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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.\nThere’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!\nAbout the Role\nAs a Principal Data Engineer, Analytics you will be dedicated to building innovative data products that provide actionable insights and empower both our internal teams and partners to succeed. Your core focus will be on curating and maintaining key data sources and statistics that serve both internal and external stakeholders.\nYou will act as the hands-on technical engine driving this work forward, spending 60-70% of your time writing code while shaping the architectural vision of our data ecosystem. You will architect for massive scale, treat data as software, and build highly performant, resilient models and reporting solutions (using Databricks, dbt, and Python) that fuel data-driven decision-making across the business.\nWhat You’ll Do\nAdvanced Engineering & Coding\nEnd-to-End Ownership: Own the full lifecycle of data products, from initial conceptualization and architecture through to production deployment, optimization, and maintenance.\nCore Development: Design and code complex dbt models and data transformation logic for high-volume financial datasets (e.g., trade transactions, stock ledgers, and clearing/settlement records).\nPython Automation: Write production-grade Python scripts for advanced data processing, anomaly detection, and custom orchestration logic that SQL cannot handle alone.\nPerformance Engineering: Take ownership of the \"hardest problems\" regarding query performance. Refactor legacy code and optimize incremental loading strategies to reduce costs and latency at scale.\nTechnical Architecture & Standards\nCI/CD & DevOps: Own the technical implementation of our data deployment reporting pipelines (Git, dbt Cloud), ensuring robust version control and seamless integration.\nData Quality as Code: Engineer automated testing frameworks and validation suites (using dbt tests/Python) to ensure data integrity for critical business layers.\nLeadership & Cross-Functional Impact\nTechnical Project Leadership: Act as the hands-on lead for major initiatives. Scope, design, and manage complex data projects while remaining active in the codebase to ensure high-quality delivery.\nCross-Functional Partnership: Partner directly with stakeholders across Product, Finance, Operations, Risk, and Trading to translate domain-specific requirements into robust data products and reporting solutions.\nMentorship & Guidance: Act as the \"go-to\" technical resource for the team. Conduct thorough code reviews and help senior and junior engineers solve blockers through pair programming and architectural guidance.\nYou Bring\n8+ years of professional experience in analytics engineering or data engineering, with a proven track record of building and scaling analytical data ecosystems.\nExpert proficiency in SQL, with experience optimizing complex queries and data models at scale.\nAdvanced proficiency in Python for data manipulation (Pandas/Polars/Spark) and interaction with APIs/AWS services.\nExperience using Databricks for analytics workloads, including building and optimizing data models using Databricks SQL and dbt.\nExperience with dbt materializations, macros, and package management.\nExperience architecting data models for FinTech and Capital Markets, including trade lifecycles, clearing/settlement, risk models, and financial reporting.\nAI-Assisted Engineering: Proficiency in leveraging AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot,or similar LLMs) to accelerate code delivery, automate documentation, and optimize engineering workflows.\nProven ability to build data solutions that are reusable and modular, rather than one-off scripts.\nExperience treating data as software by implementing unit testing, CI/CD, comprehensive documentation, and SLA monitoring.\nAbility to independently diagnose and resolve complex errors or issues within distributed systems (Spark/Databricks).\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.\nSpecial Knowledge (Nice to Have, But Not Required)\nExperience implementing Airflow or similar orchestrators.\nExperience with Sigma Computing (from a data modeling perspective).\nExperience building Data Apps within Databricks.\nExperience using AI/LLM tools to enable faster, smarter analytics workflows.\nThis role is open to candidates in the following locations: Chicago, IL\nIf based in Chicago: This role is expected to come into the office 3 days a week on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.\nApplicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.\nPay Range: $220,000 - $240,000 USD\nWorking at DriveWealth\nWe 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 on a hybrid schedule. 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.\nTo support that work, we provide competitive compensation, equity, and a 401(k) match. We also offer Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Disability insurance, and Paid Parental Leave, along with 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 Paid Time Off (PTO) and observed holidays.\nWork Authorization\nApplicants 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.\nFor 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.\nHow We Think About AI\nWe 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.\nCompensation\nPay 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. 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.\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nTo 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. 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