Trading Platform Engineer

NEXT Ventures
New York, NY

Who We Are

NEXT Ventures is where ambition takes shape and movement becomes momentum. As a global platform revolutionising access to performance-based capital, we empower the world’s most driven individuals to rise. Through our flagship brand, FundedNext, we empower dreamers to become doers, and potential to turn into performance. With 500+ driven minds across five countries, we power a global rhythm—220,000+ daily users from 170+ nations, each chasing greatness in their own way.

Your Role in Our Mission

As a Trading Platform Engineer (MetaTrader) , you will ensure the stability, reliability, and performance of our MetaTrader-based CFD and brokerage trading platforms . You will work at the intersection of trading technology, infrastructure, and DevOps/SRE , managing MT4/MT5 environments primarily hosted on AWS .

In this role, you will collaborate closely with trading, risk, operations, and engineering teams to maintain high availability trading systems, support integrations with liquidity providers and internal systems, and continuously improve platform reliability. Your expertise in MetaTrader ecosystems and trading infrastructure will help sustain a secure and scalable trading platform.

How You’ll Make an Impact

MetaTrader Platform Ownership

  • Install, configure, and maintain MT4/MT5 servers (live, demo, and test) across AWS or other infrastructure environments.

  • Manage MetaTrader Admin/Manager terminals , including trading accounts, groups, permissions, and trading instrument configurations.

  • Support plugins, liquidity bridges, and trading integrations , working with trading and risk teams to implement new CFDs and trading conditions.

Reliability, Monitoring & Incident Management

  • Implement monitoring and alerting for platform health, latency, connectivity, and trading performance indicators .

  • Investigate and resolve platform incidents such as disconnects, abnormal trading activity, and system instability .

  • Perform log analysis and root cause investigations , contributing to incident reviews and reliability improvements.

AWS & Infrastructure Operations

  • Deploy and operate MetaTrader infrastructure on AWS , including EC2 instances, VPC networking, storage, and security groups.

  • Manage backups, snapshots, and infrastructure performance tuning to ensure system stability and availability.

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to implement Infrastructure-as-Code and secure infrastructure practices .

Integration & Ecosystem Support

  • Support integrations between MetaTrader and internal systems such as back office, CRM, client portals, and reporting tools .

  • Assist with connectivity to liquidity providers, trading bridges, and FIX integrations .

  • Work with developers and quant teams to deploy and test Expert Advisors (EAs), plugins, and custom components .

Platform Operations & Continuous Improvement

  • Maintain separate environments (dev, test, demo, live) with structured change and release processes.

  • Plan and execute platform upgrades, patches, and configuration changes with minimal disruption to trading operations.

  • Create and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and documentation while applying DevOps/SRE practices to improve reliability.

What You Bring

  • 1–4 years of experience working with MetaTrader platforms (MT4 and/or MT5).

  • Experience in brokerage, liquidity provider, prop trading, or trading technology environments .

  • Hands-on experience supporting production trading platforms and operational environments .

  • Experience using MetaTrader Admin/Manager terminals for account, group, and symbol management.

  • Strong knowledge of configuring trading conditions such as leverage, margin, commissions, swaps, and spreads .

  • Experience troubleshooting plugins, bridges, and trading platform integrations .

  • Experience with Windows Server administration for MetaTrader environments and basic Linux support.

  • Familiarity with AWS infrastructure such as EC2, VPC networking, and security groups .

  • Basic scripting or automation using PowerShell, Bash, or Python .

  • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills , particularly in time-sensitive trading environments.

  • Good communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including trading, risk, and engineering.

  • Willingness to participate in on-call support during critical trading periods .

Your X-Factor

  • Experience managing MetaTrader environments on AWS production infrastructure .

  • Exposure to other trading platforms such as Match-Trader, cTrader, or similar systems .

  • Familiarity with MQL4/MQL5, Expert Advisors, and trading automation logic .

  • Knowledge of FIX protocol, liquidity connectivity, and trade routing mechanisms .

  • Experience supporting risk management systems and liquidity bridges .

  • Understanding of trading platform ecosystem architecture and data flows .

  • Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, CloudWatch, or ELK .

  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes .

  • Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible .

Your Journey after Applying

  • 30 minute HR interview with the Talent Acquisition team member

  • 45 minute Technical Get-To-Know-You Session (with talent acquisition team & department front line manager)

  • 60-minute Final Interview Session (with head of department & talent acquisition lead)

Why Join NEXT

At NEXT Ventures, we believe the right talent fuels breakthrough innovation. If you're driven to connect great minds with big ideas and want to shape the future of fintech, we’d love to meet you. Join our team of bold thinkers where technology meets transformation.

Apply now and be part of our journey — the future is calling, and it starts with you.

Posted 2026-03-19

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