Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform

Addepar is a global technology and data company empowering investment professionals with informed, precise guidance. With over $8 trillion in assets, Addepar's platform aggregates portfolio, market, and client data, integrating with over 100 partners. This role is for a hands-on Staff Engineer to build the core infrastructure and toolings for Addepar's modern Data Platform, focusing on technical vision and leadership in Singapore.

Must Have

• Take on large scope and act independently
• Work in partnership with engineering, product, analyst, and operations platform users
• Identify requirements and map out solutions for challenging technology and workflow problems
• Make Addepar’s Data Lakehouse the central financial data hub
• Establish integrations across all infrastructure and systems in multiple geographic regions
• Build out and scale a green-field complementary messaging layer
• Act as a technical lead in Singapore
• Partner with high-performing teams of engineers
• Design, develop, and deploy data lakehouse solutions
• 8+ years of relevant work experience in data platform development and management
• Strong foundation in data engineering, cloud infrastructure and platform toolings for internal teams
• Comfortable working in a cloud context, with automated infrastructure and service-oriented architecture
• Product and customer oriented mindset
• Practical knowledge of agile practices

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 $8 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, Dubai, and Geneva.

The Role

Be at the forefront of building the modern data platform at Addepar!

Addepar is hiring a hands-on Staff Engineer who will bring technical vision to build the core infrastructure and toolings for the modern Data Platform of Addepar.

Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country where this role is based on the first day of employment. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

What You’ll Do

• Take on a large amount of scope and act independently by working in partnership with engineering, product, analyst, and operations platform users to identify requirements and priorities, and map out solutions for challenging technology and workflow problems
• Make Addepar’s Data Lakehouse the central financial data hub at Addepar by establishing integrations across all of our infrastructure and systems in multiple geographic regions
• Build out and scale a green-field complementary messaging layer that works side-by-side with the lakehouse and facilitates more complex workflows on the platform
• Act as a technical lead in Singapore partnering with several high-performing teams of engineers who can design, develop, and deploy data lakehouse solutions, with you empowering anyone who wants to build on our platforms

Who You Are

• 8+ years of relevant work experience in data platform development and management, with a strong foundation in data engineering, cloud infrastructure and platform toolings for internal teams
• A confident and positive outlook with low ego; high degree of ingenuity, resourcefulness, and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working in a cloud context, with automated infrastructure and service-oriented architecture
• A product and customer oriented mindset
• Our engineering stack has PySpark on Databricks for data engineering & distributed processing tasks, PostgresSQL for serving data & scaling access data, terraform for managing infrastructure, and a blend of Python or Java for serverless AWS lambda-based utilities or custom micro-services respectively to fill gaps in-between
• Practical knowledge of agile practices with an outlook that prioritises experimentation and iteration combined with an ability to guide teams toward activities and processes that facilitate optimal outcomes

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.

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