Staff Automation Engineer

1 Month ago • All levels • Devops • $150,000 PA - $234,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Addepar is seeking a Staff Automation Engineer to enhance developer productivity and software quality. This role focuses on developing and optimizing automation solutions, implementing scalable frameworks, advancing service-oriented architecture (SOA) practices, and improving operational excellence through technical innovation. Responsibilities include architecting automation frameworks, building solutions to streamline the SDLC, integrating automation into CI/CD, addressing technical debt, modernizing systems, defining test automation strategies, and collaborating with engineering teams. The ideal candidate is passionate about empowering developers and fostering continuous improvement.
Must have:
  • Technical leadership in automation engineering
  • Expertise in SOA and microservices automation frameworks
  • Strong programming in Python, Java, or JavaScript
  • Experience with CI/CD, IaC, and build automation
  • Deep understanding of service integration and contract testing
  • Proven success in improving DORA metrics
Good to have:
  • Experience with cloud-native technologies (AWS)
  • Familiarity with developer tooling and software catalogs
  • Expertise in CI/CD orchestration and artifact management
  • Proficiency with build tools and dependency management
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps principles
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Who We Are

Addepar is a global technology and data company that helps investment professionals provide the most informed, precise guidance for their clients. Hundreds of thousands of users have entrusted Addepar to empower smarter investment decisions and better advice over the last decade. With client presence in more than 50 countries, Addepar’s platform aggregates portfolio, market and client data for over $7 trillion in assets. Addepar’s open platform integrates with more than 100 software, data and services partners to deliver a complete solution for a wide range of firms and use cases. Addepar embraces a global flexible workforce model with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, Chicago, London, Edinburgh, Pune, and Dubai.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Automation Engineer to drive the development and optimization of automation solutions that enhance developer productivity, improve software quality, and reduce technical debt. This role focuses on implementing scalable frameworks, advancing service-oriented architecture (SOA) practices, and enabling teams to achieve operational excellence through technical innovation. The ideal candidate is passionate about empowering developers, improving engineering efficiency, leveraging data-driven insights, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Addepar takes a market-based approach to pay. A successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on the role, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base salary for roles in Colorado, California, and New York.

The current range for this role is $150,000 - $234,000 (base salary) + bonus + equity + benefits. 

Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Additionally, these ranges reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership and Innovation:

  • Architect, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and tools
  • Lead technical efforts to support both developer enablement and quality assurance needs
  • Provide expertise in designing and optimizing automation systems for maintainability, scalability, and performance

Developer Enablement:

  • Build and deploy automation solutions that streamline the SDLC, including tools for test data generation, environment setup, and deployment pipelines
  • Integrate automation into CI/CD workflows to deliver rapid feedback and seamless deployments
  • Drive the adoption of developer-first tools to minimize friction and accelerate development processes
  • Implement and manage centralized software catalogs to improve discoverability, compliance, and reuse of automation tools and services

Technical Debt Reduction and Modernization:

  • Identify and address technical debt in automation frameworks and infrastructure
  • Modernize legacy systems and align them with modern tools and methodologies
  • Evaluate emerging technologies to continuously improve developer and quality enablement capabilities

Quality Assurance and Metrics:

  • Define and implement robust test automation strategies to ensure reliable and consistent quality across releases
  • Ensure comprehensive testing coverage, focusing on functional, integration, and end-to-end tests with an emphasis on SOA and microservices
  • Track and improve delivery performance metrics, such as DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery)

Collaboration and Cross-Team Alignment:

  • Partner with engineering, DevOps, and architecture teams to align automation strategies with organizational goals
  • Collaborate on service integration testing, contract testing, and system-level quality initiatives
  • Advocate for best practices and provide technical leadership in automation priorities across teams

Who You Are

  • Proven experience as a technical leader in automation engineering or developer enablement
  • Expertise in designing and implementing automation frameworks for SOA and microservices architectures
  • Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or JavaScript, emphasizing maintainable and scalable code
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and build automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform)
  • Deep understanding of service integration testing, contract testing, and system reliability testing
  • Demonstrated success in improving DORA metrics across engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with cloud-native technologies and platforms (e.g., AWS)
  • Familiarity with developer tooling and software cataloging tools and practices (e.g., Backstage, SonarQube, IDE plugin development)
  • Expertise in pipeline technologies, including CI/CD orchestration, artifact management, and automated rollbacks (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Artifactory)
  • Proficiency with build tools and dependency management systems (e.g., Maven, Gradle, Bazel, npm, Yarn)
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Strong understanding of Agile and DevOps principles

Our Values 

  • Act Like an Owner - Think and operate with intention, purpose and care. Own outcomes.
  • Build Together - Collaborate to unlock the best solutions. Deliver lasting value. 
  • Champion Our Clients - Exceed client expectations. Our clients’ success is our success. 
  • Drive Innovation - Be bold and unconstrained in problem solving. Transform the industry. 
  • Embrace Learning - Engage our community to broaden our perspective. Bring a growth mindset. 

In addition to our core values, Addepar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We seek to bring together diverse ideas, experiences, skill sets, perspectives, backgrounds and identities to drive innovative solutions. We commit to promoting a welcoming environment where inclusion and belonging are held as a shared responsibility.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

PHISHING SCAM WARNING: Addepar is among several companies recently made aware of a phishing scam involving con artists posing as hiring managers recruiting via email, text and social media. The imposters are creating misleading email accounts, conducting remote “interviews,” and making fake job offers in order to collect personal and financial information from unsuspecting individuals. Please be aware that no job offers will be made from Addepar without a formal interview process. Additionally, Addepar will not ask you to purchase equipment or supplies as part of your onboarding process. If you have any questions, please reach out to TAinfo@addepar.com.

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