Jobs at Topstep

Own and evolve core areas of TopstepX, a real-time futures trading platform. Define product strategy, lead complex initiatives from discovery through delivery, prioritize trader needs, write requirements, manage roadmaps, and partner with engineering, design, risk, compliance, operations, and support. The role emphasizes platform reliability, performance, resilience, measurable outcomes, and intuitive trader experiences across market data, order management, risk, and performance workflows.

Manages the general ledger team and oversees payroll accounting, accounts payable coding and payouts, equity rollforwards, balance sheet reconciliations, and monthly flux analysis. Reviews team deliverables, ensures audit readiness, maintains internal controls, supports multi-entity accounting, and partners cross-functionally on accounting processes. The role also drives process improvements in NetSuite and may assume additional ownership of intercompany, cash, leases, or fixed assets.

Owns accrued expenses, AP aging, contractor payments, capitalized software and fixed asset accounting, AFS securities, reconciliations, journal entries, monthly close, audit schedules, and process improvements. Supervises and reviews a GL Accountant, coaches team members, supports NetSuite automation, and partners cross-functionally to maintain accurate, audit-ready financial records.

Processes daily trader payouts through ACH, Wise, wires, and Aeropay under documented controls and strict cutoffs. Maintains accurate records for accounting reconciliation, processes returns and exceptions, flags anomalies, and operates within maker-checker controls. Supports bringing payout operations in-house by executing cutover tasks, adopting automated workflows, and improving runbooks as automation matures.

Lead accounting operations and financial reporting, ensuring U.S. GAAP and ASC 606 compliance. Oversee month-end close, GL, reconciliations, revenue and payout accounting, audits, internal controls, and ERP configuration. Build and coach the accounting team, drive process improvements, maintain audit readiness, and partner with executives on strategic finance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Lead design and delivery of cloud-native .NET services for a high-throughput trading platform. Own end-to-end systems, drive architecture and reliability, mentor engineers, participate in on-call and incident response, and occasionally contribute to React/TypeScript frontend work while establishing engineering standards and observability.

Lead development of automated API, UI, and end-to-end tests for a real-time trading platform. Extend AI-assisted test generation, build scalable CI/CD test frameworks for order lifecycles and market-data streams, reduce flakiness, triage failures, mentor engineers, and drive quality and testability across the product.

Support month-end close for assigned GL areas including lease accounting (ASC 842), expense report and corporate card processing, bank transaction uploads, reconciliations, audit support, SOP maintenance, and process improvements using NetSuite and Excel.

Build and own a framework-agnostic charting engine core and its React binding: rendering layers, real-time data plumbing, indicator math, drawing tools, performance (60fps) discipline, visual testing, architectural leadership, mentoring, and integrations across web and mobile.

Lead cross-functional release execution and operational programs for the trading platform, driving automation, documentation, and KPIs. Coordinate engineering, QA, product, and support to remove manual work, run recurring reporting, and embed scalable processes that improve reliability and onboarding.

Build, own, and operate cloud-native .NET services powering real-time trading, market data, and brokerage integrations. Ship features end-to-end, write tests, participate in on-call rotations, improve observability, and occasionally contribute to React/TypeScript frontend work.

Lead the GL and revenue accounting team to ensure accurate, audit-ready financial records. Own month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, ASC 606 revenue recognition, payout accounting, and cross-functional system/data integrity. Support financial reporting, audits, internal controls, process improvements, and system implementations while partnering with Controller, CFO, and other stakeholders.

Own and evolve core trading platform services: design and build cloud-native .NET microservices, APIs, and high-availability distributed systems. Drive architecture, reliability, monitoring, incident response, and mentor engineers while occasionally contributing to React/TypeScript frontend work.

Lead and supervise live Trade Desk and Platform Support operations within an NFA/CFTC-regulated environment. Manage real-time trading risk, client escalations, platform incident response, FCM interactions, compliance with retention and record-keeping rules, cross-functional collaboration with Engineering/Product/Risk, and staff development to ensure scalable, auditable, and compliant operational processes.