Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead), Customer Domain Engineering

Forge; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Forge in San Francisco is looking for a passionate engineer with over 8 years of software engineering experience to join their innovative team. The role involves designing and maintaining web applications, mentoring junior engineers, and leading projects focused on delivering scalable solutions.

The ideal candidate has strong expertise in C# and .NET, as well as experience with event-driven systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ. Forge remains dedicated to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and values boldness, accountability, and humility.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience as a technical lead for a product engineering team.
• Proven track record of teamwork and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain web applications.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide the team.
• Lead a workstream and define technical requirements.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Team collaboration

C# and .NET expertise

Event-driven systems knowledge

SQL and relational databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

At Forge, we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, accountable, and humble. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to artificial intelligence, and more.

With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge's goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible, and seamless for companies, their employees, and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth.

Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and is building a growing network effect.

Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams, and innovators in this way.

The Role

Forge's software engineering team is passionate about innovation and building scalable solutions that drive liquidity and growth in the private market. Our teams leverage a broad range of new technologies and are well-versed in delivering high-quality, innovative solutions. We thrive on moving fast, delivering value, and living our values of being bold, humble, and accountable.

We are seeking passionate engineers with at least 8+ years of experience delivering innovative software solutions that are scalable, secure, and easy to maintain. The ideal candidate thrives in team settings, enjoys collaboration and mentoring engineers, and focuses on delivering value and making an impact.

Location

This role requires 2-3 days a week in office in San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain web applications with customer domain‑specific business logic
• Communicate with stakeholders, including Architects, Tech Leads, Product, and Design teams to deliver customer and business value
• Mentor junior engineers and guide the team on internal/external frameworks, best practices, and new technologies
• Develop concise, detailed, and articulate technical documentation
• Leverage Agile and Lean practices
• Lead a workstream, partner with Product on requirements, define technical requirements, and plan actionable tasks
• Design, build, and maintain automated tests (unit and integration as needed) to ensure high code quality
• Support healthy system operations and ensure high availability

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience as a technical lead for a product engineering team
• Expertise building APIs with C# and .NET
• Experience with event‑driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
• Experience with CQRS, Event Sourcing, or similar architectural patterns
• Strong knowledge of SQL / relational databases
• Experience contributing to and interpreting system design
• Proven track record of teamwork and delivery
• Experience in fintech or financial services, including familiarity with regulatory considerations

Preferred Skills (Nice‑to‑Have)

• Experience with KYC (Know Your Customer) workflows
• Experience with multiple server‑side programming languages
• Experience with TDD (Test Driven Development) or DDD (Domain Driven Development)
• Experience with Marten (Event Store DB)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
• Experience building and scaling systems to millions of users

Compensation

For residents of San Francisco, CA the annual salary range for this role is $209,000-$240,000 annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors.

Upon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches as well as fingerprint and drug test.

Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.