Senior Application Engineer
AssetMark, Inc.3 days ago
Charlotte, NC, USASenior
Base Salary
$165k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement complex application features and systems end to end.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and guide implementation toward the target architecture.
- Evaluate technical approaches, address performance bottlenecks, and improve scalability and reliability.
- Create reusable patterns and components, balance technical debt with feature delivery, and maintain secure coding practices.
- Lead complex feature execution across development cycles, coordinate multiple developers, and resolve technical blockers.
- Improve team and cross-team development processes, code quality, and productivity.
- Conduct comprehensive code reviews and help resolve incidents and outages.
- Mentor engineers and train team members on technical skills and effective development practices.
- Translate business needs into technical solutions with product managers and communicate technical constraints to stakeholders.
- Represent engineering in cross-functional and strategic discussions and partner with information security and compliance teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5–8 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
- Experience leading complex application development projects.
- Track record of mentoring junior engineers and improving team processes.
- Deep expertise in application development with modern frameworks and technologies.
- Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, microservices, and API design.
- Experience with performance optimization, scalability, system reliability, database design, optimization, and data modeling.
- Expertise in cloud-native development and DevOps practices.
- Understanding of security best practices for financial services applications.
- Proven ability to lead technical decisions and influence architectural direction.
- Strong mentorship, communication, agile development, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience with wealth management, fintech, or regulated industry applications is preferred.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $165,000–$185,000 plus eligibility for variable incentive compensation and competitive benefits.
- Hybrid work schedule required, with candidates located near the Charlotte, North Carolina office.
- Flex Time or Paid Time Off and Sick Time Off.
- 401(k) with a 6% employer match.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with HDHP or PPO options.
- HSA employer contribution for HDHP participants.
- Volunteer Time Off, career development and recognition programs, and fitness reimbursement.
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About AssetMark, Inc.
AssetMark builds a wealth management platform for independent financial advisors, offering investment solutions, portfolio management, planning software, and outsourced operations through affiliates like AssetMark Trust Company, Voyant, and Adhesion Wealth. The company earns fees on assets and services delivered via its technology and advisory platform. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Concord, California, AssetMark is a registered investment adviser and is owned by private equity firm GTCR.