Senior Engineer II, Platform, Identity & Operations

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain APIs, services, libraries and patterns to standardize services across the stack
• Develop reusable platform capabilities to reduce duplication and eliminate one-off solutions
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate platform services into applications and workflows
• Operate and support critical platform services, including participation in an on-call rotation
• Automate operational workflows to improve reliability, observability and incident response
• Contribute to architectural direction and improve the firm’s identity and access strategy
• Mentor peers and help raise the engineering bar
• Participate in pair programming sessions for the majority of the working day

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field plus 3 years of software engineering experience (or 7 years without a degree)
• At least 2 years of prior experience
• Strong backend engineering experience in Go, Python, or TypeScript
• Proficiency with Linux-based systems and scripting (Bash, PowerShell)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Experience building APIs, services, or shared platform components
• Solid understanding of software design principles
• Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native architecture
• Familiarity with Kubernetes (EKS preferred) and containerized systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial services exposure
• Understanding of authentication and authorization concepts (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, tokens)
• Experience with identity providers (Okta, Entra ID)
• Experience with AI models (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor)

About the Company

Acadian Asset Management is a global, systematic investment manager at the forefront of data-driven investing since 1986. Headquartered in Boston, we manage over $195 billion on behalf of leading institutions worldwide.