[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Addepar

Role Description

We are currently seeking a staff software engineer to join Addepar's Files Platform team! This team is responsible for Addepar's enterprise file management platform — building the distributed systems that power secure file storage, access control, and third-party integrations for wealth management firms.

In this role, you'll tackle challenges at the intersection of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and enterprise-scale access control — designing solutions that scale from small advisory firms to the largest wealth managers in the world.

We want people who are excited by hard distributed systems problems:

• Designing idempotent event-driven pipelines.
• Building infrastructure that handles bursty workloads while meeting strict latency SLAs.
• Solving complex authorization and data access problems.

Join us!

What You’ll Do

• Architect, implement, and maintain backend services that manage file storage, permissions synchronization, and third-party integrations at enterprise scale — writing well-designed, testable code.
• Design and build event-driven systems for real-time permission propagation across Addepar's financial graph and external storage providers, meeting compliance revocation SLAs.
• Collaborate effectively with product managers, engineers, security, and compliance partners on projects involving sensitive data access controls.
• Contribute to migration efforts (e.g., FileVault to Box, webhook consolidation, folder structure evolution) ensuring zero-downtime rollouts for production firms.
• Mentor other engineers on the team and promote engineering best practices and principles.
• Explore and build AI-powered capabilities for intelligent file processing, automated metadata extraction, and content-aware workflows.
• Evaluate emerging third-party file platform capabilities to expand Addepar's file management offerings.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
• B.S., or M.S. in Computer Science or similar technical field of study.
• 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.
• [Bonus] Experience with building scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• [Bonus] Working with File System vendors.

Requirements

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without requiring current or future visa sponsorship.
• Must be authorized to begin work in the U.S. on their first day of employment.

Benefits

• Compensation includes base salary + bonus + equity + benefits.
• Base Salary Range: $158,000 — $248,000 USD.

Company Description

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. More than 1,400 firms in nearly 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $9 trillion in assets.