Software Engineering Manager - Reference Data New Edinburgh, UK

Software Engineering Manager - Reference Data

Edinburgh, UK

Who We Are

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. Addepar unifies portfolio, market and client data in a total portfolio view and delivers AI-powered insights within investment and client workflows. More than 1,400 firms in nearly 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $9 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with nearly 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and complexity.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Engineering Manager to lead the Reference Data Team in the UK, a critical component of the Addepar Platform team. The Addepar Platform is a comprehensive data fabric that provides a single source of truth for our product set, encompassing a centralized and self-describing repository, API driven data services, integration pipeline, analytics infrastructure, warehousing solutions, and operating tools.

The Reference Data Team is responsible for the acquisition, conversion, cleansing, reconciliation, modelling, tooling, and infrastructure related to the integration of market and security master data from third‑party data providers. The team is critical to our core business, enabling alignment across public and alternative investment data products and empowering clients to effectively manage their investment portfolios.

As the Engineering Manager, you will play a crucial role in leading and managing a team to deliver complex engineering projects using a modern and diverse technology stack, including PySpark, Python, AWS, Terraform, Java, Kubernetes, microservices, and more.

Applicants must have, and maintain, the right to work in the United Kingdom from the first day of employment. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

What You’ll Do

• Drive the technical direction in close alignment with your product counterparts, direct engineering peers in other regions and the wider engineering community
• Build and manage a team of exceptional engineers to design, develop, and deploy scalable solutions that meet client requirements on time
• Be a player‑coach who leads the team to build frameworks that support highly performant ingestion and distribution of financial data and build AI‑native products, moving from initial prototype to scalable production services with high velocity
• Advocate for standard methodologies and find opportunities for automation and optimisations in processes to increase throughput, latency and accuracy
• Develop and maintain efficient process controls and accurate metrics that improve data quality as well as increase operational efficiency
• Work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment to deliver high‑quality results and drive continuous improvement

Who You Are

• Proven experience leading engineering teams and extensive professional backend engineering experience as an individual contributor
• A computer science degree or equivalent experience
• Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills
• Prior experience with distributed systems, microservices and messaging queues
• Working knowledge of at least one object‑oriented programming language (PySpark, Python, Java), relational databases, SQL and data pipelines
• Knowledge of financial concepts (e.g., stocks, bonds, etc.) is helpful but not necessary
• Passion for the world of FinTech and solving previously intractable problems at the heart of investment management is a plus

Our Values

• Act Like an Owner—Think and operate with intention, purpose and care. Own outcomes.
• Build Together—Collaborate to unlock the best solutions. Deliver lasting value.
• Champion Our Clients—Exceed client expectations. Our clients’ success is our success.
• Drive Innovation—Be bold and unconstrained in problem solving. Transform the industry.
• Embrace Learning—Engage our community to broaden our perspective. Bring a growth mindset.

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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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