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Salary: USD 250,000 - 280,000 / annual
DriveWealth is a global B2B fintech platform democratizing access to financial markets through an API-based infrastructure. The company enables partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences worldwide, supporting US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.
As Director of Engineering, you will lead the engineering organization and drive innovation across critical systems. You will own solution architecture for major business initiatives, including new product expansion, while fostering a culture of engineering quality and operational excellence. Partnering with other engineering managers, you will align technology initiatives with growth strategy, ensuring platforms remain robust, scalable, and secure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee design and development of scalable, resilient, secure systems using modern architectures (microservices, API-driven, event-driven designs)
- Lead solution architecture for sub-account and partner-level ledger capabilities enabling multi-tenant account structuring
- Execute strategic vision for the brokerage platform, delivering critical business-driven products across multiple asset classes
- Contribute to architecture framework, common libraries, and developer tools to improve velocity
- Identify and execute opportunities to embed Agentic AI/automation in business processes and products
- Lead, mentor, and expand high-performing engineering teams, fostering innovation and accountability
- Work cross-functionally with product, operations, and senior leaders to prioritize and deliver mission-critical solutions
- Champion best practices in agile development, CI/CD, automated testing, and proactive monitoring for 24x7 operational excellence and regulatory compliance
- Drive adoption of cutting-edge technologies and methodologies to optimize performance, reduce costs, and enhance reliability
Requirements:
- 12+ years in engineering leadership with proven track record scaling engineering teams in fast-paced, technology-driven environments
- Deep knowledge architecting and implementing high-availability, scalable systems including microservices, API-driven, and event-driven architectures using Java, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL databases
- Significant experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
- Solid understanding of financial services technology, particularly brokerage platforms in B2B settings
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with ability to foster strong stakeholder relationships and cross-functional collaboration
- Passion for solving complex problems and drive to push technological boundaries while balancing strategic vision with execution
- Expertise in advanced architectural patterns and distributed systems
- Experience modernizing legacy systems and driving cost optimization within capital markets or financial services
Nice to Have:
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe) for scaling agile practices
- Deep knowledge of brokerage operations, digital assets, margin, clearing, settlements, and regulatory compliance
- Experience with Digital Assets, Options, or Reg-T Margin
- Willingness to roll up sleeves as needed
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 days per week in office on cadence set by hiring manager). Must be authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship.
