Full-Time
Lead Engineer
Platform Engineering & Reliability
Nasdaq
5,001-10,000 employees
Global electronic securities exchange & fintech
No salary listed
No H1B Sponsorship
Atlanta, GA, USA
Hybrid
At least three days per week in-office; this requirement may change.
Bachelor's
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- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Significant hands-on experience in cloud, platform, infrastructure, software, or reliability engineering.
- Expert-level Terraform experience, including reusable module design, state architecture, continuous integration and continuous delivery integration, policy as code, and enterprise governance.
- Deep expertise with AWS, Azure, or both, with strong experience in Kubernetes, containers, cloud networking, and cloud-native architecture.
- A strong site reliability engineering background, including observability, resilience design, incident management, disaster recovery, and operational excellence.
- Authorization to work in the United States without requiring employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.
- Define and drive cloud and platform engineering strategy for Capital Access Platforms, including reference architectures, reusable Terraform modules, automation frameworks, and standards for AWS and Azure infrastructure, networking, identity, containers, and security.
- Establish and lead site reliability engineering practices, including service-level indicators, service-level objectives, error budgets, full-stack observability, incident response, resilience design, and operational excellence, to improve reliability and reduce toil.
- Define and advance an artificial intelligence-enabled development lifecycle across planning, coding, build, test, release, deployment, operations, and monitoring, embedding approved artificial intelligence capabilities into platform services, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, and engineering workflows.
- Lead complex technical programs spanning multiple teams, products, and business units by translating business objectives into practical architectures, roadmaps, and execution plans.
- Mentor engineers and technical leaders, influence decisions, and elevate engineering capability across the organization without direct authority.
- Experience building enterprise cloud platforms, internal developer platforms, or developer self-service capabilities.
- Experience with artificial intelligence coding assistants, engineering agents, and governance frameworks for production workflows.
- Relevant certifications in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, architecture, or security.
Nasdaq operates one of the world’s largest electronic stock exchanges and provides a suite of financial technology services for buying and selling securities, plus analytics like Nasdaq Smart Portfolio. Its products include an electronic trading platform that matches orders, subscription analytics, and data services, as well as listing services and non-financial marketplaces through InsurTech partners. It differentiates itself with a large, scalable exchange, extensive data analytics, a broad subscription-based product lineup, and a footprint in both traditional markets and digital marketplaces. Its goal is to provide efficient, transparent access to capital and investment opportunities worldwide while growing revenue from trading, listings, and data-driven services and advancing sustainable investing globally.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1971
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 net revenue reached $1.5 billion, up 15% year over year.
- Nasdaq Ventures invested $100 million in Kraken parent Payward on September 10, 2026.
- Kalshi adopted Nasdaq Market Surveillance, proving demand from digital-market operators.
What critics are saying
- Cboe, Robinhood, and crypto venues compress Nasdaq's market-structure moat by 2027.
- SEC tokenization rules and shareholder-rights disputes can stall Nasdaq Equity Tokens.
- A failed Kraken integration or LeveL Markets approval weakens Nasdaq's blockchain expansion thesis.
What makes Nasdaq unique
- Nasdaq controls listing, market data, and surveillance across equities and derivatives.
- Nasdaq Equity Tokens and Kraken target regulated tokenized stocks by Q2 2027.
- Digital Liquidity Networks extends Nasdaq into always-on trading and post-trade infrastructure.
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Company News
Nasdaq reported second-quarter revenues of $1.5 billion, up 14.9% year on year and exceeding analyst expectations by 3%. The company also beat EBITDA and earnings per share estimates. The stock rose 3.6% following the results and currently trades at $94.14. The performance came as part of a satisfactory quarter for the financial exchanges and data sector overall. The 10 companies tracked in the sector beat consensus revenue estimates by 1.6% on average. Share prices across the group have risen 4.9% on average since reporting earnings. Morningstar delivered the strongest second-quarter results in the sector, posting revenues of $663.2 million, up 9.6% year on year and surpassing expectations by 2.2%. S&P Global recorded the weakest performance in the group.
Nasdaq has invested $100 million in Payward, Kraken's parent company, at a $21 billion valuation. The investment from Nasdaq's venture arm expands on a partnership announced in March. The deal will see Kraken distribute Nasdaq's tokenised stocks on its platform, allowing customers to own Nasdaq-listed stocks. The collaboration builds on Nasdaq's infrastructure supporting stock trading in tokenised form. The investment details have not been publicly announced. Nasdaq is working to develop systems that enable traditional securities to be traded using blockchain technology, whilst Kraken continues expanding its cryptocurrency exchange services into traditional financial markets.
The US options market is set for a seventh consecutive record year, with leading exchange operators Cboe Global Markets and Nasdaq reporting strong growth. Cboe posted record second-quarter 2026 results, with net revenue rising 25% year-over-year to $732 million. Its derivatives business drove growth, with index options average daily volume up 32% to 6.2 million contracts. Nasdaq reported $1.5 billion in net revenue for the same period, up 15%. Its index options revenue more than doubled for the fourth straight quarter, whilst index exchange-traded product assets under management crossed $1 trillion. Both exchanges are expanding beyond core offerings. Cboe recently launched Cboe Predicts, featuring binary options on the Mini-S&P 500 Index. It's also developing company-specific key performance indicator contracts, pending regulatory approval.
Jackson McGonagle has joined Nasdaq as AVP of Capital Markets Digital Assets Strategy, tasked with advancing the exchange's digital asset and tokenisation efforts. His career spans traditional finance and crypto, including roles at NYSE Euronext, Binance, and Fidelity Digital Assets. McGonagle arrives as Nasdaq moves blockchain technology into its core infrastructure. In July, Nasdaq participated in a live production event with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, using DTC-tokenised assets in production trades. This week, prediction-market platform Kalshi announced it would adopt Nasdaq Market Surveillance in a phased rollout. The move demonstrates how traditional financial infrastructure is being adopted by digital-asset businesses as they scale.
Nasdaq has entered a definitive agreement to acquire LeveL Markets, one of the leading Alternative Trading Systems in the US. The move advances Nasdaq's strategy to provide institutional-grade solutions for always-on markets as traditional and digital markets converge. LeveL Markets operates the third-largest ATS in the US by trading volume, processing hundreds of millions of shares daily across more than 7,000 symbols. The platform serves over 300 institutional buy-side firms and reaches more than 2,500 clients. Average daily volume grew 56% year-over-year in 2025. Following the acquisition, LeveL Markets will operate within Nasdaq's newly formed Digital Liquidity Networks organisation, led by Roland Chai. The platform will maintain its dedicated management team and continue as a registered ATS under FINRA oversight. The transaction is expected to close following regulatory approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed.