Sr. Platform Engineer I

What you'll do:

We are seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer I to join our Platform Engineering team focused on Developer Experience. In this role you will design and build the tools workflows and golden paths that make engineers across the organization more productive. Your work will directly shape how teams build test ship and operate software removing friction codifying best practices and enabling self-service at scale. You will collaborate closely with product engineering infrastructure engineering and technical leadership to establish platform standards create reusable service templates and build internal tooling that accelerates delivery while maintaining quality and consistency across our web mobile desktop and trading platforms.

In this role you will:

• Define and maintain golden paths for service creation including service templates starter kits and scaffolding tools that let teams go from zero to production-ready with minimal friction
• Own developer onboarding workflows and maintain high-quality platform documentation
• Establish and evolve CI/CD pipeline standards across the organization
• Design release automation patterns including rollout safety mechanisms such as canary deployments progressive delivery and automated rollbacks
• Build and maintain internal platform portals reusable infrastructure modules and paved-road workflows
• Enable product engineering teams to provision resources configure environments and ship features independently without reliance on other teams
• Champion platform adoption through clear documentation enablement sessions and a consultative approach
• Measure developer satisfaction and platform adoption metrics to continuously improve the experience
• Partner with product engineering infrastructure and operations teams to ensure platform tooling meets cross-platform needs
• Translate engineering pain points into scalable platform capabilities• Embed security and compliance requirements such as SOC2 and PCI-DSS into platform tooling and CI/CD pipelines

What you'll need:

• 8+ years in platform engineering DevOps or developer tooling roles with a strong focus on developer experience
• Deep experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions including release automation and deployment safety patterns
• Strong expertise with Kubernetes Docker and container orchestration in the context of self-service abstractions
• Proficiency in Python Go or Bash with experience building internal tools and automation
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Helm
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS GCP or Azure including designing developer-facing abstractions
• Strong collaboration communication and documentation skills with a focus on internal developer experience

Bonus Points for:

• Experience building or contributing to internal developer portals such as Backstage
• Familiarity with platform engineering frameworks and a platform-as-a-product mindset
• Trading or financial services industry experience
• Contributions to open-source projects

Compensation:

The salary range for this role will be $165000 - $180000 USD. In addition this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 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. NinjaTrader offers a 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowanceaccrues at a rate of 18 days per year (some positions may qualify for more) plus seven paid holidays.

Location:

This role is based in Chicago IL. *There may be remote flexibility for exceptional candidates in the following states: California Colorado Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Minnesota Missouri Montana New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington DC Wisconsin.

Hybrid:

For Chicago-based employees we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday with remote work on Mondays and Fridays. In addition to these weekly remote days we offer:

• 20 additional flex remote days annually
• 5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays

What We Do

More than 2 million futures traders trust NinjaTrader's award-winning software and brokerage services to help them trade smarter. Since 2003 we've been building better futures for all traders by making futures trading more accessible scalable and user-friendly. As a bold innovative thought leader in the trading space we build products and services that empower active futures traders to easily analyze and react to data from the world's leading financial markets. Veteran and new futures traders alike look to us for our always-on support daily free education and analysis access to developer apps and much more. We believe in the power of innovation to drive futures trading forward. Together we continue to redefine what's possible in trading advocate for our customers and provide the best tools support and experiences to the fast-growing retail futures trading community. Located in Chicago our entrepreneurial employee-centric culture is inspiring innovative and inviting. We're committed to diversity equity and inclusivity so our team members feel at ease to be themselves and empowered to deliver the work they do best.

Why Work With Us

Our team members are our #1 asset and the signature ingredient to our success. When you join NinjaTrader you become part of an innovative forward-looking community that encourages creativity collaboration and camaraderie to deliver the best futures trading experience possible to our more than 1.8 million users. See why better futures start here.

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