Staff Software Engineer-Trading

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. The Staff Software Engineer-Trading will lead the development of a scalable trading and rebalancing platform, collaborating with product and design teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, implement, and maintain engineering solutions to solve complex problems; write well-designed, testable code
• Lead individual project priorities, deadlines, and solutions
• Collaborate effectively with product managers, engineers, and partners on projects
• Active support of business needs during US hours
• Act as an engineering representative to the client and product support and steer communications from engineering standpoints
• Communicate technical ideas and set direction on projects with a focus on solving business challenges
• Mentor other engineers on the team
• Participate in the design and development of a strategic product for Addepar
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that's also scalable and extensible

Requirements:

• B.S., or M.S. in Computer Science or similar technical field of study (or equivalent practical experience)
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Expert-level proficiency in backend development, with a focus on Java
• Good experience on AWS or any other cloud platform
• Experience with databases, SQL, NoSQL, OLAP, and/or data lake architectures
• A strong ownership mentality and drive to solve the most important problems
• Passion for implementing standard processes with a bias toward smart automation
• Proven ability to collaborate with and mentor other engineers
• Experience in data processing and analysis using SQL, PySpark, or similar frameworks is a plus
• A rapid learner with robust analytical and problem-solving abilities