Senior Backend Software Engineer - File Management System
About The Position
We are currently seeking a senior backend software engineer to join Addepar's File Management System 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!
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
- B.S., or M.S. in Computer Science or similar technical field of study
- Experience with server-side languages like Java, Python, or C++
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server)
- Ability to complete complex projects involving partners across multiple teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience with building scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS
Responsibilities
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
