Ippon is seeking a Staff Product Engineering Consultant with expertise in Asset Management (Buy-side) to provide technical product leadership on complex projects, guiding teams in building high-impact applications that enable investors, portfolio managers, and operations teams to make data-driven decisions with confidence.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience designing cloud-native applications (AWS or Azure) using microservices, APIs, containers, and serverless functions.
- 5+ years of experience with Python, SQL, and data modeling, building production-grade systems for complex financial data.
- Proven experience contributing to the design or implementation of an analytical security master or enterprise reference data platform supporting portfolio, risk, or analytics systems.
- Familiarity with financial data vendors/APIs, data governance, and security in regulated environments.
- Experience integrating multiple systems of record (fund accounting, CRM, ESG, market data).
- Familiarity with React and TypeScript for front-end insights dashboards.
- Working experience with DevOps tools (Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
Responsibilities
- Own architectural design for data pipelines, APIs, and microservices on AWS or Azure, prioritizing automation, observability, and governance.
- Drive delivery excellence through CI/CD, test coverage, and proactive monitoring within Agile teams.
- Lead architectural discussions, provide technical direction, and shape client roadmaps.
- Oversee the delivery of projects focused on the development or modernization of portfolio and asset management systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and strong data integrity.
- Contribute to pre-sales efforts, including discovery sessions, solution design, and the technical portions of proposals and SOWs.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews and design discussions to strengthen technical consistency and culture.
- Stay current with modern frameworks, tools, and emerging technologies.
Other
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, including 3+ years in investment management, private equity, or financial analytics.
- 5+ years of experience in consulting, delivering scalable, reliable technical solutions as a technical lead.
- Excellent communication skills across technical and business audiences.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Full Time/Direct Hire (No Agencies or C2C)
