Senior Data Engineer, RegTech

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:

The Regulatory Technology (RegTech) team at DriveWealth develops data products to support the Compliance organization in its supervisory reporting responsibilities and external regulatory requirements. We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to take ownership of regulatory-related data products. The role entails end-to-end automation of data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and delivery of best-of-class data products to internal and external stakeholders. The end product may be a BI report, data mart, bulk raw data delivery, or REST API endpoints.


The ideal candidate is excited about working in an automated, modular, and testable environment and will work closely with the broader Data Platform, Analytics Engineers, Product Management, and Compliance professionals to ensure that requirements are met with scalable technical designs developed with strong engineering principles.


What You'll Do:

• Assist in creatively solving compliance and regulatory needs at DriveWealth
• Establish unit and regression testing practices for end-to-end CI/CD using declarative languages such as YAML and Terraform to ensure environmental parity
• Work with business partners, compliance, and product managers on requirements using an AGILE framework
• Work to establish an open and scalable data culture through documentation, constructive code reviews, and clear explanations of priorities and pain points
• Provide thought leadership, best practices on architecture and tooling, and standards for designing and implementing scalable data analytics solutions
• Provide mentorship and guidance to analytics engineers and analysts

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years of experience solving data problems with internal and external stakeholders
• 3+ years working on data ingestion (CSV, JSON, REST), data transformation (DBT), and orchestrating data pipelines (Databricks and/or Airflow)
• 2+ years of experience working with trading and/or regulatory reports, such as best execution, CAT, OATS, trade monitoring, EBS, and regulatory inquiries
• Experience working within a larger data team: CI/CD process leveraging GitHub and AGILE development where possible
• Programming Languages: Python, SQL, Spark (PySpark, Spark SQL)
• Declarative Languages: YAML, Terraform
• Databases: DynamoDB, Unity Catalog, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent program

Nice To Have, But Not Required:

• Experience with business intelligence reporting (Sigma)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. At this time, DriveWealth does not provide new employment visa sponsorship, but candidates with existing transferable work authorization may be considered.

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

$150,000-$180,000 USD

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.


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