Director of Engineering, Post Trade

Overview

DriveWealth is seeking a Director of Engineering for Post Trade to lead the engineering organization responsible for post-trade processing, settlement, and related platforms that power real-time trading for our clients. You will own the technical strategy and delivery, shape the architecture, and build a high-performing team to drive reliability, security, and innovation in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical vision for the post-trade platform, including architecture, reliability, scalability, and security.
• Lead, mentor, and grow engineers; recruit top talent and foster a culture of engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with product, risk, compliance, and operations to deliver features that meet business goals and regulatory requirements.
• Own system reliability and incident response; implement robust monitoring, alerting, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Design and evolve distributed systems and services with low latency, high availability, and fault tolerance.
• Establish engineering standards, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and code quality practices.
• Manage roadmaps, prioritization, and budgets; partner with stakeholders across the company.
• Partner with security and data privacy teams to protect customer data and ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience with progressive leadership; track record shipping large-scale systems.
• Experience leading post-trade, settlement, or financial services platforms is highly desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong background in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, microservices, databases, and performance optimization.
• Excellent people leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and equity package
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Onsite work in New York City