Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead), Customer Domain Engineering (New York)

At Forge, 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. The Role: Forge’s software engineering team is passionate about innovation and building scalable solutions that drive liquidity and growth in the private market. Our teams leverage a broad range of new technologies and are well-versed in delivering high-quality, innovative solutions. We thrive on moving fast, delivering value, and living our values of being bold, humble, and accountable.We are seeking passionate engineers with at least 8+ years of experience delivering innovative software solutions that are scalable, secure, and easy to maintain. The ideal candidate thrives in team settings, enjoys collaboration and mentoring engineers, and focuses on delivering value and making an impact.Location: This role requires 2-3 days a week in office in Soho, NY.Responsibilities:Design, implement, and maintain web applications with customer domain-specific business logicCommunicate with stakeholders, including Architects, Tech Leads, Product, and Design teams to deliver customer and business valueMentor junior engineers and guide the team on internal/external frameworks, best practices, and new technologiesDevelop concise, detailed, and articulate technical documentationLeverage Agile and Lean practicesLead a workstream, partner with Product on requirements, define technical requirements, and plan actionable tasksDesign, build, and maintain automated tests (unit and integration as needed) to ensure high code qualitySupport healthy system operations and ensure high availabilityQualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience8+ years of software engineering experienceExperience as a technical lead for a product engineering teamExpertise building APIs with C# and .NETExperience with event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)Experience with CQRS, Event Sourcing, or similar architectural patternsStrong knowledge of SQL / relational databasesExperience contributing to and interpreting system designProven track record of teamwork and deliveryExperience in fintech or financial services, including familiarity with regulatory considerationsPreferred Skills (Nice-to-Have)Experience with KYC (Know Your Customer) workflowsExperience with multiple server-side programming languagesExperience with TDD (Test Driven Development) or DDD (Domain Driven Development)Experience with Marten (Event Store DB)Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment processesExperience building and scaling systems to millions of users (text truncated in original)For residents of New York, New York the annual salary range for this role is $209,000-$240,000+ annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factorsUpon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches as well as fingerprint and drug test. 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.