AssetMark
Financial Services
StaffDevExEngineer
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“Staff DevEx Engineer at AssetMark. Skills: Developer Experience, Cloud Platform Engineering, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code. Define technical roadmap. Establish standards and best practices”
What You'll Achieve.
Accelerate software delivery; Scale with business growth; Improve engineering velocity; Improve engineering reliability
Industry & Context.
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
15+ years software/platform engineering experience, Proven experience leading platform engineering initiatives, Experience designing cloud-native infrastructure, Experience mentoring engineers, Hands-on engineering background, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Nice to Have
Experience evaluating AI-enabled engineering tooling, Financial services experience preferred
What You'll Do.
Define technical roadmap
Establish standards and best practices
Lead architecture decisions
Shape platform strategy
Drive modernization efforts
Serve as technical escalation point
Design scalable developer workflows
Lead initiatives for test environments
Improve onboarding experiences
Improve local development experiences
Improve testing experiences
Improve deployment experiences
Improve observability experiences
Partner with engineering teams
Automate repetitive tasks
Drive adoption of platform capabilities
Evaluate AI-assisted tooling
Integrate AI workflow automation
Collaborate with engineering teams
Collaborate with architecture teams
Collaborate with product teams
Collaborate with infrastructure teams
Collaborate with security teams
Collaborate with operations teams
Translate business goals
Influence engineering direction
Participate in strategic planning
Support incident response
Perform root cause analysis
Drive continuous improvement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Application engineering teams; Platform engineering teams; Architecture teams; Product teams; Infrastructure teams; Security teams; Operations teams
Communication Scope
Technical guidance; Written specifications
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Agile, Scrum
Full Job Description
## **Job Description:** AssetMark is a leading wealth management platform dedicated to empowering independent financial advisors. AssetMark's mission is to enable financial advisors to make a profound difference in the lives of their clients. Over 10,000 advisors partner with AssetMark for our investment offerings, innovative technology, advanced services, and expertise, which they use to delight their clients and grow their businesses. **The Opportunity** AssetMark is seeking a Staff Engineer to help lead our Developer Experience team. This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for and owning significant platform capabilities, driving architectural decisions, and establishing technical standards that enable our entire engineering organization. You'll work on transformational initiatives including automation, deployment frameworks, and developer workflows that accelerate software delivery across the organization, while mentoring other engineers and ensuring our technology foundation scales with business growth. **We can only consider candidates for this position who are able to accommodate a hybrid work schedule and are close to our Charlotte, NC office.** **Key Responsibilities** **Technical Leadership & Platform Strategy** * Define and drive the technical roadmap for Developer Experience and Cloud Platform Engineering initiatives * Establish standards, patterns, and best practices for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, and developer tooling * Lead architecture decisions for cloud-native deployment platforms and internal developer platforms * Shape platform strategy through both written specifications and hands-on code implementation * Drive modernization efforts across GitHub workflows, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices * Serve as a technical escalation point for complex platform reliability, scalability, and operational issues * Mentor engineers and help raise the overall engineering maturity of th
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