Principal Engineer
DriveWealth4 months ago
Base Salary
$250k - $290k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical architecture, design, and delivery of high-performance, low-latency brokerage systems using Java and Golang.
- Assess application and database health and performance and provide software and technology solutions.
- Design, develop, and maintain APIs and microservices.
- Support and enhance trading and backend systems for equities, options, mutual funds, and other asset classes.
- Define specifications, develop components, modify the software stack, prepare test data, and create functional specifications.
- Analyze service and application performance using programming languages, tools, and techniques.
- Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team.
- Guide non-technical staff in using software and hardware systems effectively.
- Support applications through system integration, test planning, scripting, and troubleshooting.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 10 years of software engineering experience with expertise in Java.
- Understanding of Test Driven Development and effective unit and integration testing.
- Strong understanding of automated testing frameworks and CI/CD.
- Experience with Kafka, Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, databases, and stored procedures including PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Experience with Unix and Linux operating systems, scripting, highly available 24x7 architectures, and Amazon Web Services.
- Knowledge of Jira, Git, and Jenkins.
- Financial technology or capital markets experience is required.
- Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with post-trade, payments, SaaS, Linux scripting, or data extraction and transformation is preferred.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
Benefits
- Hybrid New York, NY role expected to work in the office 4 days per week.
- Competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match.
- Full insurance coverage, wellness reimbursement, company-provided phone, and personal development allowance.
- Generous PTO, observed holidays, and extended leave.
Tech Stack
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.