Principal Software Development Engineer, DriveWealth
$220-235k
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Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
Job no longer available
Cloud-based, API-driven brokerage infrastructure
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$220-235k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
DriveWealth’s mission is to make investing accessible to anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform
- We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer to join our Post Trade engineering team
- 10+ years of experience with strong knowledge of Java
- Experience with the design and development of microservices
- Strong understanding of CI/CD and automated testing frameworks
- Understanding of test driven development and how to write effective unit/integration tests
- Proficient in NoSQL, SQL and stored procedures such as Postgres and SQL Server
- Knowledge of messaging platforms (AMQ, Kafka) and building async platforms
- Experience with container and container orchestrator technologies like Docker, Openshift, Kubernetes, etc
- Experience with Unix, Linux Operating Systems
- Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes
- Knowledge of Jira, Git, and Jenkins
- Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
Desirable
- Experience with Amazon Web Services
- Experience in fintech industry, specifically with post trade
What the job involves
- As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of our brokerage systems. You will work closely with our engineering team and other stakeholders to create scalable, efficient, and highly available systems
- Be responsible for the technical architecture, design and delivery of high performance and scalable post trade systems/functions using Java
- Assess the health and performance of software applications and databases, and provide software and technology solutions to any issues
- Design, develop, and maintain microservices based on REST and gRPC frameworks
- Work with the broker dealer operations teams to support and enhance the trading and backend system for multiple asset classes like equities, options and mutual funds
- Define specifications, develop components, modify existing software stack, and prepare test data and functional specifications
- Analyze service and application performance using various programming languages, tools, and techniques
- Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team, and guidance to non-technical staff
Our take
Robo-advisory products and fractional share trading has resulted in the investment industry attracting a wider audience than before, and infrastructure for the fintech industry needed a redesign to reflect this.
DriveWealth develops APIs for over 100 global fintechs, challenger banks, and digital wallets, providing infrastructure for robo-advisory and fractional share trading. It works with its partners to offer retail investors access to US markets, innovative stock reward programs for loyal customers, and more. DriveWealth's partners include Revolut, MoneyLion, and Hemista, among others.
DriveWealth’s ultimate goal is to provide tools for companies to produce investment tools that are accessible and convenient for all.
DriveWealth is focused on strengthening its technology stack, making strategic acquisitions, and growing the organization through hiring as it scales its business.
Kirsty
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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
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Access to FSAs & HSAs
- Short term & long term disability
- Paid time off, including holidays
- Flexible working hours
- Work from home opportunities
- 401k
- Stock options
- Access to continuing education courses & conference reimbursements
Company values
- We work as a team
- We are bold
- We iterate quickly
- We are customer-obsessed
- We take pride in what we do
Company HQ
Colgate Center, Jersey City, NJ
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Founders
Robert Cortright
(CEO)Co-founded FX Solutions (acquired by Francisco Partners) in 2001 & served as CEO for 9 years. Co-founded End-to-End Technology Projects in 2008.
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