Senior Software Development Engineer, Post Trade

DriveWealth; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

Base salary + bonus

401(k) match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Paid parental leave

Wellness reimbursement

Company phone

Personal development allowance

Generous PTO

Job summary

DriveWealth in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to design and build high-performance, low-latency brokerage systems for the Post Trade Engineering team, supporting equities, options, and mutual funds.

You will own architecture, develop REST APIs and microservices with Kafka on Kubernetes, and contribute to automated testing and CI/CD pipelines in a scalable cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of software engineering experience with expertise in Java
• Strong understanding of Test-Driven Development and ability to write effective unit and integration tests
• Proficiency in developing REST APIs and implementing event-driven architectures using Kafka
• Background in financial technology or capital markets (required)
• Experience with NoSQL, SQL, and stored procedures such as PostgreSQL and MySQL
• Experience with Unix/Linux operating systems, including writing scripts to extract and transform data
• Strong experience with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of Jira, Git, and Jenkins
• Experience with 24/7, highly available architecture design
• Proficiency with CI/CD and automated testing frameworks
• Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture, design, and delivery of high-performance, low-latency brokerage systems using Java
• Assess the health and performance of software applications and databases, providing technology solutions
• Design, develop, and maintain REST APIs and microservices with event-driven architectures using Kafka on Kubernetes
• Collaborate with Broker Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance trading and back-end systems for multiple asset classes
• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, with support for system integration, test planning, and troubleshooting

Skills

Java

TDD

REST APIs

Kafka

Event-driven architectures

Agile

Communication

Unix/Linux

Cloud platforms

Jira

Git

Jenkins

High availability

CI/CD

Scrum

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Unix/Linux

Jira

Git

Jenkins

Job description

DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology platform democratizing access to financial markets through an API-based investing and trading infrastructure. This Senior Software Development Engineer role focuses on designing and building high-performance, low-latency brokerage systems for the Post Trade Engineering team, working on scalable trading infrastructure supporting equities, options, and mutual funds.

What You'll Do

• Own the technical architecture, design, and delivery of high-performance, low-latency brokerage systems using Java
• Assess the health and performance of software applications and databases, providing technology solutions
• Design, develop, and maintain REST APIs and microservices with event-driven architectures using Kafka on Kubernetes
• Collaborate with Broker Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance trading and back-end systems for multiple asset classes
• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines, with support for system integration, test planning, and troubleshooting

What You Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• At least 5 years of software engineering experience with expertise in Java
• Strong understanding of Test-Driven Development and ability to write effective unit and integration tests
• Proficiency in developing REST APIs and implementing event-driven architectures using Kafka
• Background in financial technology or capital markets (required)
• Experience with NoSQL, SQL, and stored procedures such as PostgreSQL and MySQL
• Experience with Unix/Linux operating systems, including writing scripts to extract and transform data
• Strong experience with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of Jira, Git, and Jenkins
• Experience with 24/7, highly available architecture design
• Proficiency with CI/CD and automated testing frameworks
• Experience with Scrum and other Agile processes
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Nice to Have

• Multiple years of experience in fintech, specifically Post Trade, Payments, or SaaS

• Competitive compensation
• base salary plus bonus
• equity
• 401(k) match
• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• disability insurance
• paid parental leave
• wellness reimbursement
• company-provided phone
• personal development allowance
• generous paid time off (PTO) with observed holidays.