Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

New York, New York, United States

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

The Senior Full Stack Software Engineer will be a foundational contributor within our Core Trade engineering team. You'll be part of a dynamic, high-performing team building an ultra-high throughput, low-latency trading system and the tools required to run it, all aimed at democratizing investing globally.

We are looking for an engineer who values simplicity over complexity, both in architecture and communication. You'll be leading the charge with modern technologies and AI-assisted development workflows to scale our mission-critical trading stack for hyper-scale growth. You'll be highly autonomous and hands-on, working cross-functionally across engineering teams and collaborating directly with the business, Quants, stakeholders, and Trade Desk users.

As a Senior Engineer, you should bring clear communication, collaborative problem-solving, and a genuine drive to build resilient, high-performance systems for best-in-class trade desk applications. You will design and champion human-in-the-loop development practices to maximize team velocity without sacrificing our uncompromising standard for highly available, scalable architecture.

What You'll Do

• Technical Leadership & Delivery: Own the technical design, architecture, and delivery of complex React/TypeScript front-end and Java back-end features from inception to production.
• Architectural Excellence: Drive architectural best practices, ensuring solutions are highly secure, scalable, and resilient.
• Mentorship: Act as a force multiplier for the team. Mentor mid-level and junior engineers, lead code reviews, and elevate the overall technical bar of the organization.
• AI-Driven Velocity: Pioneer our use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT) to accelerate coding, testing, and documentation, setting the standard for secure and effective AI integration in our workflows.
• Human-in-the-Loop: Architect workflows that seamlessly blend automated decision-making and high-throughput data processing with human-in-the-loop validation for our trade desks and operational teams.
• Drive Strategy: Partner horizontally with key stakeholders including Trade Desks, Quants, Product Managers, and other engineering leads to translate complex business goals into robust technical execution.
• Goal Setting: Define bold, measurable technical goals for your projects and collaborate with leadership to hit broader organizational targets.

What You'll Need

• 5+ years of software development experience with deep expertise in TypeScript, modern JavaScript (ES8+), Java, React, WebSockets, or similar technologies for complex, real-time data streaming, and Browser API and standards.
• System Design and Architecture at Scale: Proven track record of designing, building, and owning highly available architectures at scale.
• AI Tooling: Strong familiarity with modern AI coding assistants and a demonstrated ability to leverage them to improve developer productivity safely.
• Testing Champion: Deep understanding of, and advocacy for, rigorous testing standards, including unit testing (React Testing Library) and E2E testing (Playwright, Cypress).
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and technical writing skills. You must be able to distill complex architectural concepts and designs into clear, understandable language for both engineering peers and business stakeholders.
• Problem Solving: A detail and results-oriented mindset with elite analytical abilities and a bias toward action.

This role is open to candidates in the following locations: New York City Metro: 3 days/week in-office Pay Range: $155,000 USD - $175,000 USD

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

Working at DriveWealth

We do our best work when we're in the same room. To maintain the speed our partners expect, our New York, Chicago, and Lithuania teams work in-office 4 days a week. We've found that being physically side-by-side is the only way to solve complex problems in real-time and stay truly accountable to the products we ship. When you're here, you're working directly with the people making the decisions. To support that work, we provide competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match. We also offer full insurance coverage, a wellness reimbursement, a company-provided phone, and a personal development allowance. Finally, we value the time you spend away from the office with generous PTO, observed holidays, and extended leave.

Work Authorization

Applicants must possess the legal right to work in the country where the position is located at the time of application. DriveWealth requires all employees to provide original documentation verifying their work authorization on or before their first day of employment.

For US-based roles: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. DriveWealth does not provide visa sponsorship or support for employment authorization, including transfers, at this time. Offers of employment are strictly contingent upon an individual's ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the Company.

How We Think About AI

We leverage AI to work smarter and move faster. We seek AI-curious talent who are proactive about using emerging tools to increase signal quality, reduce friction, and improve outcomes to deliver products faster, provide better service to our partners, and to streamline processes. Your ability to leverage our internal tools and technology to drive results is as important to us as your core domain expertise.

Compensation

Pay is generally based on the level, complexity, responsibility, location, and job duties/requirements of the specific position. We then source candidates with the requisite skills, expertise, education, training, and experience. If you are selected for an interview, please feel welcome to speak to a recruiter about our compensation philosophy and other available benefits. This role is eligible for base, bonus, equity, 401(k) match, and heavily subsidized benefits and perks.

Equal Employment Opportunity

To build technology and products that are used and loved by people and solve real-world problems, we need to build a team with many different perspectives and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Agency Disclaimer

DriveWealth does not accept agency resumes. Do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other organization location. DriveWealth is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.