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.
Sr. Software Engineer II, FCM
Backend engineer on NinjaTrader's FCM team building server systems in Python and TypeScript that distribute large data volumes for customer funding and trading operations. Owns quality, uptime, and resilience, adds observability via OpenTelemetry, and collaborates with finance, treasury, and trading teams on back-office tools.
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.
Sr. Data Engineer
Build and maintain scalable data pipelines, lakes, and real-time streaming systems to power trading analytics, ML, and fintech products using GCP, AWS, dbt, and Airflow.
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.
Sr. Software Engineer I, Evaluation Services
Senior engineer providing API expertise and support to partners integrating with NinjaTrader’s trading platform, debugging integrations, and mentoring teammates.
Sr. Database Reliability Engineer II
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 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 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…
Senior Software Engineer I Evaluation Services
You will act as a senior technical contact for partners integrating with APIs, guiding them on authentication, endpoints, data models, and architecture. You will troubleshoot REST, WebSocket, and real-time data issues;…
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,…
GRC Engineer
You'll help scale the compliance program through automation and run audits across SOC 2, ISO 27001, and SOX. This is a hands-on, technical role where you'll spend as much time writing code and integrating…