Senior Application Engineer

AssetMark Global Wealth; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

AssetMark Global Wealth in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior Application Engineer to lead the design and implementation of complex features and systems. You will own significant application areas, drive architectural decisions, and mentor junior engineers while delivering high-impact solutions for financial advisors.

This hybrid role requires coordinating with teams across India and the United States, ensuring scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications, and shaping an engineering culture

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5-8 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Track record of mentoring junior engineers and improving team processes.
• Experience with wealth management, fintech, or regulated industry applications preferred.
• Strong background in agile development and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of complex features and application systems end-to-end.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for application development.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices across squads.
• Drive agile ceremonies and improve team productivity and code quality.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Represent engineering in cross-functional meetings and ensure security/compliance alignment.
• Address performance bottlenecks and optimize system reliability.

Skills

Application development

Software architecture

Mentorship

Communication

Hybrid collaboration

Cloud-native

DevOps

Security best practices

Leadership decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

React

NodeJS

C#

Java

REST

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Application Engineer to lead the design and implementation of complex application features and systems. This senior role involves owning significant application areas, driving architectural decisions, and mentoring junior engineers while delivering high-impact solutions for financial advisors. You'll work at the intersection of technical excellence and business impact, ensuring our applications are scalable, secure, and user-friendly.

This role is based in Hyderabad and follows a hybrid work model. You will collaborate with colleagues across India and the United States, with reasonable working-hour overlap when needed for team ceremonies, planning, and delivery. This is an excellent change to be part of building a new Global Capability Center and shaping an engineering and product culture based on deep partnership and ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Design and implement complex features and application systems end-to-end
• Contribute significantly to architectural decisions for application development
• Drive AssetMark towards target architecture through thoughtful implementation choices
• Evaluate and recommend technical approaches for complex application challenges
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in application systems

Advanced Development & Quality

• Create reusable patterns and components that benefit the entire application development team
• Balance technical debt with feature development alongside secure coding and design library adoption
• Improve development practices and processes, both for squad and across squads
• Ensure code quality through comprehensive reviews and established standards
• Use knowledge of systems and dependencies to bring resolution to incidents/outages

Process & Team Leadership

• Lead execution of complex features across multiple development cycles
• Implement process improvements that enhance team productivity and code quality
• Coordinate work across multiple developers and resolve technical blockers
• Run agile ceremonies for the team and train others on effective practices
• Balance quality with delivery timelines while maintaining technical excellence
• Mentor engineers on technical skills and application development best practices
• Translate business needs into technical solutions in partnership with product managers
• Communicate technical constraints constructively to stakeholders
• Represent engineering in cross-functional meetings and strategic discussions
• Serve as trusted partner for information security and compliance teams

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Deep expertise in application development with modern frameworks and technologies
• Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, microservices, and API design
• Experience with React, NodeJS, C# and/or Java and REST services with JSON payloads is a plus
• Experience with performance optimization, scalability, and system reliability
• Advanced knowledge of database design, optimization, and data modeling
• Expertise in cloud-native development and DevOps practices
• Understanding of security best practices for financial services applications
• Proven ability to lead technical decisions and influence architectural direction
• Strong mentorship and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a hybrid, globally distributed engineering organization and communicate across technical and business teams

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
• 5-8 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership
• Track record of mentoring junior engineers and improving team processes
• Experience with wealth management, fintech, or regulated industry applications preferred

Strong background in agile development and cross-functional collaboration