At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive AI-native product delivery and architect core components of our innovative platform.
- Company: Join Addepar, a leader in wealth technology with a focus on AI solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of AI innovation and make a real impact in finance.
- Qualifications: Experience in software engineering and a passion for AI technologies.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
About the Role
We are currently seeking a Staff Software Engineer with AI/ML background to join our Reference Data team. The reference data team at Addepar is responsible for managing the data reconciliation and curation process for market data providers to build a single source of truth and provide alignment across public and alternative investment data products for the client to manage their investment portfolio. As an engineer on the team you will partner with product teams at Addepar to understand their business needs. The team is focused on enabling and building disruptive, innovative solutions to transform the wealth technology landscape with AI across our product suite and is growing quickly. You will be responsible for architecting, leading, and driving the execution of the core AI capabilities that power our platform. This is a high-impact role for an engineer who thrives on the frontier of applied AI and maintains a relentless focus on shipping. You will not just work with LLMs and agentic frameworks; you will own the end-to-end delivery of AI-native products, ensuring that cutting-edge AI systems are hardened into robust, scalable, and high-performance production systems. Applicants must have, and maintain, the right to work in the United Kingdom from the first day of employment. This role does not have visa sponsorship available.
What You’ll Do
- Drive the end-to-end execution and delivery of AI-native products, moving from prototype to scalable production services with high velocity.
- Architect, build, and productionize core components of our AI platform – including LLMs, vector DBs, prompt tuning, and agentic frameworks.
- Leverage core agent capabilities such as MCP, cross-platform tool use, web browsing, and computer use.
- Enforce technical discipline and operational excellence for all of our AI products.
- Rapidly iterate on AI products based on performance metrics and user feedback to drive continuous improvement.
- Lead the evaluation and adoption of new AI technologies and frameworks to keep Addepar on the frontier of the industry.
- Partner with product managers and other engineering teams to translate strategic goals into technical realities, abstracting AI complexity so they can iterate quickly.
- Collaborate closely with our engineering leads to define and implement our platform architecture to meet Addepar’s growth and scalability needs.
- Evaluate and drive strategic business and technology decisions for the company and for customers.
- Be a technical thought leader in multiple areas and share best practices to deliver strategic and prescriptive guidance.
Who You Are
- B.S., or M.S. in Computer Science or similar technical field of study (or equivalent practical experience).
- Extensive software engineering experience.
- Proven track record of owning and shipping complex, production-grade systems.
- Proven experience shipping and maintaining AI-native products or features, or demonstrable passion through significant personal projects in AI.
- Deep ownership mindset, seeing projects through to completion and raising the bar for execution across the team.
- A strong bias for action, with a passion for shipping rapidly and iterating with feedback.
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent experience [Preferred].
- Specific experience with LLMs and agentic systems [Preferred].
- Hands-on experience with technologies in the modern AI/LLM ecosystem, such as Databricks, Langchain, or MLFlow [Preferred].
- Advanced understanding of the probabilistic systems underpinning modern LLMs [Preferred].
- Experience building AI products in highly accuracy-sensitive domains such as finance 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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 are committed to promoting a welcoming environment where inclusion and belonging are held as a shared responsibility. We will provide reasonable accommodation to ensure participation in the job application or interview process, performing essential job functions, and other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Staff Software Engineer - Reference Data - AI/ML (UK) Edinburgh, UK employer: Addepar
Addepar is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic work culture where innovation and collaboration thrive. With a commitment to employee growth, the company offers extensive training and development opportunities, ensuring that team members are equipped to excel in their roles as Technical Success Managers. Located in the vibrant city of London, employees benefit from a diverse and inclusive environment that champions creativity and client success, making it a rewarding place to build a meaningful career.
