Backend Architect

Hirextra -World's First Staffing Aggregator; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing aggregator is seeking a seasoned Backend Architect to lead the development of a new Futures Commodity Commissions Market application. This role involves designing scalable systems for regulated financial environments, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in backend architecture, particularly in trading and financial services, and a strong understanding of regulatory frameworks. This is a remote contract position offering competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in backend system design and architecture.
• Proven track record in building regulated financial platforms.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the backend development of a secure trading platform.
• Design core backend components including Order Management System and Compliance Subsystems.

Skills

Backend System Design

Regulatory Compliance

C++

Communication

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

Kafka

DynamoDB

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Job Description

We are seeking a seasoned Backend Architect with deep expertise in regulated financial systems and trading platforms to lead the backend architecture and development for a new Futures Commodity Commissions Market (FCM) application. This platform, envisioned as a regulated sports prediction market and Robinhood’s Prediction Market, will be built for a large-scale financial trading domain.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience designing and scaling backend systems for high-performance, regulated environments—particularly within trading, commodities, and financial services. This is a greenfield project that demands a high degree of architectural maturity, regulatory compliance knowledge (especially with CFTC and NFA), and scalable system design on AWS.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and lead the backend development of a secure, scalable, and compliant trading platform supporting binary markets (e.g., sports future markets).
• Design core backend components including:
• Order Management System (OMS) – for trade matching, limit order handling.
• Clearing House Services – to support efficient trade settlement.
• Compliance Subsystems – for Pre-Trade and Post-Trade checks including regulatory reporting and notifications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (product, compliance, and frontend engineering) to align backend architecture with business and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with frontend team (SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, Next.js) to define and integrate backend APIs.
• Proactively identify opportunities to reuse open-source or commercial trading components to reduce build time.
• Define data models and storage strategies suitable for low-latency, high-throughput trading.
• Enforce security, reliability, and operational excellence best practices, including logging, monitoring, and failover strategies.
• Provide architectural documentation, timelines, and effort estimation for the SOW.
• Guide backend engineering teams (both onshore and offshore) through implementation, code reviews, and deployment readiness.

Technical Stack & Tools:

• Cloud: AWS (Public Cloud)
• Compliance Frameworks: CFTC, NFA regulated architecture
• DevOps: CI/CD on AWS, observability frameworks, logging, secure deployment pipelines

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in backend system design and architecture for high-volume applications.
• Proven track record in building regulated financial platforms, particularly in trading, commodities, or exchange markets.
• Strong hands-on expertise with C++ specifically on .NET, preferably in low-latency or high-throughput systems.
• Deep knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks such as CFTC, NFA, and familiarity with financial order routing, trade clearing, and KYC/AML protocols.
• Experience with AWS cloud-native architecture, including Kafka and DynamoDB.
• Ability to define MVP architecture that can evolve into scalable enterprise-grade systems.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills to collaborate with cross-functional and distributed teams.

Thanks

Lalit

[e-mail]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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