Senior Java Engineer - Low-Latency Core Trading

DriveWealth; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Paid Parental Leave

Wellness reimbursement

Company-provided phone

Personal development allowance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

DriveWealth is seeking a software engineer to join our trading platform in a hybrid role based in New York or Chicago. You will lead Java-based design work, optimize low-latency systems, and analyze performance across Fixed Income, Options, and Equities.

Collaboration with desks, quants, and risk teams is essential for robust, scalable solutions. Applicants should have 5+ years in distributed systems, strong Java fundamentals, and experience deploying on AWS.

Qualifications

• Experience in brokerage, trading, fintech, e-commerce.
• Experience with Fixed Income and Options asset classes.
• Experience deploying applications within AWS.
• Java fundamentals, data structures and best practices for modern software development.
• 5+ years of experience with low latency, high throughput distributed systems.
• Experience with multithreading and concurrency in Java.
• Understanding of Java Garbage Collection.
• Must understand how to write effective unit and integration tests.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Operating system and networking fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with teams ranging from trade desks, quants, product managers, risk management and compliance to support and enhance the trading system.
• Lead the technical design delivery of high impact java projects, including greenfield work using cutting-edge technology and modern best practices.
• Analyze engine latency and throughput to squeeze out performance in various scenarios.
• Monitor production systems and analyze rich data sets to troubleshoot issues and resolve promptly.
• Deliver solutions for global partners across Fixed Income, Options, and Equities asset classes

Skills

Java

Low latency

High throughput

Multithreading

Distributed systems

AWS

Unit testing

Communication

Problem solving

OS fundamentals

Networking basics

Tools

Docker

Kafka

PostgreSQL

JMS/ActiveMQ

Aeron

Job description

DriveWealth is seeking a software engineer to join our trading platform in a hybrid role based in New York or Chicago. You will lead Java-based design work, optimize low-latency systems, and analyze performance across Fixed Income, Options, and Equities.

Collaboration with desks, quants, and risk teams is essential for robust, scalable solutions. Applicants should have 5+ years in distributed systems, strong Java fundamentals, and experience deploying on AWS.