Self-directed brokerage platform for options, futures and equities trading
tastytrade runs a self-directed brokerage for options, futures and equities traders on a polyglot backend of Ruby on Rails, Java, Elixir and Python over PostgreSQL with Patroni on AWS. A HashiCorp Nomad and Consul service fabric, an OpenTelemetry/Honeycomb/Grafana observability layer and a move away from Vault point to infrastructure hardening, echoed by pain points around fault tolerance, observability gaps and manual runbooks.
tastytrade, formerly tastyworks, is a Chicago-based, privately held brokerage serving self-directed retail traders who manage their own money instead of using advisors or robo-advisors. The platform supports options, futures and equities trading, with TradingView charting integrated into the trader experience. The company employs 201-500 people in the United States and hires across engineering, product, marketing, operations, security, finance, HR and support. Its product work spans order flows, portfolio views, risk management tools and trade surveillance systems.
tastytrade uses Ruby on Rails, Java, Elixir, Python, Svelte and PostgreSQL on AWS, with Nomad, Consul, Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry for infrastructure and observability.
tastytrade is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and currently hires in the United States.
Current work includes self-healing infrastructure, scaling its Nomad service fabric, OMS/EMS and surveillance platform changes, and adoption campaigns for futures and options features.
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