DriveWealth is 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.

We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform. Our culture blends the pace and opportunity of a tech start-up with the impact, stability, and significance of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. We value diversity and inclusion, celebrating the unique differences of our employees as we scale and grow together. We’re guided by operating principles grounded in accountability, teamwork, integrity, and solutions built to scale. Join us!

About the Role:

Our Brokerage Platform is at the core of powering brokerage operations, managing everything from incoming order traffic to post-trade processing. As a Senior Software Architect, you will be responsible for designing and delivering highly scalable, robust, and high-performance systems that meet both functional and non-functional requirements. You will play a key role in leading the architectural evolution of our platform, focusing on high availability, resiliency, and continuous improvement in all aspects of software delivery. This role requires a deep understanding of software architecture principles, systems design, cloud technologies, and operational excellence in the context of a mission-critical financial environment.

As a Senior Architect, you’ll be at the forefront of designing and shaping the future of our brokerage platform. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, craft highly available and resilient systems, and mentor a team of engineers to build world-class solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in a leadership role and is passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems that power a complex financial platform.

What You'll Do:

  • Architect and lead the design of scalable and resilient back office and front office systems that support high throughput, low-latency transactions, and 24x7 availability
  • Define and enforce non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, security, and reliability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that the platform meets both functional and operational requirements in a cloud-native environment
  • Drive high availability and disaster recovery initiatives to ensure business continuity and minimize downtime in mission-critical systems
  • Lead the development of common libraries and frameworks to standardize internal practices and improve efficiency across teams
  • Establish and mature testing automation frameworks, including performance, integration, and regression testing, to ensure high-quality releases
  • Mentor and lead engineering teams, guiding them through the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and ensuring best practices are followed in architecture, code quality, and design
  • Oversee production environments, manage operational health, and design systems to be fault-tolerant and self-healing
  • Ensure that all systems adhere to industry standards for security, compliance, and privacy, especially in highly regulated financial services

What You'll Need:

  • 15+ years of experience in software architecture, systems design, and leading engineering teams in enterprise-scale environments, preferably in brokerage services or similar financial domains
  • Expertise in high-availability architecture and building systems with disaster recovery, fault tolerance, and self-healing capabilities
  • Strong understanding of non-functional requirements including disaster recovery, scalability, performance, security, resiliency, and operational excellence
  • Proven ability to design and implement robust testing automation frameworks across unit, integration, and performance testing
  • Hands-on experience with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration platforms
  • Familiarity with message queuing, event-driven architecture, and streaming data platforms like Kafka
  • Expertise in cloud-native architectures using platforms like AWS, including services like EKS, ElastiCache, S3, RDS, Lambda, and Kinesis
  • Advanced experience with microservices architecture and developing API-driven systems that are both scalable and maintainable
  • Proficiency in message-driven systems using tools like Kafka, ActiveMQ, or similar technologies
  • Strong knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra, DynamoDB) databases, with a deep understanding of database scaling and performance optimization
  • Experience with building and maintaining common libraries and frameworks that support software development standards across teams
  • Proven ability to lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, driving them to meet both technical and business goals
  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have, But Not Required:

  • Experience working in high-frequency trading or brokerage platforms, with a deep understanding of the unique challenges of such environments
  • Knowledge of Linux and scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) for automating workflows and extracting data
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures, CQRS, and event sourcing
  • Extensive experience with designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for automation and continuous delivery of software

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

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
$250,000—$275,000 USD

Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental Health and family planning services
  • Unlimited paid time off with ten observed holidays
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • $2,500 each year to invest in continued education and personal development
  • $75 a month in fitness and wellness reimbursement
  • Company-provided phone
  • Hybrid work experience that allows for flexibility
  • For in-office employees, a daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, and engaging office space in the Financial District

*The benefits outlined above are for US employees, benefit offerings vary based on location

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. 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 will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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