Staff Software Engineering Consultant

We're hiring a Staff Product Engineering Consultant

Employment type: Full Time/Direct Hire (No Agencies or C2C)

Location: New York City Metropolitan Region

Location Type: Hybrid - Home Office/Local Ippon office (1-2 days per week onsite)

About Ippon:

The Ippon story started in 2002 in Paris, France - cue in the accordion. Our founder and CEO Stéphane Nomis used his unique experience as an international Judo champion to create a culture based on the sports values of ambition and excellence. Our USA Headquarters office is located in Richmond, VA, with additional offices in New York, NY,  Washington DC, and Atlanta, GA. We are a technology consulting firm that specializes in helping accelerate our client's digital roadmap in the areas of Product Management, Cloud, Data, and Software Engineering. 

About the position:

We are seeking a Staff Product Engineering Consultant with subject matter expertise in Asset Management (Buy-side). This role will 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. The Staff Product Engineering Consultant will guide project outcomes, support new account openings, handle the technical components of RFPs and SOWs, and serve as a leader and mentor to the Product Engineering Practice. Day-to-day, you will shape end-to-end solutions, balancing architecture, delivery, and client collaboration. You'll be embedded alongside business stakeholders, helping connect strategy and execution through reliable, scalable technology.

• Solution Architecture & Domain Expertise
• Partner with client investment operations, analytics, and internal teams to translate business needs into actionable technical solutions.
• 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.

• Technical Leadership & Project Delivery
• Oversee the delivery of projects focused on the development or modernization of portfolio and asset management systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and strong data integrity.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams (engineering, infrastructure, security) to achieve client goals.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor, building lasting client relationships.
• Contribute to pre-sales efforts, including discovery sessions, solution design, and the technical portions of proposals and SOWs.
• Support account growth through subject matter expertise and consultative engagement.

• Client & Team Development
• Collaborate across practices to align with firm-wide technology strategy.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and design discussions to strengthen technical consistency and culture.
• Guide clients on best practices in platform modernization, data management, and application architecture.
• Develop thought leadership through blogs, events, or industry insights.
• Stay current with modern frameworks, tools, and emerging technologies.

• Minimum Requirements
• 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.
• 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.
• Excellent communication skills across technical and business audiences.

• Preferred Requirements
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience designing or modernizing multi-fund or multi-portfolio platforms (data layers, analytics engines, APIs).
• Experience leading the design or implementation of a firm-wide analytical security master or golden source of reference data, improving transparency, data lineage, and model accuracy across portfolio and risk applications.
• Working experience with DevOps tools (Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Proven success in creating reusable frameworks and services to accelerate delivery.
• Experience with analytical frameworks like Pandas or NumPy.
• Partner with architecture, investment, and operations leaders to design scalable solutions that support portfolio management, analytics, and reporting.

• Competitive salary –   Great starting salaries for well qualified candidates
• Generous Paid Time Off policy - Ippon offers flexible time off to help you be your best
• Health, dental, and vision insurance – We are dedicated to helping our employees live healthier lives through comprehensive health programs
• 401k with company match - Ippon offers an industry leading 401(k) matching plan 
• Family Leave - We support the importance of family and offer maternity, paternity and family medical leave plans
• A fun, smart, and healthy work environment, focused on our values and teamwork

We value the diversity and different perspectives each of our employees bring to Ippon Technologies.

Ippon Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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