Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer

Prophetx; New York (NY); Remote; USD 200.000 - 250.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity opportunities

Remote work within USA

Comprehensive health coverage

Zusammenfassung

ProphetX is seeking a Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer (IC5) to define technical strategy for a CFTC-regulated exchange platform. You will influence engineering direction, drive critical decisions, and mentor teams to scale our services.

You’ll lead architecture discussions, evaluate new tech, and partner with product and leadership to shape the roadmap while owning high-impact initiatives across the engineering organization.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years backend and distributed systems experience with org-wide impact.
• Expert-level Go, Java, C++, or Python and large-scale system design.
• Proven experience architecting low-latency, high-availability platforms.
• Mastery of event-driven architecture, real-time APIs, data systems, cloud-native infra.
• Deep experience with reliability, security, and compliance in regulated environments.
• History of mentoring senior engineers.
• Exceptional communication and influence across teams and execs.
• Proactive, growth-focused with strong ownership.
• Prediction markets/fintech or exchange experience a plus.

Aufgaben

• Define long-term technical strategy and architecture for the exchange platform.
• Lead company-level technical initiatives with ambiguous scope and risk.
• Drive decisions on scalability, resilience, and security in a regulated environment.
• Evaluate new technologies, and build-versus-buy decisions at org level.
• Advise leadership on technical feasibility, risk, and investment.
• Mentor engineers and shape hiring, leveling, and culture.
• Represent engineering depth with partners and regulators.
• Collaborate with product and leadership to influence roadmap.
• Share knowledge and grow peers across the team.

Kenntnisse

Backend architecture

Go

Java

C++

Python

Large-scale systems

Event-driven

Real-time APIs

Reliability & security

Mentoring

Communication

Ownership

Fintech/Exchange familiarity

Tools

Cloud-native infrastructure

Jobbeschreibung

Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer

Application Deadline: 20 November 2026

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote - USA

Compensation: $200,000 - $250,000 / year

Description

We’re looking for a Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer (IC5) to shape the technical strategy of ProphetX as a company. You’ll be a recognized technical authority who solves our hardest problems, sets multi-year architectural direction for our exchange platform, and multiplies the impact of the entire engineering organization.

Key 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 operating 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, Knowledge and Expertise

• 10+ years of backend and distributed systems experience, including a track record of org- or company-wide technical impact
• Expert-level command of Go, Java, C++, or Python, and of large-scale system design
• Proven experience architecting and evolving mission-critical, low-latency, high-availability platforms (exchange, trading, payments, or comparable)
• Mastery of event-driven architecture, real-time APIs, data systems, and cloud-native infrastructure
• Deep experience with reliability, security, and compliance in regulated environments
• History of mentoring and growing senior and staff engineers
• Exceptional communication and influence skills, from engineers to executives
• Proactive, growth-focused, and highly adaptable with a strong sense of ownership
• Prediction markets, fintech, sports betting, or exchange experience is a plus

Why Join Us!

Compensation & Ownership

• Competitive compensation aligned to role and market
• Equity opportunities so you share in what we’re building
• A clear connection between impact and reward

Health & Wellbeing

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible time off built on trust and accountability
• A culture that respects your time and avoids unnecessary meetings

Remote & Flexible Work

• Fully remote within the U.S.
• Flexibility to work in the way that helps you do your best work

The Role

• Set the multi-year technical direction for a live, CFTC-regulated exchange platform, as a recognized technical authority across the company
• Take on a high-impact IC role with direct influence on executive and product decisions, build-versus-buy choices, and engineering culture
• Help define what resilient, secure, and compliant exchange architecture looks like as a brand-new asset class scales