AI Engineer - AI Platform

Addepar1; New York (NY); On-site; USD 163,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Addepar is seeking an AI Engineer to join the AI Platform team. You will design, build, and productionize core AI capabilities powering our wealth technology platform, working hands-on with LLMs and agentic frameworks to deliver scalable products.

You will own full lifecycle of AI-native products, from prototyping to backend deployment, collaborating with product managers and other engineering teams to abstract AI complexity and accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• 1-3+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering.
• Strong, systems-level foundation in building and scaling backend services.
• Proven experience shipping and maintaining AI-native products or strong personal AI projects.
• Bias for action and ownership; willingness to learn at the AI frontier.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: Experience with LLMs and agentic systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end AI-native products from prototype to production.
• Develop and productionize core AI platform components like LLMs, vector DBs, prompts.
• Iterate quickly based on performance metrics and feedback.
• Evaluate and adopt new AI technologies to stay on the frontier.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate goals into technical solutions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Systems-level foundation

Ownership

Proactivity

Learning mindset

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics

Tools

Python

Golang

gRPC

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

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 1,500 firms in 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $10 trillion in assets.

Its open platform integrates with 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and levels of complexity.

Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, London, Edinburgh, Geneva, Warsaw, Dubai, Pune and Singapore.

The Role

We are currently seeking an AI Engineer to join our AI Platform team. The AI Platform team is focused on enabling and building disruptive, innovative solutions to transform the wealth technology landscape with AI across our product suite and is growing quickly. As an AI Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and productionizing the core AI capabilities that power our platform. This is a hands‑on role where you will be on the frontier of applied AI with research and engineering, working directly with LLMs and agentic frameworks to translate cutting‑edge concepts into robust, scalable products and capabilities. You will own the full lifecycle of AI‑native products, from prototyping and evaluation to building the scalable backend systems that deliver them to our clients.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without requiring current or future visa sponsorship (for example, employment‑based visas such as H‑1B , F‑1 /OPT, or similar), and must be authorized to begin work in the U.S. on their first day of employment.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build end‑to‑end AI‑native products, from initial prototype all the way to scalable production services.
• Develop and productionize core components of our AI platform – including: LLMs and the surrounding ecosystem (e.g., vector DBs, prompt tuning, etc.) Agentic frameworks Core agent capabilities like MCP/ cross‑platform tool use, web browsing, computer use
• Rapidly iterate on AI products based on performance metrics and user feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Drive the evaluation and adoption of new AI technologies and frameworks to keep Addepar on the frontier of the industry.
• Collaborate with product managers and other engineering teams to translate strategic goals into technical realities, abstracting AI complexity so they can iterate quickly.

Who You Are

• 1-3+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering, with expertise in programming languages/technologies like Python, Golang, gRPC, AWS, and Kubernetes.
• A strong, systems‑level foundation in building and scaling backend services (e.g., understanding microservices, APIs, and concurrency).
• Proven experience shipping and maintaining AI‑native products or features, or demonstrable passion through significant personal projects in AI.
• A strong bias for action, with a passion for shipping rapidly and iterating with feedback.
• Passion for proactivity, deep ownership, and a desire to learn and build on the frontier of AI.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
• (Preferred) Specific experience with LLMs and agentic systems.
• (Preferred) Hands‑on experience with technologies in the modern AI/LLM ecosystem, such as Databricks, Langchain, or MLFlow.
• (Preferred) Advanced understanding of the probabilistic systems underpinning modern LLMs.
• (Preferred) Experience building AI products in highly accuracy‑sensitive domains such as finance is a plus.

Addepar takes a market‑based approach to pay. A successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on the role, job‑related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base salary for this role within the United States. Compensation for this role includes base salary + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Additionally, these ranges reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Base Salary Range $163,000 - $203,500 USD

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.