Broker/Exchange API Integration Engineer

TrendSpider builds the world’s most powerful trading software. As one of the only trading-tech companies founded and operated by traders, we have a unique insight into the desires of the trading community and a unique product roadmap and vision to meet the needs of the community. We have over 10,000 active users, and have grown very rapidly in just three years time. Our platform has won numerous awards, including the 2021 Benzinga Fintech Award for Best Trading Technology, among others. We operate as a global distributed team and are focused on hiring and retaining the best talent regardless of geographical location.

If you are interested in working with a world-class engineering team on bleeding edge technology that has immediate and meaningful impact on user’s lives, and you fit the below criteria, please apply.

API Integration Engineer

At this position, you will be working on direct API integrations between different stock brokers and cryptocurrency exchanges in order to facilitate order placement, data collection and other tasks that are needed in order to accomplish the goals of our product roadmap.

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience working with: GraphQL, Apollo Server, TypeScript for NodeJS, Express JS and React
  • Understanding of how the React component lifecycle works.
  • Experience using React Hooks work
  • Understanding of React as just another framework, and not a pillar of the universe.
• Strong understanding of the general principles of Object Oriented Programming (encapsulating the complexity, etc.)

We work as a close-knit team, which means that other human beings will need to be able to read your code. Thus, we have the following additional requirements:

• Your code should be as easy to understand as possible. For example, your identifiers should have meaningful names.
• Understanding and following the principle of “least surprise” development.
• Ability to work within an Agile Development structure.

The following qualifications are “nice to have” and count for bonus points.

• Experience working with React MUI (v.5 preferred)
• Experience automating trading strategies, algorithmic trading, experience with trading and investing