Senior Engineer I, Cash Flow Systems

Acadian Asset Management is a global systematic investment manager at the forefront of data-driven investing since 1986. Headquartered in Boston with locations in Singapore London and Sydney we manage over $170 billion on behalf of leading institutions worldwideincluding pension funds endowments foundations and sovereign wealth funds. We harness advanced technology rich datasets and multidisciplinary expertise to help clients navigate complex markets and uncover insights that may be overlooked by traditional approaches.

What sets Acadian apart is our people. We foster a collaborative intellectually curious environment where ideas are tested diverse perspectives are welcomed and innovation thrives. Were united by a shared purpose: delivering effective client outcomes and supporting one another in work thats both challenging and rewarding. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment strong benefits and a casual but focused office cultureall designed to support the meaningful collaborative work that defines Acadian.

Position Overview:

Acadian is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and hands-on development for enterprise systems supporting the firms Cash Flow Services platform and related operational workflows. This role combines architecture ownership technical leadership and hands-on delivery. The Lead Engineer is responsible for setting technical direction ensuring scalable and reliable solutions and guiding the engineering team to deliver production-ready systems that support critical operational processes. The role requires someone who can translate architectural thinking into working systems mentor engineers and act as the technical voice for the platform across teams.

Acadian supports a hybrid work environment with employees on-site in the Boston office 3 days a week.

What Youll Do:

• Define and evolve the architecture for cash flow and operational workflow systems.
• Identify systemic risks technical debt and scaling challenges and propose pragmatic improvements.
• Establish development standards design patterns and technical guardrails.
• Own the end-to-end technical delivery of major initiatives from design through production deployment.
• Ensure architecture decisions translate into working solutions delivered on time.
• Remove technical blockers and maintain consistent delivery momentum across sprints.
• Mentor engineers and promote strong engineering practices including design reviews code reviews and documentation.
• Structure and distribute work across engineers to ensure balanced ownership and avoid bottlenecks.
• Promote shared ownership of systems and reduce knowledge silos.
• Act as the technical representative for the platform in cross-team discussions.
• Communicate design decisions risks and trade-offs clearly to technical and business stakeholders.
• Partner with business teams to ensure systems support evolving operational needs.
• Improve reliability monitoring and observability of production systems.
• Identify recurring operational issues and address root causes through systemic improvements.

Were Looking for Teammates With:

• Bachelors degree and 7 years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience acting as a technical lead or senior engineer guiding development teams.
• Strong hands-on experience Core C# and SQL Server.
• Experience designing data models APIs and integration services.
• Prior experience in financial services or investment management environments is preferred.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to lead technical discussions and influence decisions.
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum or Kanban).
• Experience with Appian or other low-code workflow platforms especially in operational or process automation contexts.
• Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into enterprise systems (e.g. APIs automation decision support or data-driven workflows).
• Preferred experience: AWS Snowflake containers infrastructure-as-code.

The base salary range for this role is $135000 $170000per year. Actual compensation will be determined based on a candidates skills qualifications and relevant addition to base pay this position may be eligible for discretionary incentive compensationand includes participation in Acadians comprehensive benefits program which includes health retirement and wellness offerings.

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