Senior Software Engineer, DriveWealth

• 7+ years of experience building backend systems in Java, with strong proficiency in Java functional programming concepts and Spring Boot 3
• Deep experience with DynamoDB, including partition key and sort key design, GSI access patterns, conditional writes, and atomic operations
• Hands-on experience designing and operating Kafka-based systems
• Experience in brokerage, fintech, or clearing environments. Familiarity with account types, KYC workflows, tax reporting (W-8/W-9), and clearing file formats (DTCC, INTC) is highly desirable
• Ability to write comprehensive unit and integration tests using JUnit 5 and Mockito, with a strong understanding of testing behavior versus implementation details
• Strong understanding of transactional boundaries, eventual consistency, and post-commit side-effect patterns in distributed systems
• Experience deploying and operating applications on AWS, including DynamoDB, S3 and SQS
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate compliance and legal requirements into clear, unambiguous technical specifications
• Strong expertise in REST API design, including HTTP semantics, error modeling, API versioning, and backward compatibility
• Strong system design skills, with the ability to architect solutions that address both functional and non-functional requirements, including scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability
• Experience with Redis-based caching and distributed locking patterns

Desirable

• We are seeking an experienced Java Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale the core systems that power brokerage account operations for DriveWealth's global institutional partners
• This role is with DriveWealth's Party & Account Services, the team responsible for customer onboarding, KYC and compliance workflows, brokerage account lifecycle management, and integrations with clearing, tax reporting, and regulatory systems
• You will work closely with product managers, compliance, quantitative, and risk teams to translate complex regulatory and business requirements into robust, production-grade backend systems
• These systems span a wide range of capabilities, including support for joint and retirement account types, tax form processing, domain event-driven workflows, and downstream clearing integrations with platforms such as FIS, DTCC and InteliClear
• Build the account infrastructure that global institutional partners and millions of investors depend on every trading day
• Ensure Tier-1 API availability and meet SLA requirements (150 ms target ) across core services
• Design and deliver backend Java services for DriveWealth's Party & Account System (PAS)—the core platform that manages user registration, KYC workflows, and the full brokerage account lifecycle for global institutional partners
• Lead the technical design and implementation of new account types from API ingestion through validation, data storage, and event publishing
• Build and maintain REST services and Kafka-driven asynchronous processors that support account operations across equities, options, and fixed-income asset classes
• Own integrations with downstream clearing and reporting systems, including InteliClear (INTC/AOD), FIS, DTCC ACAT, and BetaNXT tax reporting
• Partner cross-functionally with quantitative, product, compliance, and risk teams to translate regulatory requirements (KYC, W-8/W-9 tax forms, FINRA rules) into precise, testable system behavior
• Monitor production systems (EKS, Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis, Kafka) and diagnose latency, throughput, resiliency, and consistency issues across distributed asynchronous workflows