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# Staff Software Engineer, Order Handling and Ledger Team at tastytrade

- **Company:** tastytrade
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tastytrade/jobs/6162346004

## Job description

Company Name: tastytrade

Role: Staff Software Engineer, Order Handling and Ledger Team

Location: Chicago, IL - Hybrid (3 days/week in office)

About the Role:

The tasty family of companies empowers individual investors and traders by providing educational media, intuitive and powerful trading software, high-speed order execution, competitive pricing, and innovative financial products. The diversity of our offerings and the technology that powers them give our engineers exposure to a broad set of tools and the opportunity to dig deep into specific problems. We are an ideal environment for engineers who are self-motivated, pragmatic, and genuinely enjoy creating and operating large, highly available, performant systems. Our team is lean, and our management philosophy values the autonomy of our people.

At tastytrade, you'll be part of the team that builds our retail brokerage business. We care about the speed and stability of our backend systems. Our architecture evolves continually as the business grows and new technical challenges emerge, always with a focus on practicality and performance.

What You'll Do:

- Design, build, and own the backend systems behind our order handling, ledger, and settlement flows
- Partner with product to scope features, build implementation plans, and oversee execution in collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Provide technical leadership across the team, both by leading project teams and by mentoring more junior engineers
- Deliver concise, constructive, and thoughtful code reviews covering design and quality, business-domain correctness, stability, and performance
- Monitor the external technology landscape and experiment with new tools to solve hard problems or improve the quality of existing solutions
- Define engineering-wide standards and guidance, and be the person colleagues across the organization seek out for critical work and decisions
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues, collaborating with team members and stakeholders
- Share ownership of production by participating in on-call and treating operability as a design requirement

Who You are:

- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant time as a technical lead and mentor
- Deep expertise in building backend systems, with a strong grasp of concepts such as idempotency, transactions, concurrency control, and reliable communication between services
- Mastery of at least one language and framework, and the ability to jump into a brand-new one and quickly become productive following its best practices
- Quick to absorb new information and become conversant in unfamiliar concepts and technology, with the humility to acknowledge honestly when you're out of your depth
- Pragmatic in your use of AI for research, planning, coding, and code review
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to work from loose concepts
- A structured thinker who sees the big picture and balances short-term needs with long-term goals
- Self-motivated and biased toward action, with the ability to set priorities and execute in a fast-paced environment
- Precise in your attention to detail, with high-quality standards
- An exceptional written and verbal communicator, skilled at distilling complex material into straightforward language that everyone in our business can understand
- A track record of building and managing relationships with technical teams, stakeholders, and external partners

Preferred Requirements:

- Professional experience with Ruby, or with other parts of our stack, such as PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ
- Experience with ledgers, settlement, payments, banking, or another domain where money moves and must balance

Base Salary Range: $180,000-$230,000 The actual salary offered will be based on the candidate's level of experience and qualifications.

Discretionary Performance Bonus: 15-20% of base salary based on individual and company performance.

## About IGNA + tasty

IG North America is home to tastytrade, tastylive & tastyfx—a family of brands built to democratize trading and empower individual investors. Founded in Chicago by the creators of thinkorswim, acquired by London-based IG Group in 2021, we combine startup innovation with the backing of a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof.

From our headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market, our team builds award-winning trading platforms, produces live financial education content daily, and creates technology that makes complex markets accessible. tastytrade is our retail brokerage for self-directed investing and trading, with tastylive providing content to educate our customers. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US. tastycrypto provides self-custody digital wallets for decentralized finance.

We're a lean, collaborative team that values autonomy, pragmatism, and impact. Whether you're building technology, creating content, serving customers, or supporting operations, you'll work alongside people who are passionate about disrupting traditional finance and genuinely care about helping traders succeed. Our culture rewards initiative, embraces experimentation, and measures success by the value we create for our users. The bar is high – bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG|tasty – the future gets built here.

Location: Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.

[tastytrade](https://tastytrade.com/) | [tastylive](https://www.tastylive.com/)  | [tastyfx](https://www.tastyfx.com/) 1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607

*Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

## About tastytrade

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: tastytrade is a financial services and technology company that operates a self-directed online brokerage platform specializing in options, futures, and stock trading with a focus on transparent, low-cost pricing and trader education.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of IG Group Holdings, a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange under ticker IGG)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial services, brokerage, fintech, online trading
- **Target customers**: Self-directed retail traders, ranging from beginners to experienced options and futures traders (B2C)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Helping traders succeed through sophisticated technology, favorable pricing and exceptional customer service" [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/)

## Products & Services
- **Self-Directed Brokerage Platform**: An all-in-one trading platform for options, futures, stocks, and cryptocurrencies with a focus on options and futures trading. The platform features proprietary tools, charting, and analytics designed for active traders.
- **tastyworks**: The primary trading platform and brand offering commission schedules with capped commissions, specifically: Options at $1.00 to open and $0.75 to close (per contract, $10 max per leg for stock/ETF options), Futures at $1.25 per contract, and Stock trades at $0. [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/)
- **tastytrade Network**: A streaming financial media network offering live programming, market analysis, and educational content for traders, including free courses and trading metrics.
- **Trading Tools & Analytics**: Proprietary metrics and backtesting tools to help traders evaluate strategies and understand probability in trading decisions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed as a standalone entity. It operates as a major subsidiary of IG Group Holdings, which had a market capitalization of approximately £3.5B (as of mid-2026).
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available (private subsidiary). The IG Group reported total revenue of over £1B in its most recent fiscal year, with tastytrade contributing a significant portion through its US retail trading operations.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company IG Group Holdings (publicly traded on the LSE). tastytrade is a member of SIPC, providing up to $500,000 coverage.
- **Growth Signals**: Continued expansion of product offerings (including cryptocurrency and futures on micro futures), strong brand recognition in the options trading community, and a thriving office culture in Chicago's West Loop tech hub.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Transparent, Capped Pricing**: A clear, simple commission structure with no hidden fees, subscriptions, or account minimums. Options commissions are capped at $10 per leg, making it attractive for active traders.
- **Trader-First Philosophy**: The company was built by and for traders (founder Tom Sosnoff is a former pit trader), creating deep product empathy and specialized tools for probability-based trading.
- **Integrated Education & Media**: The tastytrade network provides free, high-quality education and live market analysis, building a loyal community and reducing churn.
- **Flat Organizational Structure**: A deliberate flat hierarchy that promotes collaboration, transparency, and reduced bureaucracy, directly impacting speed of innovation and employee satisfaction. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tastytrade)

## Strategic Focus
- **Product Innovation**: Continuously improving the trading platform with new features, better analytics, and expanded asset classes (futures, crypto, micro futures).
- **Customer Education & Retention**: Leveraging the media network to empower traders and increase lifetime value through education rather than marketing spend.
- **Talent & Culture**: Investing in a strong, collaborative office culture in Chicago's West Loop, with a hybrid work model and a focus on employee development.
- **Regulatory Compliance & Security**: Maintaining robust security and compliance as a SIPC member firm while scaling the business.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: The company emphasizes a flat structure, innovation, transparency, and collaboration. Core values include being "Innovative" and "trailblazers in the industry." [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/)
- **Work Model**: Hybrid model with teams in the office 3-5 days per week, depending on team and project needs. In-person collaboration is highly valued. [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/life-at-tastytrade/)
- **Office Location**: Headquarters at 1330 W Fulton St. in Chicago's vibrant West Loop/Fulton Market District, a major tech and dining hub. Easily accessible via CTA (Green/Pink/Blue lines), Metra shuttle, and with bike storage. [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/life-at-tastytrade/)
- **Benefits & Perks**: Generous PTO, paid holidays (all market holidays off), 401(k) with company match, 3 medical plan choices, dental & vision, generous parental leave, disability leave & insurance, commuter benefits, pet insurance, wellness/mental health programs, performance bonuses, subsidized engineering training program, stock purchase options, gym membership reimbursement, charitable donation matching, healthcare FSA, two paid volunteer days off, daily catered lunch, fully-stocked kitchen, and onsite gym. [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/life-at-tastytrade/)
- **Engineering Focus**: Engineering team may use HackerRank or technical assessments as part of a streamlined 1-2 interview process. The flat structure fosters ownership and independence.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Stated commitment to diverse voices and perspectives, with active participation in community charities (e.g., Lurie Children's Corporate Cup, Letters to Santa). [tastytrade.com](https://tastytrade.com/careers/)

## Sources
1. [tastytrade.com - Careers](https://tastytrade.com/careers/)
2. [tastytrade.com - Life at tastytrade](https://tastytrade.com/careers/life-at-tastytrade/)
3. [greenhouse.io - Jobs at tastytrade](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tastytrade)
4. [tastytrade.com - Pricing & Platform](https://tastytrade.com/)
5. [tastytrade.com - About Us](https://tastytrade.com/about-us/)

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