Staff Platform Engineer

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. As a global organization, we have offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, 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

Are you passionate about building highly scalable infrastructure? Join us in building the next generation of trading platforms that will enable investors of all levels to fulfill their financial goals. 

We’re seeking an innovative, passionate, and forward-thinking individual to join us as a Staff Platform Engineer.  This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced team with the urgency of a startup and expertise of an established organization. Due to the space we innovate in, your products will process billions of transactions per day in real-time and power both startup and established industry participants. 

Duties/Responsibilities

Platform Design & Architecture

• Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant cloud platform infrastructure that meets the needs of , adhering to industry best practices and regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with engineering, security, and operational teams to streamline platform architecture and system dependencies.

• Conduct performance and scalability assessments to identify areas for optimization.

Platform Development & Maintenance

• Build, maintain, and enhance core platform services, ensuring stability, reliability, and compliance.

• Develop and support automation tools and frameworks for provisioning, monitoring, and scaling of infrastructure.

• Lead the adoption and implementation of cloud-native technologies and containerized architecture.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Mentor a team of engineers to share knowledge, elevate technical expertise, and foster a culture of collaboration and innovation.

• Participate in strategic technical decision-making to align technology investments with business objectives.

• Act as a technical stakeholder for evaluating vendor solutions, tools, and frameworks.

Education and/or Experience

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar field (or equivalent work experience) required

• 8+ years of prior work experience

• Experience and/or passion with – Financial Markets, Execution Platforms, Foreign Exchange, Cryptocurrency, Digital Assets 

Required/Skills Abilities

• Strong proficiency in communication and project management at all levels 

• Strong proficiency and in-depth understanding of infrastructure architecture and design patterns 

• Strong proficiency and in-depth understanding of GCP, AWS, and/or Azure concepts and implementation, GCP preferred 

• Strong proficiency and in-depth understanding of Kubernetes, GKE preferred 

• Strong proficiency and in-depth understanding of database platforms such as Postgres and BigQuery 

• Strong proficiency and in-depth understanding of Infrastructure-as-code tools, such as Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, Crossplane, Ansible,and Puppet 

• Strong proficiency and in-depth understanding of Observability platforms, Datadog preferred