Engineering Manager (Trader Engagement, Web)

What you’ll do: 

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced engineering leader to lead our newly formed Trader Engagement team. You work will be core to our mission to be the #1 retail trading platform in the world by making better traders through client-centric web experiences. As a leader in our technology organization, your team's work will have a deep impact on our customers, directly influencing our business's bottom line.

In this role, you will:

• Mentor and manage a diverse team of full-stack and front-end Software Engineers across a spectrum of seniority, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence in execution
• Assume an active role in the career development of direct reports with regular 1:1s, direct feedback, coaching
• Engage in hands-on design and ensure alignment of strategy, architecture, tools/methods with software engineers and architects to execute product roadmaps
• Oversee engineering processes and ensure smooth deployments, minimizing downtime and impact on users
• Hire the best talent to help build and grow NinjaTrader’s product engineering teams. The person in this role will manage multiple teams and delivery of projects
• Work with Product and Design leaders as well as other internal stakeholders and external consultants to build the best-in-class Trader Engagement Experience

What we look for: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of engineering experience working in agile software engineering teams designing and building external client facing software products in a fast paced, complex, and dynamic product development environment
• 2+ years of leadership experience managing product focused engineering teams, ideally in a geographically distributed setting
• A strong frontend web engineering background with deep understanding of core modern front-end technologies and frameworks: React, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, servers-side scripting, websockets and cloud deployment pipelines
• Solid understanding of API designs and usage and Backend technologies such as different persistence storage options and microservices
• Experience with project management tools such as JIRA
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical. problems concisely to a non-technical audience

Compensation:

The salary range for this role will be $165,000.00 - $190,000.00 USD annually. In addition, this position will also receive an annual target bonus of up to 12%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).

Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. Additional details on our total compensation package and benefits are listed below.