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!
What You’ll Do
- Work cross-functionally with teams ranging from trade desks, quants, product managers, risk management and compliance to support and enhance the trading system.
- Lead the technical design and delivery of greenfield Java projects using cutting-edge technology and modern best practices.
- Analyze engine latency and throughput to squeeze out performance in various scenarios.
- Monitor production systems and analyze rich data sets to troubleshoot issues and resolve promptly.
- Deliver solutions for global partners across Fixed Income, Options, and Equities asset classes
What You’ll Need
- Experience in brokerage, trading, fintech, e-commerce
- Experience with Fixed Income and Options asset classes
- Experience deploying applications within AWS
- Java fundamentals, data structures and best practices for modern software development
- 5+ years of experience with low latency, high throughput distributed systems
- Experience with multithreading and concurrency in Java
- Understanding of Java Garbage Collection
- Must understand how to write effective unit and integration tests
- Strong communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Operating system and networking fundamentals
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor an employment Visa at this time.
Special Knowledge (Nice to Have, But Not Rqequired)
- Knowledge of message brokers and/or messaging libraries such as JMS, Kafka, ActiveMQ, Aeron or similar
- Experience with application containerization tools such as Docker or Podman
- Experience with FIX messaging protocol
- Experience with PostgreSQL database
- Experience with Linux shell scripting
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.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health resources
- Generous paid time off with observed holidays (varies per country)
- Paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
- Up to $2,500 or local equivalent each year to invest in continued education and personal development
- Up to $900 each year or local equivalent for fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Company-provided phone (varies by country)
- For HQ in-office employees, a daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, and engaging office space in the Financial District
- Pre-tax commuter benefits (US only)
- Employer 401K match (US only)
Benefit offerings vary based on country and are subject to change.
Equal Employment Opportunity
To build technology and products that are used and loved by people and solve real-world problems, we need to build a team with many different perspectives and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer. 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 encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us at [email protected].
Agency Disclaimer
DriveWealth does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other organization location. DriveWealth is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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DriveWealth Jersey City, New Jersey, USA Office
Located right across the water from NYC's financial district, our technology office is only one stop away from Manhattan.
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