Addepar

Director, Engineering

Addepar$214K — $335K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of engineering leadership with experience managing teams of managers and engineers.
  • Proven experience delivering institutional software platforms meeting security and regulatory standards.
  • Deep familiarity with modern cloud architecture, microservices, and API design.
  • 5+ years of experience with financial risk frameworks and asset management in a SaaS environment or financial institutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team for the Institutional segment.
  • Establish engineering goals and delivery standards aligned with company objectives.
  • Collaborate with leadership to drive the overall engineering strategy at Addepar.
  • Drive the technical vision and delivery of products within the Institutional segment.
  • Partner with Product Management and Design to prioritize and execute product roadmaps.
  • Implement Agile methodologies for predictable and high-quality software releases.
  • Guide architectural decisions to ensure scalable, compliant, and secure system designs.

Benefits

  • Diverse and inclusive work environment promoting innovative solutions.
  • Equal opportunity employer committed to welcoming various perspectives.
  • Support for career growth and professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
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.

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


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.

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About Addepar

Addepar is a wealth management platform that provides investment management software and tools for investors, advisors, and family offices. The platform offers a range of features, including portfolio management, performance reporting, and data aggregation. Addepar was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Learn more about Addepar
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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