Staff Software Engineer, Order Handling and Ledger Team
tastytrade · Chicago, Illinois
Posted 22 days ago · $180,000-$230,000
or apply directly on tastytrade's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 22 days tastytrade's roles stay open a median of 24 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 94% of tastytrade's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at tastytrade
- 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 tastytrade's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for tastytrade.
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 will collaborate with product teams, provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and define engineering standards while also participating in troubleshooting and production issue resolution.
- 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 tastytrade 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 learn new technologies and frameworks
Nice to have
- Professional experience with Ruby
- Experience with PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ
- Experience with ledgers, settlement, payments, or banking
What you get
- Base salary range of $180,000-$230,000
- Discretionary performance bonus of 15-20% of base salary based on performance
Worth weighing
- Hybrid work model requires 3 days in the office
- Fast-paced environment may require quick adaptation to new challenges
- No specific technologies mentioned for the current stack, which may imply a need for flexibility
Summarised from tastytrade's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by tastytrade on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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