Senior AI-Native Trading Platform Engineer

NEXT Ventures; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

NEXT Ventures is a fintech platform empowering ambitious professionals to connect with performance-based capital. We seek a backend-focused engineering lead to architect futures trading infrastructure, integrate trading platforms like Rithmic and CQG, and build configurable rule engines for risk management and abuse detection.

You will own end-to-end squad delivery, collaborate with Risk, Operations, and Business teams, and drive AI-native development practices across PHP/Laravel and Next.js

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in high-performance systems.
• Expert proficiency in PHP/Laravel, with strong Node.js and Next.js experience.
• Proven experience integrating trading platforms, FIX APIs, broker connectivity layers, or financial trading infra.
• Strong database architecture and optimization skills with MySQL or PostgreSQL for high-volume data.
• Experience building configurable rule engines, risk management systems, or auditable business logic in fintech/trading envs.
• Solid understanding of futures trading concepts, abuse detection, and operational risk workflows.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration across Risk, Operations, Business, and Engineering teams.
• Hands-on AI-native engineering workflows using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf.

Responsibilities

• Architect and own futures trading platform integrations (Rithmic, CQG) with low-latency data flow.
• Design scalable event-processing pipelines for market data, order events, and risk evaluations.
• Build backend systems supporting platform independence and reducing third-party dependency.
• Design and implement configurable risk engines and abuse-detection tooling.
• Lead squad delivery, code reviews, docs, and architectural consistency across PHP/Laravel and Next.js stacks.
• Collaborate with Risk, Operations, and Business teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Pioneer AI-native engineering workflows and agent-based coding practices to boost productivity.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Adaptability

Tools

PHP/Laravel

Node.js

Next.js

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Redis Streams

MySQL

PostgreSQL

FIX APIs

Job description

NEXT Ventures is a fintech platform empowering ambitious professionals to connect with performance-based capital. We seek a backend-focused engineering lead to architect futures trading infrastructure, integrate trading platforms like Rithmic and CQG, and build configurable rule engines for risk management and abuse detection.

You will own end-to-end squad delivery, collaborate with Risk, Operations, and Business teams, and drive AI-native development practices across PHP/Laravel and Next.js