Software Engineer II

WHO WE ARE

Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech-forward solutions that help simplify automate and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech software enables us to support clients such as Stash Betterment SoFi Webull and eToro amongst many others; collectively Apex powers access to the stock market for over 22 million end customers.

At Apex we are changing how the securities industry operates by reinventing the status quo which was manual slow and accessible only by the ultra-wealthy. Were digitizing and democratizing systems so that everyone has an opportunity to invest.

When youre at Apex you drive this change. Youre part of a global team with a clear vision: to be the trusted technology that powers the digital economy. Our offices in Austin Dallas Chicago New York Portland Belfast and Manila are home to over 1000 employees.

Together were shaping the future of financial innovation. Embrace change. Solve big. Win together. And be G.R.E.A.T. grit results empathy accountability and teamwork with Apex.

Were proud to be recognized for the innovative work we do the purpose-driven nature of our work and the collaborative culture weve created. Here are just a few of the many awards weve recently received:

Best Places to Work

- Presented by BuiltIn

WealthTech of the Year

2025- Presented by US FinTech Awards

The Worlds Top 250 Fintech Companies

2024- Presented by CNBC

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Position:Software Engineer II

Location:141 W. Jackson Blvd. Ste. 500 Chicago IL 60604

Responsibilities:Work closely with the Architecture team to build backbone services that form the foundation of the Apex platform. Design and implement the next generation of our GCP cloud-native event-driven (Apache Kafka) microservice architecture. Provide technical thought leadership and deliver high-quality system designs for our high-volume high-availability trade clearing platform. Design develop test deploy and maintain foundational services and SDKs leveraged by product development teams. Apply best practices and coding standards guided by our Senior Engineers. Build resilient self-scaling and self-healing services that ensure reliability and peace of mind. Support the production systems you create including build deployment (CI/CD) and monitoring (Grafana Prometheus PagerDuty). Write clean well-tested code and uphold high code-quality standards through thorough code reviews.

Educ./experience:Masters degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field plus two (2) years of post-baccalaureate experience as a Software Engineer or in a related position in a financial technology company. Experience must include: Distributed systems microservices Kubernetes ops Kafka gRPC workflow orchestration Go ArgoCD.

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Salary range: $108077 - $121000/year

Benefits:Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance PTO 401K

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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.