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# Staff Platform Engineer at Ftmo

- **Company:** Ftmo
- **Location:** Prague, Czech Republic
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ftmo/64e82e1e-21b7-4a6a-a556-ad0230fa7345

## Job description

FTMO recently acquired OANDA Group, one of the world’s leading online trading groups, and we’re now looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to help run the infrastructure behind OANDA’s global trading platform.

As a member of the Platform Engineering team at OANDA, you are responsible for providing the infrastructure to efficiently and reliably serve our applications to OANDA customers. You will manage the underlying hardware and operating systems to deliver a high-availability, fault-tolerant global platform spanning on-premise and cloud environments. In addition, you will provide a platform for application delivery based on modern orchestration and automation tools to enable the product development teams to quickly and safely deploy, while ensuring continued adherence to OANDA security and engineering standards.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

- Work on the design and configuration of hybrid network solutions such as hardware and software load balancers, firewalls and interconnectivity and routing between our production environments.
- Design, build and operate cloud and on-premise environment using Infrastructure as Code approach.
- Automate system administration of VMWare, Linux and Windows servers and virtual hosts.
- Deploy modern distributed observability and monitoring tools to measure service levels and improve performance and availability of our systems.
- Respond to, and resolve, production incidents. Contribute detailed feedback to our postmortem process and translate event learnings into infrastructure and application improvements.
- Work on cross-functional teams to research and deploy innovative products and technologies that improve our velocity, reliability, and performance.

WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE TABLE?

- 8+ years of experience in Platform Engineering
- Terraform
- Google Cloud Platform
- Ansible
- Kubernetes
- Prometheus stack

WHAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE?

- Experience with scripting languages such as Python and PowerShell
- Experience with Mimir, Splunk, Loki, Grafana, Cloudflare and general networking

WHY JOIN THE FTMO TEAM?

- We are a Czech fintech that, since 2015, has grown from an idea into a global project. 🚀
- 300+ amazing teammates. We’re a great team who learn from each other every day.🤜🤛
- How do we work? We focus on meaningful work and open communication, while only adopting processes that make our lives easier.
- Prague, Národní třída. Enjoy our modern offices at the Quadrio shopping center, offering beautiful views and excellent accessibility.
- What if I don’t trade? No worries. We’ll show you what our product is all about and introduce you to the basics of trading.
- Free fruit, snacks, and coffee are always within reach in the office.
- How do we promote strong relationships and well-being? Company cottage, team building events, and running club.
- Flexible hybrid model. We prefer collaborating in person to keep the team spirit high, but we offer the flexibility you need to stay balanced.

*The benefits mentioned above apply to FTMO on-site employees in our Prague office.

## About Ftmo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: FTMO is a modern proprietary trading firm that provides traders with simulated capital to evaluate their skills and rewards them with up to 90% of simulated profits.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: Prague, Czech Republic
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed (the company was founded by a team of trading and technology professionals)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Modern Proprietary Trading (Prop Trading) / Fintech
- **Target customers**: B2C – individual retail traders globally, from beginners to experienced professionals
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To help talented traders grow and refine their trading skills" by providing a unique Evaluation Process and simulated trading environment with real rewards.

## Products & Services
- **FTMO Challenge (2-Step)**: A structured evaluation process where traders prove their skills in a simulated environment. Successful completion grants access to an FTMO Account with up to $200K in simulated capital.
- **FTMO Account**: A funded simulated trading account where traders can earn up to 90% of their simulated profits as real rewards. Includes a Scaling Plan and Premium Program for growth.
- **1-Step FTMO Challenge**: A streamlined, single-step evaluation for experienced traders.
- **FTMO Trader Ecosystem**: Includes performance coaching, trading applications, analytics tools, and a community of over 3.5 million customers worldwide.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private, bootstrapped company)
- **Key Metric**: Over $500 million paid in rewards to traders worldwide; 3.5 million+ customers across 140+ countries
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: FTMO acquired OANDA in 2025, a major forex and CFD brokerage. The group now includes FTMO (prop trading) and OANDA (brokerage).
- **Growth Signals**: 300+ employees; acquired OANDA in 2025; OANDA Prop Trader program to conclude in March 2026 to focus on FTMO's core model; 4.8/5 Trustpilot rating; 24/7 support in 20 languages.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in modern prop trading**: Founded in 2015, FTMO pioneered the "challenge-based" evaluation model that has since become an industry standard.
- **Scale and trust**: Over 3.5 million customers, $500M+ in rewards paid, and a 4.8/5 Trustpilot rating create a powerful network effect and brand moat.
- **Integrated group structure**: The 2025 acquisition of OANDA creates a unique powerhouse combining a regulated brokerage (OANDA) with a leading prop trading firm (FTMO), offering cross-sell and data advantages.
- **In-house technology**: Full-stack development team building proprietary trading platforms, risk management systems, and data infrastructure (Elastic, Kafka, Kubernetes, PHP, Python, Kotlin, Flutter, Node.js, .NET, Go).

## Strategic Focus
- **Global expansion**: Serving 140+ countries with support in 20 languages; continued international growth.
- **Product innovation**: Developing AI-powered tools (AI Software Engineer, AI Knowledge Engineer, AI Education Specialist roles) to enhance trader education and platform intelligence.
- **Group synergies**: Leveraging the 2025 OANDA acquisition to create a comprehensive trading ecosystem, while keeping FTMO focused on its modern prop trading model.
- **Scaling the platform**: Growing the FTMO Account Scaling Plan and Premium Program to retain and reward top traders.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as "friendly," "fair," and "driven by enthusiasm." The company values fairness, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Employee satisfaction scores are very high: 95% positive for Employer, 96% for Colleagues, and 96% for Supervisors.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Hybrid model. The main office is in the modern Quadrio building in Prague's historic center. Many roles are listed as remote or Prague-based.
- **Notable perks**: 5 well-being days off, sick days, company cottage in the Krkonoše mountains, Multisport card, VIP discounts, welcome pack, snacks and beverages, modern office in a shopping center, team buildings, courses and education, motivational bonuses, and hardware suitable for your position.
- **Engineering culture**: Modern tech stack (PHP, Python, Kotlin, Flutter, Node.js, .NET, Go, Elastic, Kafka, Kubernetes); cloud-native infrastructure; strong focus on AI and data engineering (multiple AI-specific roles open).
- **Global team**: 300+ employees from diverse backgrounds; support available in 20 languages; operations spanning trading, data, marketing, legal, finance, and HR.

## Sources
1. [FTMO Careers Page](https://careers.ftmo.com/en/)
2. [FTMO Official Website](https://ftmo.com/en/)
3. [FTMO How It Works](https://ftmo.com/en/how-it-works/)
4. [FTMO Press Release - OANDA Prop Trader Conclusion](https://ftmo.com/en/press-release/oanda-prop-trader-to-conclude-as-ftmo-strengthens-its-modern-prop-focus/)
5. [FTMO Contact Page](https://ftmo.com/en/contact/)

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