Remote Staff Backend Engineer, Enterprise Files Platform

Addepar, Inc.; New York, Salt Lake City (NY, UT); Remote; USD 158,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Addepar, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Files Platform to help build and maintain enterprise file storage, access control, and integrations for wealth-management clients.

You will tackle distributed systems challenges, design idempotent event-driven pipelines, and partner across teams to meet strict latency SLAs while enabling scalable file processing and AI-powered capabilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or similar field.
• Experience with server-side languages like Java, Python, or C++.
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server).
• Ability to complete complex projects involving partners across multiple teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and maintain backend services for enterprise file storage and integrations.
• Design and build event-driven systems for real-time permission propagation across the financial graph.
• Collaborate with product, engineers, security, and compliance on sensitive data access controls.
• Contribute to migration efforts ensuring zero-downtime rollouts for production firms.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Java/Python/C++

Relational databases

Mentoring

AWS experience

Education

BS or MS in CS

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

AWS

Job description

Addepar, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Files Platform to help build and maintain enterprise file storage, access control, and integrations for wealth-management clients.

You will tackle distributed systems challenges, design idempotent event-driven pipelines, and partner across teams to meet strict latency SLAs while enabling scalable file processing and AI-powered capabilities.