Staff Software Engineer (Files Platform)

• 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 and building infrastructure that handles bursty workloads while meeting strict latency SLAs
• If you’ve built systems that reconcile state across service boundaries, worked on event-driven architectures at scale, or are passionate about solving complex authorization and data access problems, join us!
• 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

Benefits

• Equity: Stretch the idea of ownership beyond your day-to-day and take pride in being an owner in the growth of Addepar
• Global Hybrid Workforce: Whether you work remotely or on-site, you’ll have the opportunity to build and collaborate with colleagues around the world
• Flexible Time Off: Spend time traveling, celebrating with friends and family or relax on your schedule
• Benefits Packages: Competitive medical, dental and vision benefits along with a monthly wellness allowance to keep you healthy and happy
• Learning & Development Allowance: Your continued growth and development are important to us
• Dynamic Team: Strong investment in the best talent at the intersection of technology and finance- Experience with server-side languages like Java, Python, or C++
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server)
• [Bonus] Experience with building scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Ability to complete complex projects involving partners across multiple teams
• B.S., or M.S. in Computer Science or similar technical field of study
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• [Bonus] Working with File System vendors
• 7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience