WHO WE ARE
Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and Webull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers.
Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. We are based in Dallas, TX and also have offices in Austin, New York, Chicago, Portland, Belfast, and Manila.
If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you.
AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:
2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards
2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company
2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards
ABOUT THIS ROLE
At Apex Clearing, we're all about building the next-generation trade clearing platform that enables the hottest stock trading apps the capabilities they need to introduce a new generation to investing. We need passionate, determined, courageous, and principled software engineers like you to help us achieve this mission. If what you need next in your career is an opportunity to be empowered to make your own decisions, learn from your mistakes and execute what works, Apex Clearing is likely the place for you.
The Opportunity:
As a member of the Cash Transfers team, you’ll be responsible for building high-reliability, high-volume services that move millions of dollars each day over an increasingly diverse set of “rails” (ACH, Instant Cash, PayPal, Realtime Payments, and more). You’ll work closely with our product and platform teams to add more rails and make everything cloud-based and customizable. Cash services fund customer accounts, making them an essential part of Apex’s suite of financial back-office solutions with high standalone value as well.
Apex Clearing product development teams are charged with building the services our clients love and are at the heart of our future product innovations. Apex has transformed its tech stack from on-premise infrastructure to the Cloud (GCP), and we need savvy developers to build out our cloud-native (GCP/AWS), event-driven (Apache Kafka), Microservices framework using technologies like Kubernetes/Docker, Protobuf/gRPC, Bazel/Github Actions, and more.
What you will do:
· Learn from and apply design techniques and coding standards coached by our Senior Engineers.
· Build resilient, self-scaling, self-healing services that allow you to sleep through the night.
· Support the production systems that you build. This includes build, deployment (CI/CD), and monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty).
· Write high-quality, well-tested code. Maintain high code-quality standards across your team via code reviews.
What you can expect:
- · A highly collaborative environment where everyone is focused on outcomes that build momentum for Apex to reach its goals.
- · A culture that values a test-centric approach to software development where 100% unit test coverage is the expectation.
- · End-to-end ownership of what you deploy. From documentation to service-level objectives, your team is ultimately responsible for the health of your products.
- · Contribute to and benefit from a culture of continuous learning. Access to mentors, generous policies regarding attending industry conferences and book reimbursement, regular lunch and learns.
- · Quarterly 2-day hackathons.
- · An environment committed to using the right tool to get the job done.
- · Work that matters.
The skills you'll need to succeed:
- · 3-5+ years of experience as a software developer or similar job roles.
- · BA, BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related technology field.
- · Proven experience in using a language like Java, C#, C++, or Go to build high-throughput systems.
- · Ability to learn new technologies (languages, tools, frameworks) quickly.
- · Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- · Experience with Google Cloud Platform / Amazon Web Services is a strong plus.
- · Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker is a plus.
- · Experience with protobuf and gRPC is a plus.
- · Experience with Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or Google Pub/Sub is a plus.
- · Experience hiring, mentoring, and coaching other engineers is a plus.
- · Financial services background is a plus.
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Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Our Rewards
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.
EEO Statement
Apex Fintech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.
Disability Statement
Apex Fintech Solutions is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please submit your request via the Candidate Accommodation Requests Form. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.
