Engineering Manager, NT Connect

Welcome to the dynamic world of Ninja Trader! As an industry‑leading trading platform and futures broker, we empower traders to take control of their financial destiny. Through our award‑winning software and brokerage services, we help seasoned professionals and newcomers alike navigate the world’s leading financial markets with confidence.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead engineering for our NT Connect Platform—our API‑based brokerage integration layer that powers connections with introducing brokers, fintech partners, and third‑party platforms. This leader will own the evolution of our brokerage APIs, partner onboarding, reliability, and the roadmap for new clearing, trading, and funding APIs. The role combines platform engineering, customer‑facing partnership, and close collaboration across Trading, FCM Operations, Compliance, and Product.

• Lead the team responsible for enhancing our existing, high‑quality API platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and low‑latency performance
• Oversee multiple critical work streams that support, grow, and provide impact to traders and B2B business partners alike
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders across Product, Account Managers, Compliance, QA, and Customer Success to deliver impactful solutions for our broker partners
• Drive engineering delivery, architecture, and operational readiness for the platform components under your domain, including the risk engine, trading permission systems, middleware dashboards, and admin consoles
• Partner with Product leadership on roadmap and prioritization aligned to business growth and partner needs
• Hire, develop, and retain top engineering talent to support the growth and evolution of the NT Connect team
• Uphold engineering quality and execution standards, including code reviews, test coverage, release pipelines, observability, and incident response

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• Strong background in API platform development for external partners (REST, Web Sockets or FIX familiarity is a plus)
• 8+ years of experience in modern software development, with 3+ years in engineering management roles leading 0 to 1 teams
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling B2B SaaS or platform products, ideally involving APIs and user‑facing dashboards
• Deep understanding of security best practices for exposed APIs, backend services, and cloud infrastructure, including authentication, authorization, entitlements, data isolation, encryption, and auditability
• Proven track record leading cross‑functional agile teams and delivering products from inception to production
• Familiarity with financial systems, trading concepts (orders, fills, margins), account lifecycle, and regulated workflows (KYC/AML, reporting), enabling compliant, enterprise‑grade API design
• Experience managing teams across geographies and working with contractors or embedded function groups
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills. Comfortable presenting technical ideas to both engineers and clients
• Experience working in a regulated environment (fintech, trading, brokerage) is a plus

• Experience in FCM, brokerage, clearing, or embedded finance platforms (Apex/Drive Wealth‑style B2B models)
• Background in GCP, Kubernetes, Pub/Sub, Open Telemetry
• Experience with multi‑tenant platform architectures and rate limiting strategies

The salary range is $ – $ USD with an annual target bonus of 15%. Bonus pay at Ninja Trader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).

This role is based in Chicago, IL. Remote flexibility is available for exceptional candidates in selected states. For Chicago‑based employees, we follow a hybrid schedule: in‑office Tuesday through Thursday, remote on Mondays and Fridays. In addition, we offer 20 additional flex remote days annually and 5 company‑wide office‑optional weeks tied to major holidays.

• 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 Ninja Trader

Not Applicable

Full‑time

Technology, Information and Internet, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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