Senior Software Engineer, Core TradeOffice - Chicago; Office - NYCDriveWealth is on a mission to make investing easier. We believe that everyone should have the ability to control their financial future, and that access to financial markets should not be limited by geography, wealth, or legacy systems. We are a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world.
Our mission is realized through an API-based platform, empowering our partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, all from their mobile devices. Our technology provides partners with a modern, extensible toolkit, enabling traditional investment workflows and innovative techniques like fractional share ownership. DriveWealth has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.There's never been a better time to build a category-defining business and there has rarely been a team better positioned for this opportunity.
Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the impact, stability, and discipline of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. Join us and help build the future of global investing!What You'll DoWork cross-functionally with teams ranging from trade desks, quants, product managers, risk management and compliance to support and enhance the trading system.Lead the technical design delivery of high impact java projects, including greenfield work using cutting-edge technology and modern best practices.Analyze engine latency and throughput to squeeze out performance in various scenarios.Monitor production systems and analyze rich data sets to troubleshoot issues and resolve promptly.Deliver solutions for global partners across Fixed Income, Options, and Equities asset classesYou BringExperience in brokerage, trading, fintech, e-commerceExperience with Fixed Income and Options asset classesExperience deploying applications within AWSJava fundamentals, data structures and best practices for modern software development5+ years of experience with low latency, high throughput distributed systemsExperience with multithreading and concurrency in JavaUnderstanding of Java Garbage CollectionMust understand how to write effective unit and integration testsStrong communication skillsStrong analytical and problem solving skillsOperating system and networking fundamentalsSpecial Knowledge (Nice to Have, But Not Required)Knowledge of message brokers and/or messaging libraries such as JMS, Kafka, ActiveMQ, Aeron or similarExperience with application containerization tools such as Docker or PodmanExperience with FIX messaging protocolExperience with PostgreSQL databaseExperience with Linux shell scriptingLocationThis role is open to candidates in the following locations: New York, NY / Chicago, IL - HybridThis role is expected to come into the office 2-3 days/week on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.If you're not based in one of the locations listed above, this role is not a fit, and we cannot accommodate remote work outside these locations.Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
DriveWealth does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.Pay Range: $165,000 – $180,000 USD