Staff Automation Engineer

Who We Are

Addepar is a global technology and data company that helps investment professionals provide the most informed, precise guidance for their clients. Hundreds of thousands of users have entrusted Addepar to empower smarter investment decisions and better advice over the last decade. With client presence in more than 50 countries, Addepar’s platform aggregates portfolio, market and client data for over $7 trillion in assets. Addepar’s open platform integrates with more than 100 software, data and services partners to deliver a complete solution for a wide range of firms and use cases. Addepar embraces a global flexible workforce model with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, Chicago, London, Edinburgh, Pune, and Dubai.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Automation Engineer to drive the development and optimization of automation solutions that enhance developer productivity, improve software quality, and reduce technical debt. This role focuses on implementing scalable frameworks, advancing service-oriented architecture (SOA) practices, and enabling teams to achieve operational excellence through technical innovation. The ideal candidate is passionate about empowering developers, improving engineering efficiency, leveraging data-driven insights, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Compensation: Addepar takes a market-based approach to pay. A successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on the role, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base salary for roles in Colorado, California, and New York.

The current range for this role is $150,000 - $234,000 (base salary) + bonus + equity + benefits.

Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Additionally, these ranges reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership and Innovation:

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and tools.
• Lead technical efforts to support both developer enablement and quality assurance needs.
• Provide expertise in designing and optimizing automation systems for maintainability, scalability, and performance.

Developer Enablement:

• Build and deploy automation solutions that streamline the SDLC, including tools for test data generation, environment setup, and deployment pipelines.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD workflows to deliver rapid feedback and seamless deployments.
• Drive the adoption of developer-first tools to minimize friction and accelerate development processes.
• Implement and manage centralized software catalogs to improve discoverability, compliance, and reuse of automation tools and services.

Technical Debt Reduction and Modernization:

• Identify and address technical debt in automation frameworks and infrastructure.
• Modernize legacy systems and align them with modern tools and methodologies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to continuously improve developer and quality enablement capabilities.

Quality Assurance and Metrics:

• Define and implement robust test automation strategies to ensure reliable and consistent quality across releases.
• Ensure comprehensive testing coverage, focusing on functional, integration, and end-to-end tests with an emphasis on SOA and microservices.
• Track and improve delivery performance metrics, such as DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery).

Collaboration and Cross-Team Alignment:

• Partner with engineering, DevOps, and architecture teams to align automation strategies with organizational goals.
• Collaborate on service integration testing, contract testing, and system-level quality initiatives.
• Advocate for best practices and provide technical leadership in automation priorities across teams.

Who You Are

• Proven experience as a technical lead.