Senior Software Engineer, Party & Account System

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Java Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale the core systems that power brokerage account operations for DriveWealth's global institutional partners. This role is with DriveWealth's Party & Account Services, the team responsible for customer onboarding, KYC and compliance workflows, brokerage account lifecycle management, and integrations with clearing, tax reporting, and regulatory systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Tier-1 API availability and meet SLA requirements (150 ms target ) across core services.
• Design and deliver backend Java services for DriveWealth's Party & Account System (PAS)—the core platform that manages user registration, KYC workflows, and the full brokerage account lifecycle for global institutional partners.
• Lead the technical design and implementation of new account types from API ingestion through validation, data storage, and event publishing.
• Build and maintain REST services and Kafka-driven asynchronous processors that support account operations across equities, options, and fixed-income asset classes.
• Own integrations with downstream clearing and reporting systems, including InteliClear (INTC/AOD), FIS, DTCC ACAT, and BetaNXT tax reporting.
• Partner cross-functionally with quantitative, product, compliance, and risk teams to translate regulatory requirements (KYC, W-8/W-9 tax forms, FINRA rules) into precise, testable system behavior
• Monitor production systems (EKS, Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis, Kafka) and diagnose latency, throughput, resiliency, and consistency issues across distributed asynchronous workflows.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building backend systems in Java, with strong proficiency in Java functional programming concepts and Spring Boot 3.
• Deep experience with DynamoDB, including partition key and sort key design, GSI access patterns, conditional writes, and atomic operations.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating Kafka-based systems.
• Experience in brokerage, fintech, or clearing environments. Familiarity with account types, KYC workflows, tax reporting (W-8/W-9), and clearing file formats (DTCC, INTC) is highly desirable.
• Ability to write comprehensive unit and integration tests using JUnit 5 and Mockito, with a strong understanding of testing behavior versus implementation details.
• Strong understanding of transactional boundaries, eventual consistency, and post-commit side-effect patterns in distributed systems.
• Experience deploying and operating applications on AWS, including DynamoDB, S3 and SQS.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate compliance and legal requirements into clear, unambiguous technical specifications.
• Strong expertise in REST API design, including HTTP semantics, error modeling, API versioning, and backward compatibility.
• Strong system design skills, with the ability to architect solutions that address both functional and non-functional requirements, including scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Experience with Redis-based caching and distributed locking patterns

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Pay

Pay Range: $155,000 USD – $175,000 USD

Schedule

This role is open to candidates in the following locations: New York, NY - Hybrid - This role is expected to come into the office 2-3 days/week on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.

If you're not based in one of the locations listed above, this role is not a fit, and we cannot accommodate remote work outside these locations.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Location

New York, NY - Hybrid

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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