Principal Software Development Engineer, Execution Services
Drivewealth · New York, New York, United States · Posted Jul 7, 2026
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About Us
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.
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
DriveWealth is a global fintech infrastructure company delivering investing and financial services through its API-first Brokerage-as-a-Service platform. Our technology powers banks, broker-dealers, asset managers, fintechs, digital wallets, and some of the world's leading super-apps and trading platforms. Operating across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, DriveWealth processes more than 9 million transactions daily through highly resilient, low-latency distributed systems. As we expand into digital assets and blockchain infrastructure, we are building the next generation of secure, scalable financial platforms for global markets.
As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will work on our Execution Services Engineering team . You’ll build an ultra-low latency, high throughput trading system and the tools to run and democratize investing globally! You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies to re-engineer our mission-critical trading stack to be industrial-grade. We aim to utilize our fintech prowess and our exchange memberships to deliver internet-scale trading applications to the floor of the exchanges.
The candidate will have experience building applications and working in a highly-available and scalable environment, including working with REST APIs and Market Data. We seek someone who has exceptional attention to detail and values simplicity over complexity in code and communication. You will confidently express your opinions about what you create while providing constructive feedback on things you haven't.
What You’ll Do
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
You Bring
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
Knowledge of Jira, Git, Jenkins
Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
Strong experience with Amazon Web Services
Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes
Strong communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Special Knowledge (Nice to Have, But Not Required)
Experience with Amazon Web S…