Senior Software Engineer, Core Trade

About Us

Drive Wealth 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. Drive Wealth 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!

• 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.

• 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. Drive Wealth is unable to sponsor an employment Visa at this time.

• Knowledge of message brokers and/or messaging libraries such as JMS, Kafka, Active
  
  MQ, Aeron or similar.
• Experience with application containerization tools such as Docker or Podman.
• Experience with FIX messaging protocol.
• Experience with Postgre
  
  SQL 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: $160,000—$190,000 USD

We do our best work when we’re in the same room. To maintain the speed our partners expect, our New York and Chicago teams work in‑office 4 days a week. 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 full insurance coverage, 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 PTO, observed holidays, and extended leave.

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