Director, Engineering

Addepar; New York (NY); On-site; USD 214,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Addepar in New York seeks a Director of Engineering for the Institutions Engineering Team to lead and scale investor solutions and research product suites, owning technology delivery across institutional offerings.

You will guide a multidisciplinary team of engineers and managers, set goals and standards, collaborate with product and design leadership, and drive a strategic technical vision with security and compliance at the forefront.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience with a track record of managing managers, architects, and software engineers.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise/institutional software platforms with stringent security, regulatory, and uptime requirements.
• Deep familiarity with modern cloud architecture, microservices, API design, data pipelines, and enterprise security frameworks.
• 5+ years experience with financial risk frameworks and asset management in either a SaaS environment or financial institutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering organization dedicated to the Institutional segment.
• Establish clear engineering goals, operational metrics, and delivery standards aligned with company objectives and create a high-performing engineering culture.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product and Design leadership to drive Addepar strategy across all of our engineering organizations.
• Drive the technical vision, co-ordination and delivery across all products and solutions within our Institutional segment.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud architecture

Microservices

API design

Data pipelines

Security frameworks

Mentoring

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Software Engineering or equivalent

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 1,400 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 currently seeking a Director of Engineering for our Institutions Engineering Team. You will assume engineering leadership over our investor solutions and research product suite and take ownership of technology delivery across our Institutional segment and sophisticated investor product offerings.

You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, platform architects, and engineering managers. The ideal candidate brings strong technical depth in scalable cloud-native systems alongside proven leadership in scaling engineering teams and executing complex product roadmaps.

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 roles in Colorado, California, and New York. The current range for this role is $214,000 - $335,000 (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.

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

Strategic Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering organization dedicated to the Institutional segment
• Establish clear engineering goals, operational metrics, and delivery standards aligned with company objectives and create a high-performing engineering culture
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product and Design leadership to drive Addepar strategy across all of our engineering organizations
• Drive the technical vision, co-ordination and delivery across all products and solutions within our Institutional segment

Technology & Product Delivery

• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, and GTM to define, prioritize, and execute product roadmaps
• Implement robust Agile software development practices to ensure predictable, high-quality, and timely releases
• Guide architectural decisions to ensure scalable, secure, and resilient system design suitable for institutional security and compliance standards
• Champion engineering best practices, including automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and robust monitoring/observability platforms

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience with a track record of managing managers, architects, and software engineers.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise/institutional software platforms with stringent security, regulatory, and uptime requirements
• Deep familiarity with modern cloud architecture, microservices, API design, data pipelines, and enterprise security frameworks
• 5+ years experience with financial risk frameworks and asset management in either a SaSS environment or financial institutions

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.