SHIFT is a startup providing enterprise-level financial technology and consulting services to clients launching global FX Brokerages and Crypto Exchanges. These asset classes are growing fast, and SHIFT is growing along with them. With our growth, an opportunity has arisen for a qualified developer to lead our front and back-end development teams. The Full-Stack Development Team Lead will be responsible for managing the company’s distributed front and back-end development teams, hiring new developers, managing the production environment, and driving development priorities. This role will report directly to the CTO.

If you have strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to learn quickly and perform dynamically, this is the position you’ve been waiting for.

Working at Shift Will Involve

Building low-latency, high-throughput trading systems

Managing proprietary web applications and the related production environments

Leading a distributed team of young, enthusiastic developers

Working in a successful start-up environment

Exposure to servicing an international client base and 24-hour global team

Financial technology, trading and economics

Required Skills

CSS/JavaScript frameworks and pipelining tools

Content Management Systems such as Wordpress

Full-stack web application development

C#/Java

Experience building small web services in PHP, Python, or Node

Cloud infrastructure management (we use AWS)

ASP.NET and IIS experience are a plus

FIX protocol experience is a plus

Qualifications

1-2 years front-end/web development

1-2 years back-end/software engineering

1-2 years directing projects and managing a team of developers

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

This is a full-time position based in New York, NY. Full benefits and compensation is commensurate with experience and starts at $100k.