Lead Software Developer

About us

At UpTrade, we believe that investing in cryptocurrencies can unlock financial freedom. UpTrade is an innovative crypto broker providing traditional brokerage services for modern digital assets. We bring trusted, expert and timely support for investors wanting to embrace the volatility of global cryptocurrency opportunities. Our clients are our focus. We build long term relationships built on trust and performance. They value our full-service approach of having real conversations with their own broker. Our active management approach means that clients can be reassured that their portfolio is being monitored, and their broker will proactively connect with them when a market opportunity presents. Our high conviction approach is backed by world-class research that guides the value narratives we share with clients.

About the role

As Lead Software Developer, you will own UpTrade's various applications, backend platform and the cloud they run on. You will build and operate serverless services in Node.js and TypeScript, containerized apps using ECS, frontend & UX features on React, keep financial workflows correct and secure, and deploy, maintain, and update internal tools in secure cloud environments. You will provision and maintain AWS, Cloudflare, Terraform, and private networking, including open-source self-hosted software where it fits better than a SaaS product. This is a hands-on role, working closely with the founders.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement & improve frontend features using React.
• Design, build, and maintain serverless services on AWS in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Design MongoDB models for financial workflows, and APIs to exchanges, wallets, and other external services.
• Review changes for correctness, performance, and risk.
• Deploy, maintain, and update internal software tools in secure cloud environments.
• Stand up and look after open-source self-hosted alternatives where they replace a SaaS product.
• Provision and maintain AWS, Cloudflare, Terraform, and private networking.
• Keep access least-privilege, secrets safe, and systems observable and recoverable.
• Apply secure coding and data handling across application code and infrastructure.
• Own what you ship, including deployment, monitoring, and production fixes.

About you

• 6+ years, with recent senior backend / dev ops roles
• Strong Node.js and TypeScript, and production experience with MongoDB
• Production AWS, including Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, S3, and SQS or SNS, plus Terraform.
• Experience with Cloudflare, private networking, and operating the systems you have built.
• Experience deploying and maintaining internal tools, including self-hosted open-source alternatives to SaaS.
• Strong cloud and application security. Security engineering experience is highly desirable.
• Fintech, trading, or payments experience is an advantage.
• Agentic coding is part of how you work.
• Real production experience with AWS and serverless systems.
• Ability to work autonomously in a small team.