Principal Software Development Engineer, DriveWealth
Core Trade
$220-240k
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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
$220-240k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make investing accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have experience building applications and working in a highly-available and scalable environment
- We seek someone who has exceptional attention to detail and values simplicity over complexity in code and communication
- Expertise in Java fundamentals, data structures, and modern software development best practices
- 10+ years of experience with low-latency, high-throughput, message-based systems
- Strong proficiency in multithreading and concurrency in Java
- In-depth understanding of Java Garbage Collection
- Proven ability to write effective unit and integration tests
- Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills, with the ability to diagnose and optimize complex systems
- Experience with financial systems, high-frequency trading, or brokerage platforms, including an understanding of their unique performance and reliability challenges
Desirable
- Experience in brokerage, trading, fintech, e-commerce
- Knowledge of message brokers and/or messaging libraries such as JMS, Kafka, ActiveMQ, Aeron or similar
- Experience with application containerization tools such as Docker or Podman
- Experience with FIX messaging protocol
- Experience with PostgreSQL database
- Experience with Amazon Web Services
- Experience with distributed tracing and performance monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
What the job involves
- As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will work on our CoreTrade and DriveWealth Institutional teams
- You’ll build an ultra-low latency, high throughput trading system and the tools to run and democratize investing globally!
- You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies to re-engineer our mission-critical trading stack to be industrial-grade
- We aim to utilize our fintech prowess and our exchange memberships to deliver internet-scale trading applications to the floor of the exchanges
- You will confidently express your opinions about what you create while providing constructive feedback on things you haven't
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams from trade desks, Quants, product managers, risk management, compliance
- Lead the technical design and delivery of new Java projects using cutting-edge technology
- Partner with the Support & Broker-Dealer Operations teams to enhance the trading system
- Align with your team to set clear, aligned organizational goals
- Please note: this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team
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
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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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