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# Principal / Senior Staff Backend Engineer

- **Company:** ProphetX OpCo LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000 - $250,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), C++ (Programming Language), Data Systems, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Systems Architecture, Cloud Platform System, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Low Latency, Golang
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=db6a4cbbc05ba375

## About the Role

* 10+ years of backend and distributed systems experience, including a track record of org- or company-wide technical impact
 * Expert-level command of Go, Java, C++, or Python, and of large-scale system design
 * Proven experience architecting and evolving mission-critical, low-latency, high-availability platforms (exchange, trading, payments, or comparable)
 * Mastery of event-driven architecture, real-time APIs, data systems, and cloud-native infrastructure
 * Deep experience with reliability, security, and compliance in regulated environments
 * History of mentoring and growing senior and staff engineers
 * Exceptional communication and influence skills, from engineers to executives
 * Proactive, growth-focused, and highly adaptable with a strong sense of ownership
 * Prediction markets, fintech, sports betting, or exchange experience is a plus

## Description

* Define the long-term technical strategy and architecture for the exchange platform, aligned to business and regulatory goals.
 * Lead company-level technical initiatives with ambiguous scope and significant business risk or opportunity.
 * Drive critical decisions on scalability, resilience, and security for systems operating in a CFTC-regulated environment.
 * Evaluate and introduce new technologies, build-versus-buy choices, and engineering practices at an organizational level.
 * Advise executive and product leadership on technical feasibility, risk, and investment.
 * Mentor staff and senior engineers, and help shape hiring, leveling, and engineering culture.
 * Represent ProphetX's engineering depth with partners, regulators, and the broader technical community where appropriate.
 * Partner with product and leadership to influence roadmap and prioritization with technical insight.
 * Proactively seek development opportunities and share knowledge with peers and junior engineers., * Set the multi-year technical direction for a live, CFTC-regulated exchange platform, as a recognized technical authority across the company
 * Take on a high-impact IC role with direct influence on executive and product decisions, build-versus-buy choices, and engineering culture
 * Help define what resilient, secure, and compliant exchange architecture looks like as a brand-new asset class scales