Engineer, Platform & DevEx
About The Position
AssetMark is a leading strategic provider of innovative investment and consulting solutions serving independent financial advisors. We provide investment, relationship, and practice management solutions that advisors use in helping clients achieve wealth, independence, and purpose. The Opportunity We are seeking a Platform Engineer to join our platform engineering team, focusing on building the foundational infrastructure, APIs, and services that power our entire product ecosystem. This role involves creating robust, scalable platform components that enable rapid application development & deployment while ensuring security, performance, and reliability across all AssetMark systems. We can consider candidates for this position who are able to accommodate a hybrid work schedule and are close to our Charlotte, NC office.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in .NET / C# platform technologies (or Python, Java, or similar)
- Experience with API design, microservices architecture, and distributed systems
- Knowledge of Azure cloud platform (or AWS, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Understanding of database technologies, data modeling, and enterprise data patterns
- Experience with message queues, event-driven architecture, and async processing
- Familiarity with DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation
- Understanding of security best practices for enterprise platforms
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field
- 3-6 years of software engineering experience with focus on platform services development
- Experience building APIs, services, and/or platform components
- Understanding of enterprise integration patterns and service-oriented architecture
- Experience with agile/scrum development methodologies, DevEx practices and cross-functional collaboration
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of financial services regulatory requirements (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Implement platform services, APIs, and infrastructure components independently
- Develop and maintain core platform capabilities including data services, authentication, and integration frameworks
- Handle complex platform-level bug fixes and participate in incident remediation for foundational systems
- Write comprehensive tests for platform components and ensure high reliability standards
- Implement secure coding practices with focus on enterprise-grade security and compliance
- Implement solutions for complex integration challenges between systems and external partners
- Design and build reusable platform components that serve multiple applications
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks in platform services
- Evaluate and recommend technical approaches for platform-level challenges
- Work with data modeling, master data management, and enterprise data governance
- Implement canonical source-of-truth data systems and ensure data integrity
- Contribute to service-oriented architecture patterns and microservices design
- Support cloud-native architectures and infrastructure-as-code principles
- Participate in DevEx & DevOps practices and CI/CD pipeline development
- Work closely with application/platform engineering teams to understand business requirements
- Provide technical guidance on platform service adoption and best practices
- Collaborate with security and compliance teams on regulatory requirements
- Communicate platform capabilities and constraints to stakeholders
- Document platform components and integration patterns for broader team use
Benefits
- Flex Time or Paid Time Off and Sick Time Off
- 401K – 6% Employer Match
- Medical, Dental, Vision – HDHP or PPO
- HSA – Employer contribution (HDHP only)
- Volunteer Time Off
- Career Development / Recognition
- Fitness Reimbursement
- Hybrid Work Schedule
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
