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Sr. Software Engineer - Reference Data

Addepar - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - In-office - posted 2026-08-06

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Addepar is a global data and AI platform serving 1,400+ investment firms managing nearly $9 trillion in assets across 60 countries. The Reference Data team manages data reconciliation and curation for market data providers, building a single source of truth across public and alternative investment data products. You will architect, lead, and drive execution of core AI capabilities powering Addepar's platform. This is a high-impact role for an engineer who thrives on applied AI and shipping at velocity. You will own end-to-end delivery of AI-native products, ensuring cutting-edge AI systems are hardened into robust, scalable, production systems. Key responsibilities: - Drive end-to-end execution of AI-native products from prototype to scalable production services - Architect and productionize core AI platform components: LLMs and ecosystem (vector DBs, prompt tuning), agentic frameworks, agent capabilities (MCP, tool use, web browsing, computer use) - Enforce technical discipline and operational excellence across AI products - Rapidly iterate on AI products based on performance metrics and user feedback - Lead evaluation and adoption of new AI technologies to keep Addepar at industry frontier - Partner with product managers and engineering teams to translate strategic goals into technical realities - Collaborate on platform architecture to meet growth and scalability needs - Evaluate and drive strategic business and technology decisions - Be a technical thought leader who educates and shares best practices Required qualifications: - B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent technical field (or equivalent practical experience) - Extensive software engineering experience - Proven track record owning and shipping complex, production-grade systems - Proven experience shipping and maintaining AI-native products or demonstrable passion through significant personal AI projects - Deep ownership mindset and bias for action with passion for rapid shipping and iteration Preferred: - Specific experience with LLMs and agentic systems - Hands-on experience with modern AI/LLM ecosystem (Databricks, Langchain, MLFlow) - Advanced understanding of probabilistic systems underpinning modern LLMs - Experience building AI products in accuracy-sensitive domains like finance Note: Right to work in UK required from day one; visa sponsorship not available.

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