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
We are looking for a Software Engineer Level 2 to join our Brokerage Platform as a Service and API teams. In this role, you will contribute to the design and development of Drivewealth back office platform on cloud using Java, Kafka, Postgres. You'll work on building event-driven microservices, ensuring that our platform can process high volumes of accounts and transactions in real-time with low latency. You will also help improve the performance and scalability of our systems.
As a Software Engineer, you will work closely with senior engineers and technical leads to build and maintain cloud-native applications that support the growth and scalability of our brokerage platform.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and maintain Java applications with a focus on high-performance, scalable, and resilient systems that can handle large volumes of transactions related to various asset classes like equities, options, mutual funds, fixed income etc
- Contribute to building event-driven microservices using messaging systems like Kafka to enable asynchronous communication and scalability
- Work on multi-threaded programming to ensure optimal system performance in concurrent environments
- Collaborate with the team to integrate and improve CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated, fast, and reliable software delivery
- Participate in automated testing, writing unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and system stability
- Assist with optimizing system performance and troubleshooting any issues related to latency or throughput
- Work with other engineers to ensure high availability and fault tolerance for critical services
- Contribute to technical discussions, learning from senior engineers, and sharing your knowledge with peers
What You’ll Need
- Solid understanding of software engineering foundations including data structures, cloud computing, algorithms, databases and curiosity to learn new technologies
- 3-5 years of experience in software development, with a focus on Java and relational databases and building high-performance systems
- Exposure to multi-threading and concurrent programming to build systems that perform efficiently in multi-core environments
- Exposure to event-driven architecture and working with messaging systems like Kafka or ActiveMQ
- Understanding of database partitioning and sharding techniques to handle high-throughput, distributed databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and platforms like AWS
- Experience with CI/CD tools and understanding of automated software delivery practices
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and improve system efficiency
- Experience with automated testing frameworks and a focus on maintaining code quality
- A collaborative mindset, with the ability to work effectively within an agile development team
- Good communication skills to clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
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)
- Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and basic knowledge of Kubernetes
- Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus or Grafana
- Interest or experience in financial systems or brokerage platforms
Basic knowledge of cloud security practices, including securing data and managing access
Why Join Us: As a Software Engineer Level 2, you'll be an integral part of our engineering team, contributing to building a high-performance platform used by clients in the financial sector. You will have opportunities to work with cutting-edge technologies, focus on system performance, and gain valuable experience in a fast-paced, cloud-native environment. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to grow technically while making a significant impact on the product and business.
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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