DriveWealth is 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.
We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform. Our culture blends the pace and opportunity of a tech start-up with the impact, stability, and significance of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. We value diversity and inclusion, celebrating the unique differences of our employees as we scale and grow together. We’re guided by operating principles grounded in accountability, teamwork, integrity, and solutions built to scale. Join us!
About the Role
The Director of Engineering - Core Trade will work with our core trading engineering team. The proper candidate will have experience building Java applications and working in a highly available, scalable, low-latency, and high-throughput environment. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies to re-engineer our mission-critical trading stack to be industrial-grade. We seek someone who has exceptional attention to detail and values simplicity over complexity in code and communication. You’ll work directly with the business, Product, Quants, and our Trade Desk. You can be opinionated about what you build and offer constructive criticism on things you didn’t.
What You'll Do
- Responsible for the technical design and delivery of new Java projects using exciting, cutting-edge technology
- Responsible for working with multiple stakeholders, including Trade desks, Quants, Product managers, Risk, and Compliance
- Ensure that solutions are meeting DriveWealth's best practices in design and architecture
- Develop enhancements to existing Java applications as well as build new applications from the ground up
- Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and assist in remediation fixes
- Assist in recommending and facilitating future maintenance and enhancements
- Work with the Broker-Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance the trading system
- Manage a small team of Engineers, including prioritizing team resources to meet DW deliverables on schedule
- Owns one or more small to medium-sized Projects/Applications
- Manages and Collaborates across teams on project priorities and coordinates deliverables"
What You'll Need
- Experience with low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
- Experience with multithreading and concurrency in Java
- Experience working with the FIX protocol
- Strong knowledge of Java fundamentals, data structures, and best practices for modern software development
- Must understand how to write effective unit and integration tests
- Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
- Strong communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with Python scripting for the automation of tasks
Nice To Have, Not Required
- Experience working with React and Typescript
- Understanding of JMS and message brokers such as Kafka and ActiveMQ
- Experience with Aeron or other point-to-point network communication
- Experience with POSTGRES database environments
- Experience with Amazon Web Services
- Multiple years experience in fintech, e-commerce, or analytics companies
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
$215,000—$240,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental Health and family planning services
- Unlimited paid time off with ten observed holidays
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- $2,500 each year to invest in continued education and personal development
- $75 a month in fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Company-provided phone
- Hybrid work experience that allows for flexibility
- For in-office employees, a daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, and engaging office space in the Financial District
*The benefits outlined above are for US employees, benefit offerings vary based on location
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
TO ALL AGENCIES: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of DriveWealth outside of the Talent organization. DriveWealth’s policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via Greenhouse (ATS). Agencies must have a valid services agreement executed and must have been assigned by the Talent team to a specific requisition. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of DriveWealth. In the event a candidate submitted outside of this policy is hired, no fee or payment will be paid.
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What We Do
Over the past ten years, DriveWealth has been breaking down the barriers between global investors and U.S. markets and improving the financial lives of people that have been traditionally underserved and underbanked. We’ve built patent-pending technology to fractionalize US equities and were the first to receive a license to do so in 2015.
Why Work With Us
DriveWealth is growing quickly, and we need your help! This year we plan to getting close to doubling our headcount. We've raised over $100M so far from seasoned fin-tech investors Route 66, Point 72, and Raptor.
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