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Senior Director, Core Trade Engineering

DriveWealth is a global B2B fintech platform enabling partners to offer investing and trading experiences via APIs. We are hiring a Senior Director, Core Trade Engineering to lead the OMS/trading applications team, re-engineer mission-critical trading systems for scale and reliability, and collaborate with product, quants, trading desk, and operations to deliver institutional-grade solutions.

Skills

  • Java development for low-latency, high-throughput systems
  • Deep expertise with the FIX protocol and institutional FIX gateways
  • Multithreading and concurrency in Java
  • Designing for high availability and 24x7 production operations
  • Strong unit and integration testing practices
  • Technical writing and cross-functional communication
  • Python scripting for automation
  • Experience supporting complex, multi-stack trading environments

Responsibilities

  • Lead design, development, testing, deployment, and support of OMS trading applications
  • Collaborate with trading, product, quants, risk, compliance, architects, and DevOps to translate business requirements into scalable, resilient technical solutions
  • Author clear technical documentation for mission-critical projects
  • Ensure solutions adhere to DriveWealth’s architecture and best practices for redundancy and resiliency
  • Enhance existing Java applications and build new systems from the ground up
  • Monitor production systems, troubleshoot incidents, and assist remediation
  • Work with broker-dealer operations to support and enhance trading flows
  • Manage, mentor, and prioritize a small engineering team and own one or more small-to-medium projects
  • Coordinate cross-team priorities and deliverables

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
  • Advanced degree (Masters/PhD) in a technical or quantitative field preferred but not required

Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental health resources
  • Generous paid time off and observed holidays
  • Paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
  • Up to $2,500/year for continued education and development
  • Up to $900/year for fitness and wellness reimbursement
  • Company-provided phone (varies by country)
  • Hybrid work experience with HQ office amenities (daily lunch stipend, snacks) for in-office employees
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits (US only)
  • Employer 401(k) match (US only)
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Recently completing a Series D raise with a $2.85B valuation, DriveWealth’s mission is to democratize investing globally by working with partners to invent new ways to use its API-based technology to provide emerging investors with cutting-edge em...

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BENEFITS & PERKS
Dental Insurance
Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Vision Insurance
Performance Bonus
Paid Holidays
FUNDING
SENIORITY LEVEL REQUIREMENT
TEAM SIZE
SALARY RANGE
$275,000/yr - $325,000/yr
EMPLOYMENT TYPE
Full-time, hybrid
DATE POSTED
August 19, 2025
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