Engineering Manager - Arcnine

tradeify; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Comprehensive benefits

Foundational team member

Job summary

tradeify is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a brand-new trading platform. You will hire, architect, and drive delivery from build to launch, while staying hands-on when needed. You will partner with Product, Design, and founders, reporting to the CTO in a fully remote setup.

You will recruit and mentor engineers, set performance goals, and ensure robust CI/CD, observability, and reliability as the product scales in fast-changing environments.

Qualifications

• Must have experience managing or leading engineers in a hands-on engineering role.
• Hands-on engineering experience across full-stack or backend.
• Strong experience with modern frontend and backend tech stacks (React/Next.js/Vue on frontend; Python/Node.js/C#/Go on backend).
• Proficient with REST APIs and real-time WebSocket services.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow a team of full-stack/backend engineers for a new product.
• Lead performance management and calibrations; run 1:1s.
• Define and prioritize platform roadmap with Product and Design.
• Guide real-time trading interface architecture and execution systems.
• Review code, contribute to design decisions, unblock engineers.

Skills

Leadership / people mgmt

Hands-on engineering

Communication

REST APIs & WebSocket

Cloud + Docker / Kubernetes

Frontend: React / Next.js / Vue

Backend: Python / Node.js / C# / Go

Databases: Postgres / MySQL / Redis /

Ambiguity navigation / fast-changing

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Code review / PR tooling

Job description

Role overview

The Engineering Manager will lead the team building a brand-new proprietary trading platform designed by active traders for speed, control, and execution in performance-critical environments. This is a hands-on leadership role spanning hiring, technical architecture, and product delivery from the current build phase through launch and early iteration. The position is remote and reports to the CTO, partnering closely with Product, Design, and the founders.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, onboard, and grow a team of full-stack and backend engineers for a new product
• Run regular 1:1s, set clear goals, and lead performance management, including calibration and difficult conversations
• Partner with Product and Design to define and prioritize the platform roadmap pre- and post-launch
• Guide architectural decisions for a real-time trading interface and its execution systems
• Stay hands-on with code: review pull requests, weigh in on design docs, and unblock engineers on hard problems
• Drive delivery through sprint planning, progress tracking, and scope adjustments in ambiguous conditions
• Establish testing, code quality, and CI/CD standards for a young team and codebase
• Own production reliability, observability, and incident response as launch approaches
• Contribute to engineering standards and hiring practices at the broader organizational level

Requirements

• Prior experience managing or leading engineers, in addition to hands-on engineering experience
• Full-stack or backend background with React, Next.js, or Vue on the frontend and Python, Node.js, C#, or Go on the backend
• Experience with REST APIs and WebSocket-based, real-time services
• Familiarity with relational or in-memory data stores such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, or MongoDB
• Experience running production systems on AWS, GCP, or Azure with Docker and Kubernetes
• Comfort building 0-to-1 in ambiguous or fast-changing product environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with non-technical stakeholders including founders and traders

Nice to have

• Background in fintech, trading, or crypto
• Experience with real-time systems and event-driven architectures such as Kafka, NATS, or Pulsar
• Familiarity with TimescaleDB or ClickHouse
• Prior experience as an Engineering Manager on a pre-launch or early-stage product
• Experience managing teams that use AI-assisted development tools day to day

Benefits and work setup

• Remote role reporting to the CTO
• High-performance culture that rewards ownership, curiosity, and results
• Competitive base salary, performance bonuses, and comprehensive benefits
• Opportunity to be a foundational member of the team building a next-generation trading platform from the ground up