Principal Software Development Engineer, Post Trade

Drive Wealth 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. Drive Wealth 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!

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer to join our Post Trade Engineering team. 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, low latency, and highly available trading systems.

• Responsible for the technical architecture, design and delivery of high performance, low-latency brokerage systems using Java/Golang
• Assesses the health and performance of software applications and databases and provides software and technology solutions
• Design, develop, and maintain REST APIs and microservices.
• Work with the Broker Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance the trading and backend system for multiple asset classes like Equities, Options, Mutual Funds etc
• Define specifications and develops components, modifies existing software stack, prepare test data, and prepares 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
• Provide guidance to non-technical staff in using software and hardware systems most effectively and efficiently
• Support applications with an understanding of system integration, test planning, scripting, and troubleshooting

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• At least 10 years of experience in Software Engineering with expertise in Java
• Must understand Test Driven Development and how to write effective unit/integration tests
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and automated testing frameworks
• Proficient in developing and maintaining robust REST APIs and implementing sophisticated event-driven architectures with Kafka and Kubernetes
• Background in financial technology or capital markets is required
• Proficient in No SQL, SQL and Stored Procedures such as in Postgres, MySQL
• Experience with Unix, Linux Operating Systems (writing scripts to extract and transform data)
• Knowledge of Jira, Git, Jenkins
• Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
• Strong experience with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes
• Strong communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Multiple years experience in fin-tech specifically Post Trade, Payment or SaaS

This role is open to candidates in the following locations:
Chicago, Austin, Dallas, Denver, Miami, San Francisco Bay Area, or Seattle
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• If based Chicago:
  This role is expected to come into the office 3 days a week on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.
• If based in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Miami, San Francisco, or Seattle:
  This is a fully remote role, though you may need to visit our onsite offices from time to time.
• 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…