• Support a large-scale enterprise device migration and workplace transformation programme • Define, guide, and assure the end-to-end architecture across infrastructure, identity, networking, and security domains • Ensure that all technical solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to enterprise standards • Provide architectural governance and leadership across multiple technical workstreams during migration, deployment, and transition to operational support • Review technical designs across infrastructure, EUC, Active Directory, networking, and security • Work closely with infrastructure, EUC, security, networking, and application teams to ensure end-to-end solution alignment • Oversee network and security architecture, including segmentation and firewall strategy • Provide architectural input into major incidents, problem investigations, and root cause analysis where required

Role Description As an AEM Backend Developer, you will work closely with architects, product owners, and cross-functional teams to design and implement customized backend solutions using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), translating business requirements into high-quality, production-ready code. - Design, develop, and implement backend AEM solutions including custom OSGi bundles, Sling Models, Sling Servlets, and workflow components. - Build and maintain AEM content structures using JCR/Oak, Content Fragments, Experience Fragments, and DAM integrations. - Develop and optimize HTL (Sightly) templates in collaboration with frontend teams, ensuring clean separation of concerns. - Integrate AEM with third-party systems and APIs, including RESTful and GraphQL services. - Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior developers on AEM backend best practices. - Collaborate with architects to contribute to solution design decisions and technical documentation. - Debug, profile, and optimize AEM performance at the component, page, and infrastructure level. - Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog refinement). - Communicate delivery status, technical risks, and blockers effectively to team leads and client stakeholders. - Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements and deployment automation using Maven and Cloud Manager. Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ Years of experience working in backend software development. - 3+ Years of experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.x and/or AEM as a Cloud Service). - Strong proficiency in Java, with solid understanding of OSGi/Felix framework and Sling architecture. - Experience building and maintaining Sling Models, Sling Servlets, OSGi services, and custom AEM components. - Solid knowledge of JCR/Apache Oak content repository and AEM data modeling best practices. - Experience with AEM DAM, Content Fragments, Experience Fragments, and Multi-Site Manager (MSM). - Familiarity with HTL (Sightly) and server-side rendering patterns in AEM. - Experience with Maven-based build pipelines and AEM package management (CRXDE, Package Manager). - Knowledge of RESTful API design and integration patterns within AEM. - Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments. - Active use of AI coding tools as part of daily development workflow (Windsurf and Claude). - Advanced English Level is required for this role, as you will work with US clients. Benefits - Competitive USD salary. - 100% remote work: While you can work from anywhere, you’re always welcome to connect with teammates and grow your network at our coworking spaces across LATAM. - Paid off & national holidays: Take the time you need according to your country’s regulations while receiving your full salary. - Sick leave: Focus on your health without stress. Take the necessary time to recover and feel better. - Annual credit: Spend it on the perks you love to enhance your work-life balance. - Team-building activities: Join us for coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings to bond with your Nortal family and feel part of our vibrant community. - Birthday off: Enjoy an extra day off during your birthday week to celebrate in style with friends and family.

Disclaimer: Please be advised that the most accurate and up-to-date information about our open roles—including job descriptions, compensation, and benefits—can only be guaranteed on our official job board. For the latest listings and details, please visit: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ninjatrader. JOIN US ON OUR MISSION TO BECOME THE #1 RETAIL TRADING PLATFORM IN THE WORLD Welcome to the dynamic world of NinjaTrader! As an industry-leading trading platform and futures broker, we're empowering traders to take control of their financial destiny. How do we do it? We provide cutting-edge products and services that enhance the trading journey. Whether a seasoned pro or just starting out, NinjaTrader equips traders with award-winning software and brokerage services to navigate the world's leading financial markets with confidence. Our growth story is nothing short of exhilarating. Since 2003, NinjaTrader has been dedicated to understanding and supporting traders on their journey toward trading triumph. Through those efforts, our user base has grown to over 2 million users and we have become the number one rated futures brokerage worldwide. But we're not stopping there. We're constantly evolving, pushing boundaries, and modernizing the futures industry. Our commitment to innovation means users will always have access to dynamic tools, real-time support, and a community of like-minded traders. So, why work at NinjaTrader? Here, you're not just part of a team; you're part of a movement. We empower employees to reach new heights in their careers by providing a dynamic culture focused on social connection, professional development, and employee recognition initiatives. Sounds too good to be true? Take it from our employees. Join us as we redefine what's possible in trading, advocate for our customers, and continue our journey toward becoming the world's top retail-focused trading platform in the world. What you'll do: We are seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to join our Evaluation Services team. Our Evaluation Services business powers funded trader programs that give aspiring traders a pathway to professional trading capital. You will design, build, and maintain the Scala-based backend systems that power our auto-liquidation engine, risk evaluation, and trading services—the core systems our platform and partners depend on. You will own complex backend problems end-to-end and work alongside Trading Services Engineers, frontend engineers, QA, and solutions engineers to deliver high-quality, production-ready features in a fast-paced environment. In this role you will: - Design and implement backend services in Scala for evaluation, risk, and trading service workloads, including real-time auto-liquidation, account state management, and post-trade processing - Build and evolve actor-based systems, such as Akka or similar technologies, that handle high-throughput market data, position changes, and event-driven workflows - Own significant features end-to-end, from technical specifications through implementation, code review, and production handoff - Design data models and database changes in PostgreSQL, including JSONB where appropriate, and contribute to the shared master schema, Protobuf, and SQL repositories - Diagnose and resolve complex backend issues, including production incidents, by analyzing logs, tracing distributed flows, and reproducing edge cases under realistic loads - Drive code quality across the team through thorough pull request reviews, clear acceptance criteria, disciplined development testing, and proper instrumentation and observability - Collaborate with Trading Services, Solutions Engineering, and Product to translate business requirements into well-scoped, accurately estimated stories - Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term technical debt remediation, including modernizing legacy Scala services and evaluating new event bus technologies - Mentor junior team members on Scala idioms, functional design, testing practices, and incident response - Develop deep expertise in NinjaTrader’s evaluation platform and partner integrations to provide authoritative backend leadership What you'll need: - 5+ years of backend software engineering experience building production systems that handle real-time data, concurrency, and high availability - Strong, hands-on Scala expertise, including idiomatic Scala, functional patterns, testing with ScalaTest or similar tools, and comfort working in a large, existing Scala codebase - Experience with actor-based concurrency models, such as Akka, Pekko, or equivalent technologies, including an understanding of supervision, message passing, and backpressure - Solid relational database skills with PostgreSQL, including schema design, indexing, query optimization, and sound judgment about when to use JSONB versus a normalized structure - Comfort with event-driven architectures, message buses such as Kafka or Pub/Sub, and asynchronous workflows - Excellent troubleshooting skills, with the ability to read logs, trace requests across distributed systems, and isolate root causes under pressure - Demonstrated ability to write clear technical specifications, scope work realistically, and identify risks early - High standards for code, tests, documentation, and pull requests, along with a willingness to uphold those standards during code reviews - Ability to think on your feet and adapt quickly when priorities shift or unexpected issues arise - Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain backend tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences - Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and can manage multiple complex backend initiatives simultaneously Bonus points for: - Experience with trading platforms, fintech, or capital markets technology - Understanding of trading concepts, including order routing, market data, position management, risk and liquidation logic, and profit and loss calculations - Familiarity with Protobuf, gRPC, or schema-based service contracts - Experience migrating or modernizing legacy Scala systems or evaluating transitions from Scala to Rust or Go - Background in observability, including distributed tracing, structured logging, and metrics using Datadog, Google Cloud Platform, or similar technologies - Prior experience supporting enterprise or business-to-business partner integrations Compensation: The salary range for this role will be $125,000.00 - $175,000.00 USD. In addition, this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 12%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%). Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of 18 days per year (some positions may qualify for more) plus seven paid holidays. Location: This role is based in Chicago, IL. *There may be remote flexibility for exceptional candidates in the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin. Hybrid: For Chicago-based employees, we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday, with remote work on Mondays and Fridays. In addition to these weekly remote days, we offer: - 20 additional flex remote days annually - 5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays Our Core Benefits Include: - Generous PTO - 7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually - 1 Service Day Annually - 401k with 3.5% Company Match - Paid Parental Bonding Leave - Health, Vision, Dental Coverage - Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

• Perform technical and security audits of existing code. • Review and evolve the application's current architecture. • Refactor critical components when necessary. • Design and structure a plugin-based architecture for future expansion. • Establish development standards for new modules to avoid impacting the application core. • Implement and maintain the distribution process for Windows and macOS. • Set up Code Signing processes for Windows and notarization for macOS. • Implement automatic update mechanisms (Auto Update). • Ensure application compatibility in corporate environments. • Implement best practices for secure storage of credentials and sensitive data. • Define strategies for protecting intellectual property and mitigating reverse engineering. • Enhance existing anti-blocking mechanisms, including rate limiting, exponential backoff, concurrency control, and monitoring of CAPTCHA/WAF. • Ensure digital certificates and credentials remain exclusively within the user's environment. • Evolve the module responsible for automatically generating reports from document parsing. • Implement a subscription-based licensing model. • Develop a lightweight backend for license management, updates, and remote configuration. • Implement remote updating of scrapers without the need to reinstall the application. • Develop telemetry mechanisms focused exclusively on application health, usage, and licensing, fully preserving user data privacy.