Sr. Staff Engineer - Trading
Addepar
Sr. Staff Engineer - Trading
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 and Dubai.
We're building a scalable, tax-efficient trading & rebalancing platform for wealth management firms of all sizes. The platform will target sophisticated rebalancing strategies across equities, mutual funds, and fixed-income products and send trades to be completed in the market.
We're looking for an experienced, detail-oriented Senior Staff Engineer for our Trading suite of products—including Rebalancing, Order Management System (OMS), and Investment Book of Record (IBOR). In this role, you will be a key technical leader, partnering with other staff and senior engineers to guide the technical direction and architecture for the Trading platform. You will play a significant role in driving complex, long-term technical designs from concept to delivery, ensuring our solutions are scalable, resilient, and secure. You will leverage your deep expertise in software design patterns and distributed systems to solve challenging problems and pioneer the adoption of new technologies. While you will educate and empower other engineers, this is fundamentally a hands-on technical leadership role where you will work closely with product and design teams to deliver exceptional products for our clients.
Partner with senior engineering peers to guide the architectural design and technical direction for the Trading suite of products
Design, develop, and implement robust and scalable solutions on cloud platforms, with a strong focus on AWS
Play a key role in the execution of complex, long-term technical projects, from planning and scoping through to delivery
Mentor, coach, and empower other engineers, contributing to an inclusive and high-performing team culture
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and business stakeholders to ensure teams are delivering long-term value for our users
Amplify your technical ability by empowering your peers and contributing to code reviews and technical designs
Research and drive the adoption of new technologies and best practices to drive innovation
Our engineering team primarily works in Java, Python, React, and Ember, and we use Agile methodologies to deliver impactful business outcomes
Minimum 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering
Must have good experience working with Java and at least one Java application framework e.g. Spring, Spring boot, Quarkus.
Must have experience with SQL databases and writing efficient SQL queries.
Must have experience working with event driven frameworks like Kafka
You have extensive experience in software development, including building backend services in a professional environment
You have a deep and expert knowledge of software design patterns, API design, and the software development lifecycle
Proven ability to influence technical direction and make significant contributions to the architecture of complex, distributed systems
Expertise in cloud platforms, preferably AWS
You have a track record of amplifying your impact by mentoring other engineers and collaborating effectively within a team of senior peers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and drive clarity when objectives are not yet fully defined
Experience in the financial industry or wealth management
Important Note: This role requires working from our Pune office 3 days a week (hybrid work model)
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.