Senior Software Development Engineer, DriveWealth

Cash & Liquidity

$175-200k

AWS
Kubernetes
GCP
Scala
Java
Kafka
Redis
Postgres
Kotlin
Azure
Spring
Kinesis
Git
REST API
DynamoDB
Senior and Expert level
Remote from US

More information about location

DriveWealth

Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure

Open for applications

DriveWealth

Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure

201-500 employees

FintechB2BInvestingAPICloud Computing

Open for applications

$175-200k

AWS
Kubernetes
GCP
Scala
Java
Kafka
Redis
Postgres
Kotlin
Azure
Spring
Kinesis
Git
REST API
DynamoDB
Senior and Expert level
Remote from US

More information about location

201-500 employees

FintechB2BInvestingAPICloud Computing

Company mission

To make investing accessible to anyone, anywhere.

Role

Who you are

  • 7+ years of experience in backend software development using OOP/Functional principles in Java. Other languages in the JVM platform, such as Kotlin or Scala are also acceptable
  • Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs
  • Experience in a good number of the following: Spring Boot, OpenAPI, message queuing frameworks (AMQ, Kinesis, SQS, Kafka, etc.), distributed caching (we use Redis), DynamoDB (or similar), Postgres (or similar)
  • Active development experience in a cloud-based microservices environment (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
  • Experience with compute/container platforms such as AWS EC2, K8s is highly preferred
  • Experience with Git and Github, gitflow and git actions
  • A high bar for code quality and work to eliminate unnecessary duplication and awkward workarounds
  • Discipline in writing well-formatted code, engaging in code reviews
  • Automated testing, logging, monitoring, alerting, etc
  • Understanding of software systems architecture, tradeoffs, and collaborating design ideas
  • Excellent communication, both verbal and written

Desirable

  • Experience with financial backend systems
  • Experience with mentoring
  • Experience working on performance fine-tuning
  • Reside in EST timezone

What the job involves

  • We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform
  • The Senior Software Engineer on the Cash & Liquidity Management team works collaboratively with technology and business teams to build next-generation features and enhancements for our API and money movement platforms and help our clients build innovative investing solutions at scale
  • With DriveWealth at a growth inflection point, the opportunities for this role are twofold: our growing volumes translate to interesting technical challenges related to scale
  • There is also an opportunity to gain knowledge of the money movement side of finance
  • Hands-on software development as you grow to understand how we handle various money flows
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders
  • Work with the Cash & Liquidity Management team to architect and design new systems
  • Maintain and enhance existing systems
  • Work with vendor banking-as-a-service APIs
  • Deeply understand real-world money movement workflows in the banking industry and automate manual operational processes
  • This role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team

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Insights

Top investors

-9% employee growth in 12 months

Company

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

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Aug 2021

$450m

SERIES D

Oct 2020

$56.7m

SERIES C

Total funding: $552.8m

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.

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