Senior Software Engineer-Trading

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. The Senior Software Engineer will lead technical initiatives within the Order Management System team in Trading, focusing on building a high-performance Trading Order Lifecycle Management system and driving architectural vision while collaborating with product and design leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the technical direction and architect highly scalable, resilient Java/Spring Boot (or Quarkus) microservices
• Design the next-generation trade order life cycle logic, ensuring ultra-reliable broker connectivity and accurate allocations
• Architect enterprise-grade, event-driven systems and scalable data solutions on AWS using Kafka
• Scale inbound/outbound connectivity across FIX, REST, and File-based interfaces for highly performant data exchange
• Shape the engineering culture by mentoring teams, elevating Agile SDLC standards
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to translate complex business requirements into actionable, scalable technical roadmaps

Requirements:

• B.S., or M.S. in Computer Science or similar technical field of study (or equivalent practical experience)
• 8+ years of experience architecting and building complex backend distributed systems at scale
• Expert in Java, Spring Boot, JVM tuning, and concurrency (Quarkus experience is a plus)
• Advanced expertise in AWS cloud-native architectures, and messaging platforms like Kafka
• Experience with databases, SQL, NoSQL, and data architectures
• A champion for developer productivity, automation, and the adoption of AI-assisted development tools
• An technical leader with a strong ownership mentality, capable of driving cross-team initiatives
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and foster a collaborative, experimental culture
• Experience in Trading or Financial Services domains
• Practical knowledge of the FIX protocol
• Familiarity with frontend technologies (React) to support UI-related backend requirements