About the Role
The Director of Engineering - Core Trade will work with our core trading engineering team. The proper candidate will have experience building Java applications and working in a highly available, scalable, low-latency, and high-throughput environment. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies to re-engineer our mission-critical trading stack to be industrial-grade. We seek someone who has exceptional attention to detail and values simplicity over complexity in code and communication. You’ll work directly with the business, Product, Quants, and our Trade Desk. You can be opinionated about what you build and offer constructive criticism on things you didn’t.
What You'll Do
- Responsible for the technical design and delivery of new Java projects using exciting, cutting-edge technology
- Responsible for working with multiple stakeholders, including Trade desks, Quants, Product managers, Risk, and Compliance
- Ensure that solutions are meeting DriveWealth's best practices in design and architecture
- Develop enhancements to existing Java applications as well as build new applications from the ground up
- Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and assist in remediation fixes
- Assist in recommending and facilitating future maintenance and enhancements
- Work with the Broker-Dealer Operations teams to support and enhance the trading system
- Manage a small team of Engineers, including prioritizing team resources to meet DW deliverables on schedule
- Owns one or more small to medium-sized Projects/Applications
- Manages and Collaborates across teams on project priorities and coordinates deliverables"
What You'll Need
- Experience with low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems
- Experience with multithreading and concurrency in Java
- Experience working with the FIX protocol
- Strong knowledge of Java fundamentals, data structures, and best practices for modern software development
- Must understand how to write effective unit and integration tests
- Experience with a 24x7, highly-available architecture
- Strong communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with Python scripting for the automation of tasks
Nice To Have, Not Required
- Experience working with React and Typescript
- Understanding of JMS and message brokers such as Kafka and ActiveMQ
- Experience with Aeron or other point-to-point network communication
- Experience with POSTGRES database environments
- Experience with Amazon Web Services
- Multiple years experience in fintech, e-commerce, or analytics companies
