WHO WE ARE
Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and Webull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers.
Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Portland, and Belfast.
If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you.
AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:

• 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards
• 2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company
• 2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards

ABOUT THIS ROLE
We're seeking an innovative, passionate, and forward-thinking individual to join us as a Senior Platform Engineer. This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced team with the urgency of a startup and expertise of an established organization. Due to the space we innovate in, your products will process billions of transactions per day in real-time and power both startup and established industry participants.
What you'll do all day:

• Design, develop, and implement automated cloud infrastructure and the tooling surrounding it
• Create platforms to enable development teams to build new solutions to old problems
• Think through hard problems and solve them at all layers of the enterprise
• Work as a part of an efficient, productive Cloud Architecture team

What you need to succeed:

• A degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar field
• 3+ years of experience at a minimum - highly experienced candidates are preferred
• Experience and/or passion with - Financial Markets, Execution Platforms, Foreign Exchange, Cryptocurrency, Digital Assets
• Proficiency in communication and project management at all levels
• Proficiency and in-depth understanding of infrastructure architecture and design patterns
• Proficiency and in-depth understanding of GCP, AWS, and/or Azure concepts and implementation, GCP preferred.
• Proficiency and in-depth understanding of Kubernetes, GKE preferred.
• Proficiency and in-depth understanding of Infrastructure-as-code tools, such as Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, Pulumi, Puppet, Crossplane
• Proficiency and in-depth understanding of CI/CD tools, such as GitHub Actions
• Demonstrated experience with containerized workload optimization for cloud-native applications
• Demonstrated familiarity in programming languages and concepts, preferably Python, Go, or Java
• Demonstrated understanding of database platforms such as Postgres and BigQuery
• Demonstrated security mindset with knowledge of concepts for infrastructure and application security
• Commitment to code quality, peer reviews and strong engineering practices
• Ability to learn new and unfamiliar technologies quickly, as required
• Self-starter with 'whatever it takes' attitude in a dynamic work environment

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Our Rewards
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment
We're looking for all kinds of people.
At Apex, we believe that wealth management and investing should be accessible to everyone, and we strive to create spaces to democratize investing for folks of all walks of life. Internally, we embrace diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace, which reflects our company vision and mission. We value every team member's unique perspective and are committed to fostering a culture where everyone belongs. Join us in our mission to empower and celebrate individual differences.
Apex is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We ensure that qualified applicants receive fair consideration for employment without discrimination based on sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, genetics, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. We stand by this commitment to promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.