Topstep
SeniorSoftwareEngineer-FullStack
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“Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack at Topstep. Skills: TypeScript, React, cloud-native applications, distributed systems. Design cloud-native applications. Build cloud-native applications”
What You'll Achieve.
reliability; scalability; clarity; high-throughput; low-latency workloads; platform scales safely
Industry & Context.
identify and resolve issues
on-call participation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade systems with user-facing APIs, solid full-stack foundation, strength in backend API design, modern frontend development, Deep expertise in designing and operating scalable, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, message queues, eventual consistency, race condition handling, database fundamentals, PostgreSQL or SQL Server-schema design, migrations, indexing, query optimization, Excellent communication skills, production mindset, bias toward action, metrics, logging, tracing, on-call participation, end-to-end ownership of delivery
Nice to Have
GraphQL, Next. js
What You'll Do.
Design cloud-native applications
Build cloud-native applications
Operate cloud-native applications
Embed automated testing
Embed operational ownership
Ensure platform stability
Ensure platform performance
Champion event-driven best practices
Deliver scalable solutions
Deliver resilient solutions
Influence coding standards
Influence engineering patterns
Ensure platform scales
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with product engineering teams; keeping cameras on during meetings; maintaining a robust Slack environment
Communication Scope
distill complex technical concepts
Full Job Description
Summary As a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) at Topstep, you’ll play a key role in building the systems that power our trader experience. We help both new and experienced traders by providing training, offering insights into their trading patterns, and facilitating payout requests. You’ll help define and evolve the platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and clarity as our ecosystem grows. You’ll work primarily in TypeScript and React, building cloud-native applications that support high-throughput, low-latency workloads. In addition to shipping features, you’ll influence coding standards and engineering patterns adopted across teams, and help ensure the platform scales safely as usage and complexity increase. This role is ideal for someone who wants to contribute to key systems in our ecosystem, delivering elegant solutions that scale with intention. Join us and help shape what engineering excellence looks like at Topstep. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and operate cloud-native applications with an emphasis on reliability, safe deployments, and operational simplicity. Embed automated testing, observability, and operational ownership into every stage of feature delivery. Proactively identify and resolve issues, helping ensure our platform remains stable, performant, and ready to grow. Collaborate with product engineering teams to champion event-driven best practices and deliver scalable, resilient solutions. Required Qualifications and Key Competencies 5+ years of experience building and operating production-grade systems with user-facing APIs, with demonstrated impact on scalability and reliability. A solid full-stack foundation, with strength in backend API design (TypeScript, GraphQL, REST) and modern frontend development (React, Next.js, TypeScript). Deep expertise in designing and operating scalable, distributed systems, including event-driven architectures, message queues, eventual consistency, and race condition handling, with a strong focus o
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