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Envestnet
Lead Software Development Engineer
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A Software Developer or Engineer designs or improves computer software. Oversees the entire software development process. Analyzes customer or user needs, designs programs, writes code or instructs computer programmers, tests design, and documents programs. May assist with upgrades or maintenance. May specialize in the design of computer applications or computer systems.
$114,976 / year median in the U.S.
+10% projected growth
Job Description
Description The application window will close September 01, 2026 Job Location The primary work location for this role is the United States with a remote work model. About Envestnet Envestnet is an adaptive WealthTech company that is redefining the future of wealth management by helping advisors meet the moment with its comprehensive technology, actionable insights, and industry leading support. Backed by over 25 years of experience and approximately $7.0 trillion in platform assets, Envestnet is trusted by over one third of financial advisors across leading banks, wealth managers, brokerages, and RIAs. For a deeper look at how Envestnet is shaping the future of financial advice, visit www.envestnet.com . The Team You'll Join Our team builds and operates mission-critical trading and investment technology that helps power adaptive wealth management. We work on high-throughput, real-time systems that support the full lifecycle of transaction processing—from validating and routing requests to ensuring accurate downstream reporting and operational readiness. The work sits at the intersection of distributed systems engineering, financial domain complexity, and platform reliability, with an emphasis on scalability, resilience, and correctness. What makes this team especially exciting is the combination of deep engineering ownership and a highly collaborative, fast-moving culture. You'll partner closely with product, platform, and risk/compliance stakeholders, and you'll help shape how we modernize our services and workflows over time—including thoughtful use of AI and automation to improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and decision support. Engineers on this team tackle challenging problems end-to-end, contribute to technical direction, and build solutions that are designed to operate safely in a regulated environment. How You ' ll Contribute Seeking a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to lead, design, build, and evolve Envestnet's premier wealth management fintech product platform built on Java-based distributed systems, while introducing AI Agent-driven capabilities in a secure, compliant, and production‑ready manner. Successful candidate will be responsible to lead a cross-functional Scrum team, assist in Sprint planning, effort estimates, and scheduling to ensure successful outcomes. This role emphasizes system design ownership, architectural depth, and technical leadership, with a strong focus on transactional correctness, scalability, resilience, and the controlled, auditable use of agentic AI within regulated financial systems. You will work closely with engineering leaders, product management, compliance, and platform teams to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into scalable, high‑quality technical solutions. Own technical design, delivery and architecture for mission-critical fintech services, ensuring scalability, resilience, transactional correctness, and clear service boundaries/data ownership meeting Product requirements. Lead design and implementation of Java / Spring Boot microservices, establishing engineering standards for performance, observability, reliability, and maintainability. Drive the safe, compliant adoption of agentic AI/LLM capabilities, including workflow design, evaluation/guardrails, and governance for auditable production use. Partner cross-functionally with product, platform, and risk/compliance stakeholders to translate business and regulatory requirements into high-quality technical solutions and delivery plans. Provide hands-on leadership across the