Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform

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 Silicon Valley, New York City, Salt Lake City, Chicago, London, Edinburgh, Pune, and Dubai.

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.

What You’ll Do

• Work in partnership with engineering partners and other 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 by establishing integrations with various data sources
• Act as a technical lead for a high-performing team of engineers in India who can design, develop, and deploy data Lakehouse solutions with a focus on infrastructure and data tooling and integrations, and help other teams at Addepar build on top of the Addepar Data Lakehouse.
• Lay a solid foundation of the software architecture for the team in system design and code development

Who You Are 

• Minimum 9+ 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, terraform for infrastructure, streamlit for light-weight tooling apps; while experience in these technologies is preferred, there is flexibility to cross-train if coming from another similar context.
• Experience with Java or Python will be required.
• 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
• Experience with AWS will be highly preferred. 

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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