to event-driven microservices while maintaining feature velocity • Lead technical initiatives that materially improve developer experience, system performance, or code quality across the organization • Mentor engineers across teams on full-stack best practices, architectural thinking, and production ownership • Champion quality and reliability by embedding testing, monitoring, and operational thinking into every feature you ship

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience building production web applications, with demonstrated impact establishing patterns and practices that scaled across multiple teams • Strong full-stack foundation with expertise in both backend API design (GraphQL, REST) and modern frontend development (React, Next.js, TypeScript) • Deep PostgreSQL knowledge including schema design, query optimization, indexing strategies, and understanding of transaction isolation and consistency patterns • Proven GraphQL expertise designing schemas, implementing resolvers, optimizing queries (N+1 problems, data loader patterns), and building maintainable API layers • Modern frontend mastery with Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, including Server Components, hydration patterns, and performance optimization • Production ownership mindset with experience building observable, testable, and maintainable systems including instrumentation, error handling, and debugging distributed issues • Solid understanding of distributed systems including event-driven architectures, message queues, eventual consistency, and handling race conditions • Track record of technical leadership through RFCs, architectural documentation, code reviews, and establishing engineering standards • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to varied audiences and build consensus across teams • Comfortable making pragmatic decisions balancing long-term architectural vision with immediate business needs and feature delivery.

🏖️ Benefits

• 10 Company paid Holidays and generous Family Leave • Paid time off is accrued monthly • Competitive 401(k) matching, health, dental, and vision insurance is offered for full time employees • Vacations are encouraged with a bonus for taking 5 consecutive days • Employee referrals are bonused • Topstep offers a food and groceries budget and contributes towards health and wellness.