Director of Engineering, DriveWealth
Core Trade
$215-240k
More information about location
Office located in New York, NY
Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
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Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$215-240k
More information about location
Office located in New York, NY
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make investing accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
- Experience with multithreading and concurrency in Java
- Experience working with the FIX protocol
- Strong knowledge of Java fundamentals, data structures, and best practices for modern software development
- Must understand how to write effective unit and integration tests
- Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
- Strong communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with Python scripting for the automation of tasks
Desirable
- Experience working with React and Typescript
- Understanding of JMS and message brokers such as Kafka and ActiveMQ
- Experience with Aeron or other point-to-point network communication
- Experience with POSTGRES database environments
- Experience with Amazon Web Services
- Multiple years experience in fintech, e-commerce, or analytics companies
What the job involves
- The Director of Engineering - Core Trade will work with our core trading engineering team
- The proper candidate will have experience building Java applications and working in a highly available, scalable, low-latency, and high-throughput environment
- You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies to re-engineer our mission-critical trading stack to be industrial-grade
- We seek someone who has exceptional attention to detail and values simplicity over complexity in code and communication
- You’ll work directly with the business, Product, Quants, and our Trade Desk
- You can be opinionated about what you build and offer constructive criticism on things you didn’t
- Responsible for the technical design and delivery of new Java projects using exciting, cutting-edge technology
- Responsible for working with multiple stakeholders, including Trade desks, Quants, Product managers, Risk, and Compliance
- Ensure that solutions are meeting DriveWealth's best practices in design and architecture
- Develop enhancements to existing Java applications as well as build new applications from the ground up
- Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and assist in remediation fixes
- Assist in recommending and facilitating future maintenance and enhancements
- Work with the Broker-Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance the trading system
- Manage a small team of Engineers, including prioritizing team resources to meet DW deliverables on schedule
- Owns one or more small to medium-sized Projects/Applications
- Manages and Collaborates across teams on project priorities and coordinates deliverables"
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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