Associate Director, Engineering | London, UK

Apollo Global Management, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading alternative asset manager as a Full Stack Engineer in London. You'll develop innovative solutions to enhance investment processes and improve operational efficiency. Collaborate with stakeholders and contribute to a hands-on engineering culture focused on sustainable financial platforms.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on development experience.
• Experience in Capital Markets/Investment Banking Technology.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for full lifecycle of development tasks.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Agile

DevOps

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Kafka

Job description

Position Overview

At Apollo, we are a global team of alternative investment managers passionate about delivering uncommon value to our investors and shareholders. With over 30 years of proven expertise across Private Equity, Credit, and Real Assets in various regions and industries, we are known for our integrated businesses, our strong investment performance, our value-oriented philosophy, and our people.

The Investment Engineering team is responsible for developing innovative solution and applications to enhance the investment process, improve operation efficiency, and support the overall business objective for Apollo's investment professionals.

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Full Stack Engineer to join our dynamic team at a leading alternative asset manager in our expanding London office. This is a unique opportunity to establish a startup mindset within a world-class firm, fostering an engineering-first, hands-on culture. The role involves building strong relationships with business stakeholders, promoting cross-department collaboration with key members of Apollo's investment team, and working alongside other engineers in the global Engineering organization. As part of a forward-thinking organization, the individual will focus on designing sustainable financial platforms that drive innovation and enhance the capabilities of Apollo's global Engineering team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Member of the Investment Technology team, responsible for full lifecycle of development tasks - analyze, design and code business-related solutions, as well as core architectural changes, using an Agile programming approach resulting in software delivered to tight deadlines.
• Participate and contribute to design discussions and code reviews.
• Understand changing priorities and be forward-thinking in context switching.
• Build positive relationships with other team members, collaborate, and communicate effectively to reach successful outcomes
• Apply problem-solving skills to help your peers in the research and selection of tools, products, and frameworks (which is vital to support business initiatives)

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or another STEM field.
• A minimum of 4+ years of hands-on development experience, proficient in both scripting languages (e.g., Python) and object-oriented programming (e.g., Java, C++).
• Capital Markets/Investment Banking Technology expertise required, with experience supporting or developing solutions for origination, syndication, and trading workflows.
• Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, with experience building and deploying scalable solutions leveraging microservices architecture.
• Strong proficiency in database technologies, including relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL/NewSQL) databases, with the ability to optimize queries, write stored procedures, and manage data warehousing solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to build, deploy, and maintain high-throughput systems, with experience in messaging technologies like Kafka.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and version control systems such as Git.
• A passion for clean, maintainable code, and a track record of delivering robust full-stack cloud-based applications.

About Apollo

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.

Come to Apollo and join a community of extraordinary people who are committed to a culture of excellence and collaboration in everything that we do. We invest in our people for the long term and are committed to supporting their development at every stage of their career.

Apollo provides equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, veteran status, sex or sexual orientation, or any other criterion or circumstance protected by applicable law, ordinance, or regulation. The above criteria are intended to be used as a guide only - candidates who do not meet all the above criteria may still be considered if they are deemed to have relevant experience/ equivalent levels of skill or knowledge to fulfil the requirements of the roe. Roles are conditional upon and subject to satisfactory reference and background screening checks, as well as all necessary corporate and regulatory approvals or certifications as required from time to time.

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