Principal Software Development Engineer, Post Trade

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">About Us</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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!</span></p></div><h3><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">About the Role</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer to join our Post Trade Engineering team. As a Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for leading 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. <br><br></span></p> <h3><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What You’ll Do</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Responsible for the technical architecture, design and delivery of high performance, low-latency brokerage systems using Java/Golang</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Assesses the health and performance of software applications and databases and provides software and technology solutions</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Design, develop, and maintain REST APIs and microservices.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Work with the Broker Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance the trading and backend system for multiple asset classes like Equities, Options, Mutual Funds etc</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Define specifications and develops components, modifies existing software stack, prepare test data, and prepares functional specifications</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Analyze Service and application performance using various programming</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">languages, tools and techniques</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Provide guidance to non-technical staff in using software and hardware systems most effectively and efficiently</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Support applications with an understanding of system integration, test planning, scripting, and troubleshooting<br></span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You Bring</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial,…