Sr. Software Engineer-Trading

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Who We Are</strong></span></p> <p>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 1,500 firms in 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $10 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and levels of complexity. Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, London, Edinburgh, Geneva, Warsaw, Dubai, Pune and Singapore.</p></div><h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Role</strong></span></h4> <p>We are currently seeking a visionary and hands-on <strong>Senior Software Engineer</strong> with deep expertise in <strong>Java</strong> and distributed systems to lead technical initiatives within our <strong>Order Management System (OMS)</strong> team in Trading!</p> <p>We are building a high-performance <strong>Trading Order Lifecycle Management</strong> system designed to bridge the gap between investment intent and market execution. Our platform serves as the mission-critical link between our portfolio managers and executing brokers, ensuring every trade is executed, allocated, and reported with absolute precision, low latency, and high fault tolerance.</p> <p>We’re looking for a strategic technical leader who remains deeply hands-on and is passionate about solving highly complex, ambiguous engineering challenges. You will drive the architectural vision, establish high-quality engineering standards, and work closely with product and design leadership to deliver impactful business outcomes. You will champion <strong>Agile</strong> methodologies and the adoption of <strong>AI-assisted development</strong> tools across the organization to amplify engineering delivery.</p> <p>This role requires someone to work Eastern working hours.</p> <p>Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without requiring current or future visa sponsorship (for example, employment-based visas such as H-1B, F-1/OPT, or similar), and must be authorized to begin work in the U.S. on their first day of employment.</p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></h4> <ul> <li> <ul> <li><strong>System Architecture:</strong> Drive the technical direction and architect highly scalable, resilient <strong>Java/Spring Boot</strong> (or <strong>Quarkus</strong>) microservices.</li> <li><strong>Trade Orchestration:</strong> Design the next-generation trade order life cycle logic, ensuring ultra-reliable broker connectivity and accurate allocations.</li> <li><strong>Data & Messaging:</strong> Architect enterprise-grade, event-driven systems and scalable data solutions on <strong>AWS</strong> using <strong>Kafka</strong>.</li> <li><strong>Integrations:</strong> Scale inbound/outbound connectivity across <strong>FIX, REST, and File-based</strong> interfaces for highly performant data exchange.</li> <li><strong>Engineering Excellence:</strong> Shape the engineering culture by mentoring teams, elevating <strong>Agile SDLC</strong> standards.</li> <li><strong>Strategic Collaboration:</st