Software Development Engineer, DriveWealth
$150-170k
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Office located in Financial District, NY
Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
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Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-170k
More information about location
Office located in Financial District, NY
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make investing accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a strong Software Development Engineer 2 to join our Front Office Books and Records team
- You’ll bring your technical experience to design and build core functionalities to the front office team
- 4-6 years of experience in software development and architecture
- Experience building and consuming RESTful/gRPC APIs
- Strong understanding of relational (PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL (DynamoDB) data stores
- Familiarity with Git, CI/CD tools, and agile development practices
- Proficient in one programming language (especially Java or GoLang)
- Must understand how to write effective unit/integration tests
- Familiarity with cloud-native development (preferably AWS) and containerized applications (Docker, ECS/EKS)
- Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
- Passionate about rigorous engineering practices and discipline: code reviews, automated testing, logging, monitoring, alerting etc
- Strong communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Basic understanding of devOps and other app deployment practices
- Commitment to engineering excellence: testing, documentation, code reviews, performance optimization
Desirable
- Experience writing shell scripts or using Python for tooling
- Proficiency with high performance java development
- Prior experience in fin-tech, trading, or high-throughput backend systems
- Exposure to FIX protocol or vendor integrations in trading systems
- Understanding of message queuing technologies like ActiveMQ and Kafka
- Familiarity with Redis or other caching mechanisms
- Interest in financial domain concepts: order types, T+1 settlement, audit trails, compliance logs
What the job involves
- You will be involved in all aspects of product execution from strategy and architecture to QA and release
- This is a backend-heavy role that involves building scalable, fault-tolerant services in a modern microservices architecture
- You’ll work closely with product, compliance, and other engineering teams to build systems that are core to our business and regulatory obligations
- You’ll work on mission-critical services that are core to DriveWealth’s global trading platform
- This is a high-impact opportunity to contribute to a growing team that owns a foundational part of our financial infrastructure while building software that adheres to the highest levels of precision, compliance, and performance
- Responsible for assisting the technical design and delivery of multiple backend services in the front office domain
- Design and implement resilient APIs and microservices using modern architectural patterns
- Develop, write, test and maintain code for new and existing applications
- Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and assist in bug fixes
- Assist in recommending and facilitating product maintenance as well as new features
- Collaborate cross-functionally with platform, infrastructure, product, and compliance teams
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and code reviews
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
-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
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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