DriveWealth
Director of Engineering
$250K–$280K
Office - Chicago · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years in engineering leadership.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship; DriveWealth does not sponsor or support employment authorization, including transfers.
About the job
Leads engineering strategy and execution for DriveWealth’s brokerage platform, including architecture, product expansion, operational excellence, and engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Oversee architecture and development of scalable, resilient, secure systems, including sub-account and partner-level ledger capabilities.
- Deliver brokerage platform products and improvements, and develop shared architecture frameworks, libraries, and developer tools.
- Lead engineering teams and cross-functional delivery while advancing AI/automation, engineering quality, and operational excellence.
What they ask for
- 12+ years in engineering leadership, with a record of scaling engineering teams.
- Deep expertise building high-availability systems and microservices, API-driven, and event-driven architectures using Java, Kafka, and SQL/No SQL databases.
- Significant experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- B2B brokerage-platform and financial-services technology experience.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks such as SAFe.
- Knowledge of brokerage operations, digital assets, margin, clearing, settlements, and regulatory compliance.
Pay
$250,000 - $280,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Kafka, SQL/No SQL databases, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
AI focus
Identify and implement Agentic AI and automation in business processes and products; use AI to improve performance, reduce costs, and enhance reliability.
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