ninjatrader
Provides futures brokerage services and a trading software platform.
Company facts
- Founded
- 2003
- Employees
- 400
- Headquarters
- United States
- CEO
- Martin Franchi
- Type
- Private
- Funding
- Private Equity · 2020
- Subsidiaries
- Tradovate, NinjaTrader Clearing, NT Technologies
About
NinjaTrader is dedicated to empowering traders by providing them with the tools and resources they need to navigate the complexities of the financial markets. Customers often face a steep learning curve and significant barriers to entry when it comes to futures trading. That's why NinjaTrader has developed an ecosystem designed to make futures more accessible, scalable, and user-friendly for everyone, from the novice investor to the seasoned professional. The core of this offering is a powerful, integrated trading platform that centralizes everything a trader needs. This includes advanced charting for in-depth market analysis, robust backtesting capabilities to validate strategies without risking capital, and a realistic trade simulator to hone skills in a risk-free environment. By providing these sophisticated tools for free, NinjaTrader lowers the initial financial barrier, allowing customers to build confidence and experience before committing real funds. Understanding that technology alone isn't enough, NinjaTrader focuses heavily on the customer experience and support. Traders require timely assistance and continuous learning to succeed. To meet this need, the company offers comprehensive support resources, including real-time chat with knowledgeable professionals and a wealth of free premium educational materials. This commitment extends to fostering a vibrant community of over 1.9 million users who can share insights and strategies. Furthermore, NinjaTrader’s platform is highly customizable, with access to thousands of third-party apps and add-ons, allowing traders to tailor their setup to their specific needs and trading style. Through its brokerage services, NinjaTrader ensures a seamless transition from simulation to live trading, offering competitive commissions and low margins. This holistic approach, combining cutting-edge technology with unwavering customer support and a collaborative community, is how NinjaTrader helps traders build their skills, manage risk, and ultimately work towards achieving their financial goals in the dynamic world of futures trading.
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Lead reliability initiatives for a retail trading platform, ensuring 99.95% uptime by deploying and scaling Kubernetes services, automating deployments, and designing observability systems.
Staff Product Data Analyst, Fraud & Surveillance
Staff Product Data Analyst on NinjaTrader's Trade Surveillance team, owning the in-house detection layer — models and rules that flag wash trading, collusion, and prop-firm fraud — plus partner-facing surveillance reports. Core stack is SQL with cloud data warehouses (BigQuery/Athena preferred); Python is a bonus.
Staff Software Engineer, FCM
Staff Software Engineer builds and modernizes NinjaTrader’s cloud-native futures brokerage ledger and treasury systems, ensuring financial correctness, auditability, and regulatory compliance while driving platform-wide architecture standards.
Staff UX Product Designer
Designs intuitive trading-platform experiences, leading design for new and existing features while collaborating with product and engineering teams.
Staff Cloud Security Engineer
Disclaimer: Please be advised that the most accurate and up-to-date information about our open roles—including job descriptions, compensation, and benefits—can only be guaranteed on our official job board. For the…
Staff Security Engineer, Application Security
You'll help scale and mature the security program by owning key security domains and initiatives end-to-end, working closely with engineering to ensure systems are secure by design. This role is highly hands-on,…
Staff Software Engineer - Scala
You will join the Trading Services team to help evolve an advanced trading system that powers a high-throughput, low-latency trading application. You'll design, develop, and maintain a Scala and Akka-based trading…