Staff Backend Software Engineer
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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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 1,400 firms in nearly 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $9 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with nearly 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and complexity. Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, London, Edinburgh, Pune, Dubai, Geneva, Singapore and São Paulo.
The Role
We are looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer in Edinburgh to join the Product Platform team, which builds foundational components and cross-functional capabilities for our ecosystem.
In this role, you will lead the design and implementation of critical API services powering our financial data ecosystem while modernizing our architecture to fuel European expansion.
Key responsibilities and strategic impact include:
- Scaling platform capabilities across diverse clients, regions, and geographies.
- Building resilient, multi-region solutions that boost system performance and elevate user experience.
- Ensuring architecture complies with European and international financial regulatory standards.
- Providing key technical leadership to transform how global clients connect with and leverage financial data.
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
- Design, develop, and implement robust API services to support our rapidly growing European customer base.
- Lead architecture designs and product roadmap creation.
- Research and drive the adoption of new technologies and best practices to drive innovation.
- Analyse and dive deep into a complex and powerful ecosystem, understanding requirements, determining optimal approaches and driving change.
- Mentor, coach, and empower other engineers, contributing to an inclusive and high-performing team culture.
- Amplify your technical ability by empowering your peers and contributing to code reviews and technical designs.
- Debug and troubleshoot issues across the entire application stack.
- Collaborate effectively with other engineers, product managers and stakeholders, in line with our company values outlined below.
- Be part of a high-performing, cross-functional team.
Who You Are
- 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.
- Understanding of REST, service-based architecture, and distributed systems.
- A rapid learner with robust analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- A curious person, who enjoys digging deep into requirements and handling complexity.
- You have a track record of amplifying your impact by mentoring other engineers and collaborating effectively within a team of senior peers.
- Experience building services with Java, SQL and AWS.
- Experience with Elasticsearch is a nice-to-have.
- Demonstrable knowledge of using AI in a professional engineering environment.
- Interest or experience in the financial industry or wealth management in particular.
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.
PHISHING SCAM WARNING: Addepar is among several companies recently made aware of a phishing scam involving con artists posing as hiring managers recruiting via email, text and social media. The imposters are creating misleading email accounts, conducting remote "interviews," and making fake job offers in order to collect personal and financial information from unsuspecting individuals. Please be aware that no job offers will be made from Addepar without a formal interview process. Additionally, Addepar will not ask you to purchase equipment or supplies as part of your onboarding process. If you have any questions, please reach out to ta-operations@addepar.com.