Engineering Manager, DriveWealth
Core Platform Team
$230-260k
More information about location
Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
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Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$230-260k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make investing accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 8–12 years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering management role
- Strong technical background in building platforms, shared services, or internal developer tooling
- Experience acting as a product owner or technical lead for internal platforms used by multiple teams
- Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Familiarity with Java-based platforms and modern CI/CD systems
- Experience working in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Experience in fintech or other regulated industries
- Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and secure software development
- Prior experience improving developer productivity or platform adoption metrics
- Hands-on experience with LLM, Agentic frameworks or implementing AI-driven developer tools
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Core Platform team within a mid-size fintech organization
- The Platform Engineering team builds core engineering, frameworks, tooling and libraries that enable application teams to increase engineering velocity, improve developer experience, operate more reliably, and maintain consistent engineering standards across the company
- Own the platform vision and multi-quarter roadmap, aligned with company growth and engineering priorities
- Act as product owner for platform capabilities, translating developer pain points into scalable solutions
- Define success metrics for platform initiatives (e.g., adoption rate, reduction in build time, improved reliability)
- Balance investment between new platform capabilities, platform reliability, and support for consuming teams
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of platform engineers
- Establish clear expectations, goals, and career development paths for team members
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and customer (developer) empathy
- Drive predictable delivery of platform initiatives using agile practices
- Ensure platform work scales across multiple application teams without creating bottlenecks
- Manage technical tradeoffs between standardization and team autonomy
- Improve developer velocity through standardized libraries, service templates, CI/CD tooling, and testing frameworks
- Reduce cognitive load and duplication by promoting consistent patterns and best practices
- Define, implement, and enforce architectural standards, principles, and best practices across all engineering teams
- Champion developer experience by prioritizing usability, documentation, and self-service capabilities
- Conduct architectural reviews and provide technical guidance to ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements (scalability, performance, security, maintainability)
- Partner closely with application engineering teams to understand needs and remove friction
- Collaborate with Architecture, DevOps, Security, and Compliance teams to ensure platform solutions are secure, compliant, and scalable
- Communicate platform direction, priorities, and tradeoffs clearly to engineering leadership and stakeholders
- Lead the research and implementation of AI-assisted foundational tools and frameworks for firm wide adoption
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 meet the growing demand for accessible, 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 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. It 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
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Naureen Hassan
(CEO)Previously President of the Americas at UBS, was on the Board of Governors at FINRA and Partnership For New York City and was the First Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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