Data Engineer
DriveWealth
DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world. Our mission is realized through an API-based platform, empowering our partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, all from their mobile devices.
Our technology provides partners with a modern, extensible toolkit, enabling traditional investment workflows and innovative techniques like fractional share ownership. DriveWealth has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.
We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform. Our culture blends the pace and opportunity of a tech start-up with the impact, stability, and significance of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. We value diversity and inclusion, celebrating the unique differences of our employees as we scale and grow together. We’re guided by operating principles grounded in accountability, teamwork, integrity, and solutions built to scale. Join us!
About The Role:
The Data & Analytics team is dedicated to building innovative data products that provide actionable insights, empowering our partners to succeed. We focus on curating and maintaining key data sources and statistics that serve both internal and external stakeholders.
We are seeking a Data Engineer to join our growing team. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams to interpret and clarify requirements, architecting efficient and scalable data solutions. You'll play a key part in shaping the future of data at DriveWealth, balancing competing priorities and laying the groundwork for long-term growth while delivering high-quality data products.
Finally, the candidate should be excited about coming into a team in the process of shaping the direction of data and analytics at DriveWealth, this means balancing competing priorities and laying the groundwork for scale.
What You'll Do:
- Build and maintain scalable data pipelines using Databricks, Python, and SQL, implementing a "Medallion" architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) to support financial and brokerage functions.
- Own the transformation layer using dbt, ensuring that complex financial logic is codified into high-performance, modular, and reusable data models.
- Develop and monitor end-to-end ELT/ETL processes, leveraging Databricks Workflows or Airflow to ensure timely and reliable data delivery.
- Optimize Spark jobs and SQL queries for maximum efficiency, managing compute costs while improving data latency.
- Implement rigorous data quality checks and validation frameworks (using dbt tests and custom Python) to ensure "source of truth" accuracy across trade and transaction data.
- Optimize SQL query performance for the reporting suite
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to understand data requirements and proactively address future feature needs
What You'll Need:
- 3+ years working on data ingestion (CSV, JSON, REST), data transformation (DBT), and orchestrating data pipelines (Databricks and/or Airflow)
- Experience working within a larger data team: CI/CD process leveraging GitHub and AGILE development where possible
- Programming Languages: Python, SQL, Spark (PySpark, Spark SQL)
- Declarative Languages: YAML, Terraform
- Databases: DynamoDB, Unity Catalog, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent program
Nice To Have, But Not Required:
- Experience with the financial market and trading concepts
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance-driven reporting (e.g. FINRA, GDPR).
- Experience with business intelligence reporting (Sigma)
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Compensation
Compensation package offerings are based on candidate experience and technical qualifications, as it relates to the role. These are identified and determined throughout your interviewing experience.
Please note: this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health resources
- Generous paid time off with observed holidays (varies per country)
- Paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
- Up to $2,500 or local equivalent each year to invest in continued education and personal development
- Up to $900 each year or local equivalent for fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Company-provided phone (varies by country)
- For HQ in-office employees, a daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, and engaging office space in the Financial District
- Pre-tax commuter benefits (US only)
- Employer 401K match (US only)
Benefit offerings vary based on country and are subject to change.
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 on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us at recruiting@drivewealth.com.
Agency Disclaimer
DriveWealth does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other organization location. DriveWealth is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.