Director, Engineering

Overview

Director of Engineering for Addepar’s Institutions Engineering Team, leading investor solutions and research product engineering delivery for the Institutional segment.

What you'll do

• Lead, mentor, and grow an engineering organization dedicated to the Institutional segment.
• Set engineering goals, operational metrics, and delivery standards aligned with company objectives.
• Partner across Engineering, Product, and Design to drive the strategy for Institutional products.
• Define, prioritize, and execute product roadmaps with Product Management, Design, and GTM.
• Apply Agile development practices to deliver predictable, high-quality, timely releases.
• Guide architecture decisions for scalable, secure, and resilient systems meeting institutional security and compliance needs.
• Promote engineering best practices including automated testing, CI/CD, and monitoring/observability.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience managing managers, architects, and software engineers.
• 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 a SaaS environment or financial institutions.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Details

• Range stated for Colorado, California, and New York includes base salary plus bonus, equity, and benefits.