• Lead the end-to-end development lifecycle of our SaaS platform, from design and implementation to deployment and maintenance, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical requirements. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of Full Stack Engineers, fostering their growth and development through coaching, feedback, and knowledge sharing. • Define and drive the technical strategy for AI integration, working closely with product and data teams to deliver AI-powered features that improve automation, decision-making, and user experience. • Explore and evaluate new AI models, frameworks, and APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face, Google AI), and oversee the development of AI proof-of-concepts (POCs) to validate innovative ideas. • Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, prioritizing features and enhancements based on impact and feasibility. • Drive architectural decisions and establish coding standards and best practices to ensure the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of the platform. • Conduct thorough code reviews, enforce quality standards, and promote a culture of continuous improvement through the adoption of testing methodologies and automation. • Proactively identify technical debt, scalability bottlenecks, and areas for optimization, leading initiatives to address them and improve overall system performance. • Champion security and compliance initiatives, ensuring adherence to industry regulations and best practices, and driving the implementation of robust security measures. • Stay updated with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in software development, evaluating their potential impact and relevance to our platform, and advocating for their adoption where appropriate.

Title: Senior Software Engineer, Client Experience Location: Denver United States Job Description: At Forge, we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, accountable, and humble. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to artificial intelligence, and more. With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge’s goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible, and seamless for companies, their employees, and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth. Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and is building a growing network effect. Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams, and innovators in this way. The Role: We are seeking a talented full‑stack, front‑end‑focused engineer specializing in React, TypeScript, and Server‑Side Rendering (SSR) principles to join our growing organization. This role is ideal for an engineer with deep expertise in modern front‑end technologies and a passion for high‑quality delivery. The right candidate demonstrates a relentless commitment to customer outcomes, leads by example, and thrives in highly collaborative, cross‑functional environments. Location: This position is remote in Denver, CO. We intend to open an office in Denver and once we do, we will require hybrid attendance onsite at least 9 days each month. Responsibilities: - Champion highly functional, iterative delivery partnerships with Product, Design, and Engineering teams - Build and enhance web applications using React, delivering responsive, accessible, performant, and delightful customer experiences - Evangelize and promote reusable, local component development using Tailwind design tokens to simplify reuse and maintain consistency - Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable, robust software solutions - Partner with domain and data providers to integrate and deliver end‑to‑end solutions iteratively - Leverage headless CMS platforms and low‑code solutions when appropriate - Ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to best practices through code reviews and mentorship - Advocate for the customer through experimentation, data‑driven decision making, and continuous feedback - Stay current with emerging front‑end trends, tools, and best practices to keep the platform modern and competitive - Contribute to and inspire a culture of continuous improvement and innovation Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field - 8+ years of professional software engineering experienceProven expertise building externally facing, highly available UI experiences using React or similar frameworks (e.g., Next.js, Angular) - Strong experience partnering with UI/UX designers and leveraging design systems, component libraries, charting libraries, and data grids/tables - Demonstrated track record of collaboration, rapid delivery, and actively supporting teammates through technical challenges - Deep experience with build optimization and bundling tools - Solid knowledge of event‑driven architectures, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, and related web communication protocols - Strong command of front‑end architecture patterns, best practices, and methodologies for large‑scale, customer‑facing applications Preferred Skills (Nice-to-Have) - Experience building applications using a Backend‑for‑Frontend (BFF) architecture and/or serverless (Lambda) functions - Familiarity with Cloudflare as a CDN and caching layer - Experience programming in C# and .NET - Working knowledge of AWS and/or Azure cloud infrastructure - Background in FinTech, Financial Services, or other highly regulated industries - Experience working in high‑growth, venture‑backed startups, including scaling organizations post‑IPO For residents of Denver, CO the annual salary range for this role is $152,000-$190,000+ annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors Upon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches. Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot • Architect and implement microservices-based systems • Contribute to system design and architectural decisions • Develop and deploy cloud-ready applications on Azure/AWS • Implement best practices for coding, testing, CI/CD, and monitoring • Work closely with DevOps, QA, Product, and Architecture teams • Manage and optimize database performance (PostgreSQL & MongoDB) • Troubleshoot complex issues and perform root cause analysis • Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership • Ensure high standards of performance, security, and code quality.

• Design, develop, and maintain backend automation frameworks using Java. • Perform REST API automation testing using Rest Assured. • Validate and test complex microservices-based architectures. • Collaborate with backend developers, architects, and DevOps teams. • Analyze system behavior, identify defects, and perform root cause analysis. • Execute database validations and optimize backend queries. • Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines. • Ensure automation scalability, maintainability, and best practices. • Drive continuous improvement in backend quality engineering. • Take ownership of automation initiatives and deliver high-quality solutions.