Software Development Engineer 2, Core Trade

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.

Job description: 

About the Role:

The Software Development Engineer 2 will work with our Core Trade teams. You’ll work with dynamic and productive engineers, building an ultra-high throughput and low latency trading system and the tools needed to run it. You’ll work with leading technologies to re-engineer our mission-critical trading stack to be industrial-grade. You’ll work hands-on across our trading applications, directly with the business, quants, and our trade desk. 

The proper candidate will have experience building applications and working in a highly-available and scalable environment. We seek someone who has exceptional attention to detail and values simplicity over complexity in code and communication. You will express your opinions confidently about what you create while also providing constructive feedback on things you haven't.

What You'll Do:

• Work cross-functionally with multiple stakeholders, including trade desks, quants, product managers, risk, and compliance
• Responsible for the technical design and delivery of new Java backend projects 
• Work with the Broker-Dealer operations and compliance teams to support and enhance the trading system
• Work within your team to set and execute specific goals and deliverables
• Partner with business and technical leadership to imagine, develop, test, and launch applications

Requirements: 

• 3+ years of experience with low latency, high throughput, distributed systems
• Experience with multithreading and concurrency in Java
• Knowledge of Java fundamentals, data structures, and best practices for modern software development
• Must understand how to write effective unit and integration tests with Gherkin syntax
• Experience in agile software development and production deployment
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software 
• Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
• Strong technical writing skills
• Strong verbal communication skills. An ability to explain technical concepts and designs understandably to a broad audience
• Experience with Python, React, and Typescript are nice-to-have

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

Monthly Salary: 

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.