Senior Software Engineer (Applications & Infrastructure)

Key Responsibilities

1. Applications Domain Leadership (Primary Scope)

• Client & Commercial Touchpoints: Direct the architecture and delivery of institutional client dashboards, merchant portals, balance-tracking interfaces, and external customer API gateways.

• Internal Operations & Back-Office Tooling: Oversee the development of internal admin portals, automated trade reconciliation workflows, settlement tracking interfaces, and application-level incident triage tools.

• Financial Engine & Ledger Systems: Own the application logic for multi-asset ledgers, parallel accounting books (finance vs. regulatory compliance), and automated fiat/stablecoin payment and payout pipelines.

• Identity & Access Governance: Enforce application security standards across all client and internal interfaces, including API key management, OAuth/JWT token rotation, MFA, and programmatic "4-eye" approval controls for sensitive operations.

2. Infrastructure Deputization & Engineering Hygiene (Secondary Scope)

• Deputy for Infrastructure: Partner closely with the Senior Infrastructure Engineer to co-own platform architecture, system observability, cloud environments, and automated fallback/disaster recovery protocols.

• Environment Provisioning: Direct the implementation of isolated, firewalled UAT/Staging environments, test data seeding, and mock API integrations to ensure zero unverified code touches production.

• Release Pipeline Enforcement: Establish automated CI/CD gating and static analysis rules, instituting formal release discipline and production access controls across the department.

Candidate Requirements:

1.Experience & Leadership

• 6+ years in software engineering with 2+ years in a Engineering Leadership role.

• Proven track record of guiding software engineering teams in high-velocity startup or scaling environments without needing to be an individual coding contributor.

• Demonstrated experience establishing engineering processes from scratch (UAT environments, mandatory PR reviews, release governance).

2.Technical & Domain Architecture

• Core Language Stack: Deep architectural familiarity and hands-on exposure to Go (Golang), Python, and Rust across microservices, payment/payout pipelines, data processing, and performance-critical backend architectures.

• Distributed Systems: Deep architectural knowledge of modern distributed microservices, data layers (PostgreSQL, Redis), API design (REST, WebSockets, gRPC), and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform).

Good to Have:

• Regulated Domain Expertise: Direct experience working in a regulated fintech, payments, digital asset, or trading platform environment.

• Regulatory Frameworks: Direct familiarity with MAS Technology Risk Management (TRM) guidelines, ISO 27001, or equivalent financial security/governance standards.

Our Recruitment Philosophy:

Leadership, trustworthiness, and reputation are at the core of Acheron Trading’s DNA. We seek individuals who are:

• Analytical thinkers capable of assessing and optimizing execution strategies

• Self-starters with the confidence to make informed trading decisions

• Trustworthy and accountable, ensuring reliability for colleagues and clients

• Committed to excellence, going above and beyond to uphold Acheron Trading’s reputation

Our Offer:

• Competitive salary

• Placement in the Employee Revenue Share Bonus Pool (paid semiannually)

• The opportunity to work with one of the most innovative and fastest-growing trading firms in the industry

How to apply:

Send your resume together with a brief introduction on yourself to sean.lim@acherontrading.com

Note: we do not work with middle-men recruiters, any hire should be direct.