Software Engineer - Insights
Who We Are
Addepar’s purpose is to maximize the positive impact of the world’s capital. More than 700 of the world’s leading financial services firms trust Addepar to unlock the power and possibility of informed, data driven investing and advice. These family offices, wealth managers, banks and institutions use Addepar’s purpose-built SaaS platform and associated Marketplace to deliver exceptional value to their clients in a modern, scalable and secure way.
Our clients use Addepar to manage and advise on more than $3.5 trillion in assets, and we’ve been adding more than $15 billion per week for many consecutive quarters, making us one of the fastest growing companies in fintech. Our board and investors are some of the best in the business: D1 Capital, WestCap, 8VC and Valor Equity Partners have led our last few rounds.
We’re now expanding Addepar’s business around the globe, with clients in more than 25 countries. We’re constantly doubling down on tech- and data-fueled innovation, and our product and platform roadmap is more ambitious today than ever. We place our clients at the center of everything we do, and see a virtually unlimited set of opportunities to expand our client footprint and deepen the value we can unlock by building together.
Addepar is a Forbes Fintech 50 company and an honored member of the CB Insights Fintech 250. Addepar embraces a global flexible workforce model with offices in Silicon Valley, New York City, Salt Lake City and Edinburgh, Scotland.
*Marketplace and brokerage services provided by Acervus Securities, Inc., an SEC registered broker‑dealer and member FINRA / SIPC.
The Role
The Insights team at Addepar is building order management and execution systems to provide access to a wide range of investment products, including cash management, hedge funds and private equity, and secondary transactions in private securities and LP interests. We also work on data-driven products and analytical tools to help our clients make better investment decisions and navigate the sophisticated world of finance. This is an exciting new business for Addepar with high growth potential that is still in the early stages of development, and there is a unique opportunity for a key individual to join a new, highly visible team at the ground level.
The Insights team launched our initial product in May of 2020: Marketplace. Read more about our launch:
- https://addepar.com/blog/introducing-marketplace
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-04/thiel-backed-firm-helps-ultra-wealthy-trade-hedge-fund-holdings
- https://www.fa-mag.com/news/addepar-rolls-out-digital-alternatives-marketplace-55600.html
Our team is a vertically integrated group that includes a cross-section of product, marketing, sales, data, design, operations, and engineering - giving members a unique perspective that demonstrates how their work directly links to the broader business. In many ways, our group operates much like a startup within a growth company, providing its members with the stability and business relations of the larger Addepar organization, while allowing the group to operate in a tightly integrated and demanding context, as we continue to build out our new line of business and product offerings.
If you’re interested in what we have to offer and feel like you’re up for the challenges described above, we’re excited to meet you.
What You’ll Do
Our team operates in a fast-paced, client-centric environment, built on a collaborative product development process that involves the intersection of our sales, product, marketing, data, and engineering groups. As a software engineer in the Insights team, you will be involved with every step of this process, with the most heavyweight contribution being in the aspects of design and implementation of the technical specification and operation of the software platform that powers our Marketplace business.
Who You Are
We specifically look for driven engineers with real technical depth and a desire to understand the end business, and we want people who are passionate and care deeply about the success of their team.
We primarily code in Java, Python, and TypeScript - we’re looking for team members that bring a level of existing experience with at least some of these technologies.
Additionally, the following attributes are standout characteristics of good candidates:
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical field
- 3-5+ years of experience as a professional software engineer, ideally focused on backend-oriented systems
- Hands-on experience with the entire software development lifecycle, from specification to production and finally deprecation
- Familiarity with a cloud-hosted, services-based software model
- Prior experience with or knowledge of financial data systems
- Prior experience with Java, Python, MySQL, TypeScript, and/or AWS specifically
- Prior experience working in an agile team that utilizes lightweight project management techniques (i.e. sprints, quarterly OKRs, etc.)
- Prior experience or academic understanding of financial domain concepts, such as trade lifecycle management, regulatory compliance, and audit requirements
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced growth company, where requirements and prioritizations evolve over time based on the needs of the business
- Ability to initiate and drive projects to completion with some guidance
- Proven ability to collaborate within a tight-knit, cross-functional team
- Strong interpersonal skills and capability to partner with other engineering teams in a collaborative way
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate product requirements into well-formed, cogent technical documentation, as a means of communicating and coordinating technical decisions within the team
- A passion for implementing best practices and a bias toward smart automation
- Ability to digest and understand complex and intersectional financial regulatory requirements, and translate these into real world code
Marketplace and brokerage services provided by Acervus Securities, Inc., an SEC registered broker‑dealer and member FINRA / SIPC.
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.
To ensure the health and safety of all Addepeeps and our prospective candidates, we have instituted a virtual interview and onboarding experience.
Unfortunately, at this time we cannot accept Colorado applicants.