DriveWealth
Principal Software Development Engineer, Post Trade
$250K–$280K
Office - Chicago +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jan 16, 2026
- Location
- Office - Chicago
Office - NYC - Experience
- At least 10 years of Software Engineering experience; multiple years in fintech, specifically Post Trade, Payment, or SaaS, is nice to have.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship; DriveWealth does not provide visa sponsorship or employment authorization support, including transfers.
About the job
Leads architecture and delivery of high-performance, low-latency brokerage and post-trade systems, APIs, and services across multiple asset classes.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain brokerage systems, REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Assess application and database performance; support and enhance trading and backend systems across asset classes.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship, and develop automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
- At least 10 years of software engineering experience with expertise in Java.
- Background in financial technology or capital markets; experience with 24x7, highly available architecture.
- Strong understanding of Test Driven Development, automated testing, CI/CD, REST APIs, Kafka, Kubernetes, SQL, and No SQL.
Nice to have
- Multiple years of fintech experience, specifically in Post Trade, Payment, or SaaS.
Pay
$250,000 – $280,000 (base salary)
Tools
Java, REST APIs, Kafka, Kubernetes, Postgres, MySQL, Unix, Linux
AI focus
The company encourages using internal AI tools and emerging tools to increase signal quality, reduce friction, improve outcomes, deliver products faster, provide better partner service, and streamline processes.
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