Staff Software Engineer, Order Handling and Ledger Team
tastylive · Chicago, Illinois
Posted 22 days ago · $180,000-$230,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 22 days tastylive's roles stay open a median of 24 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 94% of tastylive's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at tastylive
- moderate 3 stale, 1 reposted of 18 open
- Hiring momentum
- 30 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from tastylive's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for tastylive.
About this role
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Order Handling and Ledger Team at tastytrade, you will design, build, and maintain backend systems that support order handling, ledger, and settlement processes. You'll collaborate with product teams to scope features, provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and lead troubleshooting efforts for production issues. The role emphasizes performance, stability, and the evolution of backend architecture in a fast-paced environment.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of tastylive as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Significant experience as a technical lead and mentor
- Deep expertise in building backend systems
- Strong grasp of idempotency, transactions, concurrency control, and reliable communication between services
- Mastery of at least one programming language and framework
- Ability to quickly become productive in new languages and frameworks
Nice to have
- Professional experience with Ruby
- Experience with PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ
- Experience with ledgers, settlement, payments, banking, or related domains
What you get
- Base Salary Range: $180,000-$230,000
- Discretionary Performance Bonus: 15-20% of base salary based on individual and company performance
Worth weighing
- Hybrid work model with 3 days in the office
- Fast-paced environment may require adaptability to changing priorities
- No specific technology stack mentioned beyond backend systems
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Listed by tastylive on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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