Motion Recruitment

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We’re looking for a Senior Node.JS Engineer to join a venture-backed fintech company building a next-generation platform for automated technical analysis and trading workflows. Our software brings institutional-grade analytics, pattern recognition, signal generation, backtesting, and automated execution, to professional traders, quantitative analysts, and investment teams. I this role, you’ll help evolve the backend systems that power a high-performance trading and analytics platform. You’ll work on the infrastructure behind algorithmic trading tools, data ingestion pipelines, large-scale testing engines, and a custom scripting environment used by thousands of active market participants. Required Skills & Experience • 2+ years of professional Node.JS development experience • Solid understanding of • Event loop & async architecture • Performance bottlenecks in Node.js • Experience working with large datasets or high-throughput systems • PostgreSQL knowledge: • Query optimization • Indexing strategies • Handling large writes • Experience debugging production issues Desired Skills & Experience • Experience with • Performance profiling (CPU/memory) • Load testing techniques • Distributed systems or microservices • Understanding of: • Serialization formats (JSON, protobuf) • Data pipeline design • Familiarity with: • Terraform • Monitoring tools (Datadog, CloudWatch) • Blue-green or zero-downtime deployments The Offer • Equity eligible You Will Receive The Following Benefits • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance • Vacation Time • Stock Options Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future. Posted By: Esteban Medina