Senior Software Engineer, Party & Account System
DriveWealth2 months ago
Base Salary
$155k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver Java backend services for the Party & Account System supporting registration, KYC workflows, and brokerage account lifecycle management.
- Design and implement new account types from API ingestion through validation, data storage, and event publishing.
- Build and maintain REST services and Kafka-driven asynchronous processors for equities, options, and fixed-income account operations.
- Own integrations with InteliClear, FIS, DTCC ACAT, and BetaNXT tax reporting systems.
- Translate KYC, W-8/W-9, and FINRA requirements into precise, testable system behavior with cross-functional teams.
- Monitor EKS, Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis, and Kafka production systems and diagnose latency, throughput, resiliency, and consistency issues.
- Maintain Tier-1 API availability and meet the stated 150 ms target and SLA requirements.
Requirements
- Experienced Java backend engineering experience is required.
- Ability to design and implement production-grade backend services and account lifecycle systems.
- Experience with REST services, Kafka-driven asynchronous processing, distributed systems, and production monitoring.
- Ability to translate regulatory and business requirements into precise, testable system behavior.
- Experience with internal shared libraries, Maven multi-module repositories, and JFrog Artifactory is a nice-to-have.
- Familiarity with LLMs, agents, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, and AI application frameworks is a nice-to-have.
- Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
- Applicants must be based in the New York City metro area or another specified eligible metro; this role is not a fit for applicants outside those metros.
Benefits
- Hybrid work in the New York City metro area with 2–3 days per week in-office; the company also states New York teams work in-office 4 days per week.
- Equity and 401(k) match.
- Full insurance coverage and heavily subsidized benefits.
- Wellness reimbursement, company-provided phone, and personal development allowance.
- Generous paid time off, observed holidays, and extended leave.
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About DriveWealth
DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology platform. Our core business is providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, powering the investing and trading experiences for banks, broker dealers, asset managers, digital wallets, and consumer brands. DriveWealth’s APIs provide our Partners with a modern, extensible, and flexible toolkit to develop everything from traditional investment workflows to more innovative techniques such as rounding up purchases into fractional share ownership. DriveWealth, LLC is a registered broker dealer, member of FINRA and SIPC. Visit legal.drivewealth.com for full disclosures.