Senior Software Engineer, Core Trade

About the role

DriveWealth is on a mission to make investing easier. We believe that everyone should have the ability to control their financial future, and that access to financial markets should not be limited by geography, wealth, or legacy systems. We are 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. There's never been a better time to build a category-defining business and there has rarely been a team better positioned for this opportunity. Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the impact, stability, and discipline of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. Join us and help build the future of global investing!

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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 Required)
• 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 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
• $165,000 - $180,000 USD
• Working at DriveWealth
• 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.
• 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 incre

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