Staff Software Engineer, Alts Data Management

Staff Software Engineer, Alts Data Management Edinburgh, UK

Who We Are Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. Addepar unifies portfolio, market and client data in a total portfolio view and delivers AI-powered insights within investment and client workflows. More than 1,500 firms in 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $10 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and levels of complexity. Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, London, Edinburgh, Geneva, Warsaw, Dubai, Pune and Singapore.

The Role We are currently seeking a staff software engineer to join the Alternatives Data Management (ADM) team. Our team is building AI-powered data products and workflow solutions that unlock transparency, efficiency, and insight in private market investments. You'll join a talented full-stack team of engineers and work on distributed services that are used across the entire ADM engineering stack.

Applicants must have, and maintain, the right to work in the United Kingdom from the first day of employment. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

What You'll Do

• Own the end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-month initiatives within ADM, including work that spans team boundaries. Anticipate risks and unblock dependencies before they become delivery blockers.
• Lead technical designs for new products and workflow solutions, aligned with ADM and Addepar's longer-term strategy. Solicit feedback and build consensus.
• Write exemplary, highly performant, and scalable code and frameworks.
• Evangelize and promote best engineering practices.
• Serve as a primary technical point of contact. Initiate and lead collaboration with cross-functional teams to resolve complex application and infrastructure issues.
• Mentor engineers, identify skill gaps and help shape their technical development.
• Communicate technical strategy, trade-offs, and architectural direction clearly to both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Extensive software engineering experience
• Track record of leading technical initiatives from design through delivery
• Comfortable working independently, with a bias for action
• Strong ownership mentality and drive to solve the most important problems
• Excel at written and verbal communication
• Experience with financial services or wealth management operations
• Experience with object-oriented programming
• Experience with AWS or another cloud platform
• Experience with IaC (infrastructure as code), preferably Terraform
• Experience with gen AI for coding

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.

JOB APPLICANT PRIVACY/FAIR PROCESSING NOTICE

1. Introduction 1.1 In this Data Privacy Notice the terms the "Company", "we", "us" and "our" are references to Addepar UK Ltd., company number , having a registered address at Clifton House, Bunnian Place, Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom, RG21 7JE. Addepar UK Ltd. is part of the Addepar group of companies of which the ultimate parent is Addepar, Inc.

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(c) equality and diversity data: where permitted by law and provided voluntarily, data regarding gender, race, nationality, and sexuality (stored anonymously for equal opportunities monitoring purposes); and

(d) any other personal data which you choose to disclose to Company personnel during the course of the application process whether verbally or in written form (for example in work emails).

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