Forge Global
Marketplace for trading private company shares and pre-IPO stock.
Company facts
- Founded
- 2014
- Employees
- 349
- Headquarters
- United States
- CEO
- Kelly Rodriques
- Type
- Public
- Listed
- NYSE: FRGE
- Subsidiaries
- Forge Trust, SharesPost, IRA Services Trust Company, Forge Data
About
Forge is a leader in private market investing, providing investors and shareholders with a transparent view of the private market. By utilizing advanced tools, data, and insights, Forge facilitates informed investment decisions across pre-IPO shares. The company operates as a marketplace that connects various stakeholders, including employees, institutions, and venture capitalists, to enhance liquidity in this often opaque financial sector. Founded in 2014, Forge aims to democratize access to private investments, traditionally available only to accredited investors or through significant capital expenditure. The company’s platform offers features such as pricing transparency, market analytics, and a robust trading mechanism, making it easier for investors to buy and sell shares in private companies. Forge is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and continues to innovate in the realm of financial technology and online trading, striving to address the evolving needs of investors in the private markets.
Open positions
Senior Software Engineer, Customer Domain Engineering
Senior backend engineer on Forge Global's Customer Domain team, designing and maintaining customer/account services and APIs to support Schwab integration and migration work (customer data, KYC, identity, account lifecycle). Stack centers on C#/.NET or Java/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, CI/CD, with Kafka, AWS, and Kubernetes as pluses.
Senior Software Engineer I, Broker Platform Engineering
Senior Software Engineer on Forge's Broker Platform team, building and evolving its private-market trading and broker operations platform. Day to day: ship low-latency, full-stack features (C#/Java back end, React/TypeScript front end) using Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, and AWS in a hybrid New York role.
Senior Product Manager, Data
Own the roadmap and delivery of Forge's financial data products (pricing, indices, reference data) and their distribution via APIs and file feeds, partnering with engineering, data research, and operations.
Senior Software Engineer II, Customer Domain & Marketplace Middleware Engineering
Builds and maintains scalable middleware for a private-market trading platform, using C#/.NET, Kafka, and event-driven architectures to support fintech liquidity solutions.
Senior Software Development Engineer Test (SDET)
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) builds and maintains automated testing frameworks for Forge Global's private market trading platform, leveraging AI tools to enhance quality and reliability.
Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead), Customer Domain Engineering
Leads a team building scalable fintech systems in C#/.NET to power private market liquidity, using event-driven architectures and domain-driven design.