Senior Software Development Engineer, API Services
DriveWealth
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
The Senior Software Development Engineer will work with our API Engineering team. You’ll work with dynamic and productive engineers, building a high-throughput and low-latency system and the tools needed to run it. You’ll work with leading technologies to re-engineer our core stack to be industrial-grade. You’ll work hands-on across our API services, 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
- Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performing API services using Java
- Collaborate with product, risk, operations, legal, and compliance teams to align on requirements
- Work within your team to set and execute specific goals and deliverables
- Partner with business and engineering leaders to design, develop, test, and launch new applications
What You'll Need
- 5+ years of experience with reliable and high-throughput distributed systems
- Professional working knowledge of Java fundamentals, data structures, and best practices for modern software development
- Build and integrate RESTful APIs and microservices aligned with business requirements.
- Deploy, manage, and optimize backend services on AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway).
- Must understand how to write effective unit and integration tests with Gherkin syntax
- Knowledge of SQL and No-SQL databases
- 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
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.
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.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health resources
- Generous paid time off with observed holidays (varies per country)
- Paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
- Up to $2,500 or local equivalent each year to invest in continued education and personal development
- Up to $900 each year or local equivalent for fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Company-provided phone (varies by country)
- Hybrid work experience that allows for flexibility
- For HQ in-office employees, a daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, and engaging office space in the Financial District
- Pre-tax commuter benefits (US only)
- Employer 401K match (US only)
Benefit offerings vary based on country and are subject to change.
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.
TO ALL AGENCIES: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of DriveWealth outside of the Talent organization. DriveWealth’s policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via Greenhouse (ATS). Agencies must have a valid services agreement executed and must have been assigned by the Talent team to a specific requisition. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of DriveWealth. In the event a candidate submitted outside of this policy is hired, no fee or payment will be paid.