Senior Software Development Engineer, Post Trade

About Us

DriveWealth is on a mission to make investing easier. We believe access to financial markets shouldn’t be limited by geography, wealth, or legacy systems. Our API-based platform empowers partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, with US equities, ETFs, mutual funds, fixed income, options, and fractional shares.

Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the stability and discipline of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while holding ourselves to institutional-grade execution and compliance. Join us and help build the future of global investing!

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our Post Trade Engineering team. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and implementation of our brokerage systems. You will work closely with our engineering team and other stakeholders to create scalable, low-latency, and highly available trading systems.

What You’ll Do

• Build new products and features while supporting and enhancing existing ones, owning the technical architecture, design, and delivery of high-performance, low-latency brokerage systems using Java
• Partner with Product and Operations to understand requirements, translate them into implementable technical features, and deliver them
• Design and build event-driven architectures using Kafka, packaged with Docker and deployed on Kubernetes
• Support production applications by triaging, troubleshooting, and resolving issues, drawing on an understanding of system integration, scripting, and test planning.
• Build observability, resilience, and recoverability into applications.
• Assess the health and performance of software applications and databases, and provide software and technology solutions
• Define specifications, develop components, modify the existing software stack, prepare test data, and prepare functional specifications
• Analyze service and application performance using various programming languages, tools, and techniques

You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• At least 7 years of experience in Software Engineering with expertise in Java and spring framework.
• Proficient in developing and maintaining robust REST APIs and implementing sophisticated event-driven architectures using Kafka, deployed on Kubernetes.
• Capital Markets or financial technology background (required), with a focus on the trade lifecycle.
• Experience with Jira, Git, and shell scripting(writing scripts to extract and transform data)
• Proficient in NoSQL, SQL, and stored procedures, such as in PostgreSQL and MySQL
• Understanding of Test-Driven Development and how to write effective unit and integration tests
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tools and practices, such as JFrog Artifactory, GitHub Actions, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation etc
• Experience with a 24/7, highly available architecture
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) (required)
• Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes
• Strong analytical,communication and problem-solving skills

Location

This role is open to candidates in the following locations: Hyderabad, IN

• This role is expected to come into the office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.
• If you're not based in one of the locations listed above, this role is not a fit, and we cannot accommodate remote work outside these locations.

Working at DriveWealth

We do our best work when we're in the same room. To maintain the speed our partners expect, our New York, Chicago, and Lithuania teams work in office on a hybrid schedule. We've found that being physically side-by-side is the only way to solve complex problems in real-time and stay truly accountable to the products we ship. When you're here, you're working directly with the people making the decisions.

To support that work, we provide competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match. We also offer Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Disability insurance, and Paid Parental Leave, along with a wellness reimbursement, a company-provided phone, and a personal development allowance. Finally, we value the time you spend away from the office with generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and observed holidays.

Work Authorization

Applicants must possess the legal right to work in the country where the position is located at the time of application. DriveWealth requires all employees to provide original documentation verifying their work authorization on or before their first day of employment.

For US-based roles: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. DriveWealth does not provide visa sponsorship or support for employment authorization, including transfers, at this time. Offers of employment are strictly contingent upon an individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the Company.

How We Think About AI

We leverage AI to work smarter and move faster. We seek AI-curious talent who are proactive about using emerging tools to increase signal quality, reduce friction, and improve outcomes to deliver products faster, provide better service to our partners, and to streamline processes. Your ability to leverage our internal tools and technology to drive results is as important to us as your core domain expertise.

Compensation

Pay is generally based on the level, complexity, responsibility, location, and job duties/requirements of the specific position. We then source candidates with the requisite skills, expertise, education, training, and experience. If you are selected for an interview, please feel welcome to speak to a recruiter about our compensation philosophy and other available benefits. This role is eligible for base, bonus, equity, 401(k) match, and heavily subsidized benefits and perks.

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 based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Agency Disclaimer

DriveWealth does not accept agency resumes. 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.