Principal Software Development Engineer, Digital Assets & Web3

About Us

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.

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!

About The Role

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Web3 Engineering team 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.

What You'll Do

• Implementation design, develop, and operate core services for the DriveWealth Web3 Platform (DW3).
• Build highly performant, fault-tolerant and secure distributed systems supporting digital asset transactions and crypto wallet operations.
• Develop API-first services integrating blockchain networks, service providers, and financial systems.
• Implement event-driven architectures using Kafka and asynchronous messaging patterns.
• Build transaction orchestration, reconciliation, settlement, and asset movement workflows.
• Develop secure services leveraging cryptographic signatures, key management, and authentication controls embracing zero trust architecture principles.
• Maintain and produce technical documentation and testing frameworks within CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve platform observability through metrics, tracing, logging, and OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
• Optimize application performance, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, technical leadership, and delivery best practices.

You Bring

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building production systems in regulated financial environments following enterprise-grade and best practices.
• Extensive hands-on experience with TypeScript, Java, JavaScript, Spring Boot, Node.js, and NestJS.
• Experience building Web3 platforms, wallet infrastructure, or blockchain-integrated applications. Proven experience using Web3.js, Ethers.js, WebJ, and blockchain SDKs.
• First-hand experience delivering highly available, strong consistency and high-throughput distributed applications at scale. Strong expertise in concurrent, multi-threaded, and asynchronous programming.
• Deep understanding of API-first architectures, microservices, and distributed systems design.
• Strong experience with Apache Kafka, event streaming, and asynchronous processing patterns. Understand pub/sub and production-consumer messaging patterns.
• Experience building and operating resilient, scalable and secure cloud-native applications.
• Expertise implementing REST APIs, service contracts, and integration frameworks.
• Experience implementing cryptographic signatures, and secure communications between services.
• Experience and familiarity with AI-assisted development and AI tools.
• Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, observability platforms, and production monitoring.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevSecOps, software security, and secure SDLC practices.
• Strong commitment to engineering quality practices including automated testing, CI/CD validation, code reviews, and test-driven development methodologies.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated unit, integration, and functional testing frameworks within CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong technical writing skills with experience producing architecture documentation, API specifications, operational runbooks, and engineering standards.
• Proven experience providing L2/L3 production support for business-critical systems, including incident management, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.

Special Knowledge (Nice to Have, But Not Required)

• Hands-on experience with Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, XRPL, or other distributed ledger technologies.
• Knowledge of blockchain transaction processing, smart contracts, and consensus mechanisms.
• Experience building custody, wallet, or digital asset transfer platforms.
• Familiarity with MPC, HSMs, key management systems, and cryptographic controls.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust security architectures.
• Knowledge of tokenization, stablecoins, settlement systems, and digital asset operations.
• Contributions to open-source blockchain projects.

Why Join Us

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.

Location

This role is open to candidates in the following locations:

New York, NY / Chicago, IL - Hybrid 

• This role is expected to come into the office 2-3 days/week on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.
• If you're not based in one of the locations listed above, this role is not a fit, and we cannot accommodate remote work outside these locations.
• Applicants 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.

Pay Range: $280,000 - $310,000 USD

Working at DriveWealth

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 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.

To 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.

Work Authorization

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.

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.

How We Think About AI

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.

Compensation

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.  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.

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 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. 

Agency Disclaimer

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.