Principal Engineer

About Us

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!

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer to join our 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.

What You'll Do

* 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

What You'll Need

* 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

* Knowledge of Jira, Git, Jenkins

* Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture

* Strong experience with Amazon Web Services

* Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes

* Strong communication skills

* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Drive Wealth is unable to sponsor an employment Visa at this time.

Special Knowledge (Nice to Have, But Not Rqequired)

* Experience with Amazon Web Services

* Experience with Linux and writing scripts to extract and transform data

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

Compensation

Compensation package offerings are based on candidate experience and technical qualifications, as it relates to the role. These are identified and determined throughout your interviewing experience.

Please note:

this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.

New York, NY (Hybrid) Pay Range

$250,000 - $290,000 USD

Working at Drive Wealth

We do our best work when we're in the same room. To maintain the speed our partners expect, our New York and Chicago teams work in-office 4 days a week. We've found that being physically side-by-side is the only way to solve complex problems in real-time and stay truly accountable to the products we ship. When you're here, you're working directly with the people making the decisions.

To support that work, we provide competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match. We also offer full insurance…