Principal Software Development Engineer, Post Trade

DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology organization providing an API-based platform for investing and trading. The Principal Software Development Engineer will lead the architecture, development, and delivery of scalable, low-latency brokerage and post-trade systems while providing technical leadership, mentorship, and operational support.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the technical architecture, design and delivery of high performance, low-latency brokerage systems using Java/Golang
• Assesses the health and performance of software applications and databases and provides software and technology solutions
• Design, develop, and maintain REST APIs and microservices
• 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
• Define specifications and develops components, modifies existing software stack, prepare test data, and prepares functional specifications
• Analyze Service and application performance using various programming languages, tools and techniques
• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team
• Provide guidance to non-technical staff in using software and hardware systems most effectively and efficiently
• Support applications with an understanding of system integration, test planning, scripting, and troubleshooting

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• At least 10 years of experience in Software Engineering with expertise in Java
• Must understand Test Driven Development and how to write effective unit/integration tests
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and automated testing frameworks
• Proficient in developing and maintaining robust REST APIs and implementing sophisticated event-driven architectures with Kafka and Kubernetes
• Background in financial technology or capital markets is required
• Proficient in No SQL, SQL and Stored Procedures such as in Postgres, MySQL
• Experience with Unix, Linux Operating Systems (writing scripts to extract and transform data)
• Knowledge of Jira, Git, Jenkins
• Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
• Strong experience with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure
• Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes
• Strong communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time
• Multiple years experience in fin-tech specifically Post Trade, Payment or SaaS