Self-clearing brokerage platform with institutional trading infrastructure
TradeStation operates a self-clearing brokerage serving institutional and retail traders across equities, options, futures, and commodities. The stack reflects a modernization underway: AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure, Kafka streaming, PostgreSQL + Redis persistence, gRPC/WebSocket/FIX for market connectivity, and Kubernetes containerization—all while actively replacing Java. The hiring mix is engineering-forward (11 roles) with parallel investment in data (4), security (4), and operations (4), signaling simultaneous pushes on platform infrastructure, AI strategy, and technical debt reduction across a 10-week transformation initiative.
TradeStation has provided trading and brokerage services for over four decades, serving professional traders and institutions with direct market access and self-clearing capabilities. The platform spans equities, options, futures, commodities, and ETFs, with custom trading software (TITAN X, TradeStation MCP) and open APIs designed for workflow integration. Based in Plantation, FL, with 501–1,000 employees, TradeStation operates across the United States, Costa Rica, and the Netherlands. The company is addressing increasing trade volumes and post-trade visibility while managing escalated technical issues and VIP trader retention in a competitive market.
AWS and Azure for cloud infrastructure; Kafka for streaming; PostgreSQL and Redis for data; Kubernetes and Docker for containerization; C#, C++, and Python for application development; FIX, gRPC, and WebSocket for market connectivity; GitLab and Jenkins for CI/CD.
A 10-week platform transformation, agentic infrastructure, microservices and streaming test automation, security technology strategy, post-trade performance visibility, and modernization of traditional software development practices.
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