Engineering Director - Institutional Platforms & AI

Addepar1; New York (NY); On-site; USD 214,000 - 335,000; Full time

Job summary

Addepar is seeking a Director of Engineering for the Institutions Engineering Team. You will lead a multi-disciplinary group of software engineers, platform architects, and engineering managers, owning delivery across institutional products and research offerings.

You’ll guide strategic技vision, drive architectural decisions, and champion best practices for secure, scalable cloud-native systems while collaborating with Product and Design to meet roadmaps and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Strategic planning

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud architecture

Education

CS/Software Engineering degree

Tools

Microservices

Security & compliance

Job description

Addepar is seeking a Director of Engineering for the Institutions Engineering Team. You will lead a multi-disciplinary group of software engineers, platform architects, and engineering managers, owning delivery across institutional products and research offerings.

You’ll guide strategic技vision, drive architectural decisions, and champion best practices for secure, scalable cloud-native systems while collaborating with Product and Design to meet roadmaps and regulatory standards.