Principal Backend Architect, Remote & Equity

ProphetX; World Trade Center (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

ProphetX is seeking a Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer to shape the technical strategy of our exchange platform. You will be a recognized authority, setting multi-year direction and multiplying the impact of the engineering organization.

You will lead high-impact technical initiatives in a CFTC-regulated, low-latency environment while mentoring staff and partnering with product to influence roadmaps. This fully remote US role offers equity opportunities and a strong ownership culture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend and distributed systems experience.
• Expert-level command of Go, Java, C++, or Python and of large-scale system design.
• Proven experience architecting and evolving mission-critical, low-latency platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term technical strategy and architecture for the exchange platform, aligned to business and regulatory goals.
• Lead company-level technical initiatives with ambiguous scope and significant business risk or opportunity.
• Drive critical decisions on scalability, resilience, and security for systems in a CFTC-regulated environment.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, build-versus-buy choices, and engineering practices at an organizational level.
• Advise executive and product leadership on technical feasibility, risk, and investment.
• Mentor staff and senior engineers, and help shape hiring, leveling, and engineering culture.
• Represent ProphetX’s engineering depth with partners, regulators, and the broader technical community where appropriate.
• Partner with product and leadership to influence roadmap and prioritization with technical insight.
• Proactively seek development opportunities and share knowledge with peers and junior engineers.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Go

Java

C++

Python

System design

Low-latency

Security & compliance

Mentoring

Job description

ProphetX is seeking a Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer to shape the technical strategy of our exchange platform. You will be a recognized authority, setting multi-year direction and multiplying the impact of the engineering organization.

You will lead high-impact technical initiatives in a CFTC-regulated, low-latency environment while mentoring staff and partnering with product to influence roadmaps. This fully remote US role offers equity opportunities and a strong ownership culture.