At Forge (NYSE: FRGE), we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, accountable, and humble. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to artificial intelligence, and more.
With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge’s goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible, and seamless for companies, their employees, and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth.
Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and is building a growing network effect.
Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams, and innovators in this way.
Forge Trust is a leading provider of self-directed retirement accounts that empower investors to diversify their portfolios with alternative assets. Our mission is to help our clients achieve their financial goals by offering them innovative options, exceptional service, and unparalleled expertise.
The Role:
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our custody accounting engineering team. This is a critical role for an experienced engineer who excels at designing scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions and enjoys mentoring others. You will collaborate cross-functionally to build innovative financial products and services that power the next generation of retirement and custody solutions. As a staff engineer, you’ll play a key role in evolving our technical architecture and ensuring high standards in engineering excellence. This is a hybrid role, with regular in-office collaboration required.
Location: This position is remote in Denver, CO. We intend to open an office in Denver and once we do, we will require hybrid attendance onsite at least 9 days each month.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable web applications and backend services using .NET, Messaging, RDBMS, and modern distributed architectures
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine product requirements, design system architecture, and conduct peer reviews
- Lead by example through high-quality code delivery, technical mentorship, and clear communication
- Contribute to Forge’s overall technical strategy, ensuring best practices in software development, testing, and deployment
- Develop and maintain automated unit and integration test suites to ensure reliability and performance
- Support system operations and ensure availability and security meet enterprise-grade standards
- Keep up with industry best practices, libraries, and products
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record in backend development
- 5+ years of experience programming with C# and .NET technologies
- Experience with integrating with or building accounting or financial services back office systems
- Proven ability to develop and maintain distributed web applications and services
- Demonstrated success working in fast-paced environments and contributing to cross-functional teams
- Experience leveraging AI agents to accelerate development of production-level code
- Physical requirements: operate a computer for 8 hours per day; give and receive detailed information through verbal and written communication
Preferred Qualifications:
- Background in fintech or financial services, especially in custody or retirement solutions
- Experience building UIs using JavaScript frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular
- Familiarity with AWS cloud infrastructure
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to technical documentation
- Previous experience at a high-growth, venture-backed company
For residents of Denver, CO the annual salary range for this role is $190,000 - $205,000 + annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors
Upon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches.
Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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