Senior Architect, DriveWealth
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$250-275k
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Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
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Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$250-275k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make investing accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform
- This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a leadership role and is passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems that power a complex financial platform
- 15+ years of experience in software architecture, systems design, and leading engineering teams in enterprise-scale environments, preferably in brokerage services or similar financial domains
- Expertise in high-availability architecture and building systems with disaster recovery, fault tolerance, and self-healing capabilities
- Strong understanding of non-functional requirements including disaster recovery, scalability, performance, security, resiliency, and operational excellence
- Proven ability to design and implement robust testing automation frameworks across unit, integration, and performance testing
- Hands-on experience with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration platforms
- Familiarity with message queuing, event-driven architecture, and streaming data platforms like Kafka
- Expertise in cloud-native architectures using platforms like AWS, including services like EKS, ElastiCache, S3, RDS, Lambda, and Kinesis
- Advanced experience with microservices architecture and developing API-driven systems that are both scalable and maintainable
- Proficiency in message-driven systems using tools like Kafka, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies
- Strong knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra, DynamoDB) databases, with a deep understanding of database scaling and performance optimization
- Experience with building and maintaining common libraries and frameworks that support software development standards across teams
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, driving them to meet both technical and business goals
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience working in high-frequency trading or brokerage platforms, with a deep understanding of the unique challenges of such environments
- Knowledge of Linux and scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automating workflows and extracting data
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures, CQRS, and event sourcing
- Extensive experience with designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for automation and continuous delivery of software
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Architect, you will be responsible for designing and delivering highly scalable, robust, and high-performance systems that meet both functional and non-functional requirements
- You will play a key role in leading the architectural evolution of our platform, focusing on high availability, resiliency, and continuous improvement in all aspects of software delivery
- This role requires a deep understanding of software architecture principles, systems design, cloud technologies, and operational excellence in the context of a mission-critical financial environment
- As a Senior Architect, you’ll be at the forefront of designing and shaping the future of our brokerage platform
- You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, craft highly available and resilient systems, and mentor a team of engineers to build world-class solutions
- Architect and lead the design of scalable and resilient back office and front office systems that support high throughput, low-latency transactions, and 24x7 availability
- Define and enforce non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, security, and reliability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that the platform meets both functional and operational requirements in a cloud-native environment
- Drive high availability and disaster recovery initiatives to ensure business continuity and minimize downtime in mission-critical systems
- Lead the development of common libraries and frameworks to standardize internal practices and improve efficiency across teams
- Establish and mature testing automation frameworks, including performance, integration, and regression testing, to ensure high-quality releases
- Mentor and lead engineering teams, guiding them through the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and ensuring best practices are followed in architecture, code quality, and design
- Oversee production environments, manage operational health, and design systems to be fault-tolerant and self-healing
- Ensure that all systems adhere to industry standards for security, compliance, and privacy, especially in highly regulated financial services
Our take
Robo-advisory products and fractional share trading have expanded the investment industry's reach, attracting a broader audience than ever before. This shift has necessitated a redesign of the fintech industry's infrastructure to support the growing demand for accessible and efficient investment options.
DriveWealth plays a pivotal role in this transformation by developing APIs that serve over 100 global fintechs, challenger banks, and digital wallets. Its infrastructure enables seamless robo-advisory services and fractional share trading, giving retail investors access to the US markets and offering innovative stock reward programs. Among its partners are notable companies like Revolut, MoneyLion, and Hemista.
As the company continues to grow, it remains focused on scaling its business by enhancing its technology stack, pursuing strategic acquisitions, and expanding its team. And is well on its way to its ultimate goal of providing tools that empower companies to create investment products that are both accessible and convenient for everyone.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2021
$450m
SERIES D
Oct 2020
$56.7m
SERIES C
Total funding: $552.8m
Company benefits
- Health & wellness packages: We’ve built our benefits offering as a holistic package. We provide multiple health insurance carrier options and plans (medical, dental, vision) with access to HSA and/or FSA tax savings tools. We also provide income protection including life insurance, AD&D, short- and long-term disability, as well as extended coverage resources such as fertility benefits and mental wellness resources
- Vacation & time off: To build a successful organization, employees need time away to rest and recharge, so we provide paid time off including paid holidays and unlimited vacation time. We also strongly believe in work-life balance and, therefore, offer fully remote and hybrid work positions based on role requirements
- Professional developmnet: We believe one of the greatest contributions we can make is investing in our employees’ professional development. Therefore, we offer financial support toward continuing education courses, academic coursework, professional conferences, earning professional certifications, and membership fees to professional organizations
Company HQ
Colgate Center, Jersey City, NJ
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Leadership
Robert S. Cortright
(Founder)Co-founded FX Solutions (acquired by Francisco Partners) in 2001 and served as CEo for 9 years. They also co-founded En-to-End Technology Projects in 2008.
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