<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">About Us</span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">DriveWealth is on a mission to make investing easier. We believe that everyone should have the ability to control their financial future, and that access to financial markets should not be limited by geography, wealth, or legacy systems. We are 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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">There’s never been a better time to build a category-defining business and there has rarely been a team better positioned for this opportunity. Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the impact, stability, and discipline of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. Join us and help build the future of global investing!</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About The Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our <strong>Web3 Engineering team </strong>and help build DriveWealth’s digital assets platform. This is a highly technical, individual contributor, hands-on role focused on developing the core services, transaction infrastructure, and blockchain connectivity layers that power digital asset products at scale. You will implement secure, high-throughput backend systems supporting wallet operations, asset transfers, transaction orchestration, service providers integrations, and blockchain interactions. Working across distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and modern Web3 technologies, you will help shape a platform that bridges traditional financial services with digital assets.<br><br></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What You'll Do</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Implementation design, develop, and operate core services for the DriveWealth Web3 Platform (DW3).</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build highly performant, fault-tolerant and secure distributed systems supporting digital asset transactions and crypto wallet operations.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Develop API-first services integrating blockchain networks, service providers, and financial systems.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Implement event-driven architectures using Kafka and asynchronous messaging patterns.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build transaction orchestration, reconciliation, settlement, and asset movement workflows.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Develop secure services leveraging cryptographic signatures, key management, and authentication controls embracing zero trust architecture principles.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Maintain and produce technical documentation and testing frameworks within CI/CD pipelines.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Improve platform observability through metrics, tracing, logging, and OpenTelemetry instrumentation.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Optimize application performance, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, technical leadership, and delivery best practices.<br><br></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What You'll Need</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">8+ years of software engineering experience building production systems in regulated financial environments following enterprise-grade and best practices.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Extensive hands-on experience with TypeScript, Java, JavaScript, Spring Boot, Node.js, and NestJS.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience building Web3 platforms, wallet infrastructure, or blockchain-integrated applications. Proven experience using Web3.js, Ethers.js, WebJ, and blockchain SDKs.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">First-hand experience delivering highly available, strong consistency and high-throughput distributed applications at scale. Strong expertise in concurrent, multi-threaded, and asynchronous programming.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Deep understanding of API-first architectures, microservices, and distributed systems design.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong experience with Apache Kafka, event streaming, and asynchronous processing patterns. Understand pub/sub and production-consumer messaging patterns.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience building and operating resilient, scalable and secure cloud-native applications.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Expertise implementing REST APIs, service contracts, and integration frameworks.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience implementing cryptographic signatures, and secure communications between services.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience and familiarity with AI-assisted development and AI tools.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, observability platforms, and production monitoring.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevSecOps, software security, and secure SDLC practices.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong commitment to engineering quality practices including automated testing, CI/CD validation, code reviews, and test-driven development methodologies.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience developing and maintaining automated unit, integration, and functional testing frameworks within CI/CD pipelines.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong technical writing skills with experience producing architecture documentation, API specifications, operational runbooks, and engineering standards.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Proven experience providing L2/L3 production support for business-critical systems, including incident management, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.<br><br></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Nice to Have</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Hands-on experience with Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, XRPL, or other distributed ledger technologies.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Knowledge of blockchain transaction processing, smart contracts, and consensus mechanisms.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience building custody, wallet, or digital asset transfer platforms.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Familiarity with MPC, HSMs, key management systems, and cryptographic controls.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience implementing Zero Trust security architectures.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Knowledge of tokenization, stablecoins, settlement systems, and digital asset operations.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Contributions to open-source blockchain projects.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Why Join Us</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">DriveWealth is uniquely positioned at the intersection of fintech and digital assets. You'll join a small, highly technical team building critical infrastructure that powers blockchain-enabled financial products at global scale. This role offers the opportunity to work on distributed systems, digital asset custody, wallet infrastructure, transaction processing, and blockchain integrations while solving complex challenges around performance, resiliency, and security. You'll help build systems that process millions of transactions daily, collaborate with experienced engineers, and contribute directly to the evolution of DriveWealth's digital asset platform.<br><br></span></p> <p class="p1"><strong>This role is open to candidates in the following locations:</strong></p> <p class="p1"><strong>New York City Metro</strong> - 3 days/week in-office<br><strong>Chicago Metro</strong> - 3 days/week in-office</p> <p class="p1"><strong><em>If you're not based in one of these metros, this role is not a fit.</em></strong>&nbsp; Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in U.S.—DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>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.<em><strong><br><br>Please note</strong>: this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.</em></p></div><div class="title">New York, NY (Hybrid) Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$280,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$310,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Working at DriveWealth</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We do our best work when we’re in the same room. To maintain the speed our partners expect, our New York, Chicago, and Lithuania teams work in-office 4 days a week. We’ve found that being physically side-by-side is the only way to solve complex problems in real-time and stay truly accountable to the products we ship. When you’re here, you’re working directly with the people making the decisions. To support that work, we provide competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match. We also offer full insurance coverage, a wellness reimbursement, a company-provided phone, and a personal development allowance. Finally, we value the time you spend away from the office with generous PTO, observed holidays, and extended leave.</span></p> <p data-path-to-node="5"><strong><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Work Authorization</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Applicants must possess the legal right to work in the country where the position is located at the time of application. DriveWealth requires all employees to provide original documentation verifying their work authorization on or before their first day of employment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">For US-based roles: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. DriveWealth does not provide visa sponsorship or support for employment authorization, including transfers, at this time. Offers of employment are strictly contingent upon an individual’s ability to secure and maintain the legal right to work at the Company.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>How We Think About AI</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Compensation</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.&nbsp; 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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Equal Employment Opportunity</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">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.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Agency Disclaimer</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">DriveWealth does not accept agency resumes. 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.</span></p></div>