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!

About the Role

The Director of Engineering, Core Trade will work with our core trade engineering team, and lead API endpoints that feed the trading systems. The proper candidate will have experience building Java applications and working in a highly available, scalable, low-latency, and high-throughput environment. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies to re-engineer our mission-critical trading stack to be industrial-grade. Deep expertise with AWS tooling is critical, including designing institutional-grade gateways ensuring redundancy, high throughput, and reliability in production. We seek someone who has exceptional attention to detail and values simplicity over complexity in code and communication. You’ll work directly with the business, Product and vendors. You should be opinionated about what you build and offer constructive criticism on things you didn’t. You’ll be able to think quickly and critically in understanding cross-impacts and solving difficult problems in real-time.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of mission critical API endpoints

• Collaborate closely with Product, Risk, Compliance, Architects, DevOps, and cross-functional groups to translate business requirements into technical solutions that meets Drive Wealth’s architectural standards for scale, redundancy, and resiliency

• Write easy-to-understand technical documentation for implementing mission-critical complicated business projects

• Ensure that solutions are meeting Drive Wealth's best practices in design and architecture

• Develop enhancements to existing Java applications as well as build new applications from the ground up

• Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and assist in remediation fixes

• Work with the Broker-Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance the trading system

• Manage a small team of Engineers, including prioritizing team resources to meet DW deliverables on schedule

• Owns one or more small to medium-sized Projects/Applications

• Manages and collaborates across teams on project priorities and coordinates deliverables"

What You’ll Need

• Experience with low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems

• Experience with multithreading and concurrency in Java

• Expertise working with the FIX protocol

• Strong knowledge of Java fundamentals, data structures, and best practices for modern software development

• Must understand how to write effective unit and integration tests

• Experience with a 24x7, highly-available, architecture

• Advanced technical writing skills

• Strong communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experience with Python scripting for the automation of tasks

• Experience supporting multiple complicated trading stacks

• An understanding of “what good looks like” based on your prior experience

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.

Special Knowledge (Nice to Have, But Not Rqequired)

• Experience working with React and Typescript

• Understanding of JMS and message brokers such as Kafka and ActiveMQ

• Experience with the FIX protocol

• Experience with Aeron or other point-to-point network communication

• Experience with POSTGRES database environments

• Experience with Amazon Web Services

Working at Drive Wealth

Roles are based in the financial district of New York City. We operate in a hybrid in-office model 2-4 days per week, with specific schedules set by each functional leader to support collaboration, velocity, and client impact. While in the office, you will be provided a lunch stipend, opportunities to meet guest speakers, and work directly with decision makers.

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.

New York, NY (Hybrid) Pay Range**$270,000—$310,000 USD**

Working at Drive Wealth

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.

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 product 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 upon 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 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 recruiting@drivewealth.com.

Agency Disclaimer

Drive Wealth does not accept agency resumes. Do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other organization location. Drive Wealth is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.