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NinjaTrader

HQ
Chicago
430 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2003
Building better futures for all traders
NinjaTrader's engineering, product, and operations teams build for nearly 4 million futures traders worldwide. Real users, real markets, real confidence in the tech behind every trade. We've been at this since 2003 — launching our own brokerage in 2014 and our FCM in 2021 — and we know what scale looks like in this category. In 2025, NinjaTrader joined Kraken and is now part of Payward, Inc., a unified financial infrastructure company that includes Kraken, NinjaTrader, and a growing set of related products and services. NinjaTrader operates independently within Payward, and we're building from the strongest position in our history. Our Purpose — to build better futures for all traders — is also a hiring filter. We hire people who genuinely care about the trader experience, whether or not they trade themselves. That care shows up everywhere: in product decisions, customer support, how we run our daily livestream, and how compliance reviews every promotional asset before it goes out. Our HQ is in the Loop, overlooking the Chicago River. It's a deliberate space designed for the kind of work we do, with collaboration zones, focus rooms, social areas, and reservable desks for remote employees to use when they're in town. Our hybrid schedule is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in office, plus 20 additional work-from-home flex days per year and up to 5 company-wide office-optional weeks. NinjaTrader has grown to over 430 employees, and nearly 40% of the team works fully remote across 22+ states — on the same squads, same projects, same calls as their Chicago colleagues. We're Great Place To Work Certified™, and in 2026 we were named to the Fortune Best Workplaces in Chicago™ list. NinjaTrader was recognized as one of the 2026 Fortune Best Workplaces in Chicago, an award determined entirely by employee feedback through the Great Place To Work® Trust Index™ survey. NinjaTrader paid no application fee to participate. Futures trading involves substantial risk and is not suitable for everyone. View Disclosures: ninjatrader.com/disclosures/

NinjaTrader Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Chicago-based employees follow a hybrid schedule: In-office Tuesday – Thursday, remote on Mondays and Fridays. In addition to these weekly remote days, we offer: 20 flex remote days annually 6 company-wide office-optional weeks

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
Company Office
HQNinjaTrader HQ

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Perks + Benefits

Compensation + Total Rewards
Offers performance bonuses

Employee Satisfaction + Recognition
Established employee awards to honor work and contributions

Family + Childcare Benefits
Provides family medical leave

Healthcare Benefits
Offers dental insurance
Offers Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Offers health insurance

Job Training + Talent Development
Provides paid industry certifications
Hosts Lunch and Learns

Office Perks + Extras
Provides commuter benefits
Provides free snacks and drinks

Technology We Use

AWS (Amazon Web Services)
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
SERVICES
C#
C#
LANGUAGES
C++
C++
LANGUAGES
Dart
Dart
LANGUAGES
Docker
Docker
FRAMEWORKS
dotnet
dotnet
LANGUAGES
GitHub
GitHub
SERVICES
GitLab
GitLab
SERVICES
Google Cloud
Google Cloud
SERVICES
GraphQL
GraphQL
FRAMEWORKS
Java
Java
LANGUAGES
JavaScript
JavaScript
LANGUAGES
jQuery
jQuery
LIBRARIES
Kafka
Kafka
FRAMEWORKS
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
FRAMEWORKS
Next.js
Next.js
FRAMEWORKS
Node.js
Node.js
FRAMEWORKS
Pandas
Pandas
LIBRARIES
Playwright
Playwright
FRAMEWORKS
Python
Python
LANGUAGES
React
React
LIBRARIES
Scala
Scala
LANGUAGES
SQL
SQL
LANGUAGES
Swift
Swift
LANGUAGES
Terraform
Terraform
FRAMEWORKS
TypeScript
TypeScript
LANGUAGES
Vue.js
Vue.js
FRAMEWORKS
Canva
Canva
DESIGN
Confluence
Confluence
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Figma
Figma
DESIGN
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
ANALYTICS
Google Docs
Google Docs
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Illustrator
Illustrator
DESIGN
JIRA
JIRA
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Monday.com
Monday.com
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Photoshop
Photoshop
DESIGN
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite
DESIGN
Salesforce
Salesforce
CRM
Wordpress
Wordpress
CMS
Instapage
Instapage
CMS
Google Ads
Google Ads
CMS
SproutSocial
SproutSocial
CMS
Monday.com
Monday.com
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Slack
Slack
COLLABORATION
Zoom
Zoom
COLLABORATION
Jira
Jira
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
ADP
ADP
COLLABORATION
Greenhouse
Greenhouse
COLLABORATION