Staff Software Engineer - Reference Data - AI/ML (UK)

Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer with an AI/ML background to join their Reference Data team, responsible for architecting and delivering AI-native products that enhance their platform's capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the end-to-end execution and delivery of AI-native products, moving from initial prototype to scalable production services with high velocity
• Architect, build, and productionize core components of our AI platform – including:
• LLMs and the surrounding ecosystem (e.g., vector DBs, prompt tuning, etc.)
• Agentic frameworks
• Core agent capabilities like MCP/ cross-platform tool use, web browsing, 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 who educates and shares best practices. Your contributions deliver strategic and prescriptive guidance