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Envestnet
Software Development Engineering Director
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A Software Development or Engineering Manager leads teams of software developers who design or improve computer software. Manages and oversees the software development process and directs the work of software engineers. May be primary contact with customers or users; may manage software development project budgets and hire or train staff.
$153,983 / year median in the U.S.
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Description The application window will close August 21, 2026 Job Location The primary work location for this role is remote anywhere in the U.S. 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 On the Tamarac development team, we build one of the industry's most advanced portfolio management and trading platforms for RIAs. We tackle complex engineering challenges every day—from large‑scale data ingestion and analytics to deep system integrations, high‑performance trading algorithms, and a robust full‑stack web experience used by thousands of advisors. As we continue to scale the platform—supporting 50+ million trades annually—we're modernizing our architecture to meet growing demand while delivering innovative, advisor‑focused features. Our engineers collaborate across disciplines to build AI‑powered insights, enhance cross‑platform capabilities, and design resilient, cloud‑native systems. This is a rare opportunity to join us in shaping the technical roadmap of a leading trading platform—driving how we scale, evolve, and deliver capabilities that elevate both the advisor and client experience, with real‑world impact from day one. How You 'll Contribute Envestnet is seeking a Software Development Engineering Director to help shape and build scalable platform capabilities used across modern engineering teams. This role offers the opportunity to work with cloud technologies, reusable services, APIs, internal developer platforms, AI-enabled capabilities, modular AI components, and agentic coding workflows while influencing technical direction at enterprise scale. Other core responsibilities include… Defines and drives long-term technical strategy and architecture across multiple systems. Champions adoption of agentic coding workflows across engineering teams to accelerate delivery velocity and improve quality throughout the SDLC. Leads large-scale, high-impact initiatives that align with business objectives. Solves highly complex and ambiguous technical challenges with innovative solutions. Influences engineering standards, policies, and best practices across the organization. Acts as a key advisor to senior leadership on technology decisions. Mentors senior engineers and develops future technical leaders. Evaluates and adopts new technologies to drive innovation and competitive advantage. Ensures system scalability, reliability, and performance at enterprise scale. What You 'll Need to Bring 10+ years of application, product, or platform engineering experience, including ownership of long-term technical strategy across multiple systems. Extensive experience defining architecture for scalable, reliable, high-performing enterprise systems and large-scale infrastructure initiatives. Background in platform engineering, cloud platforms, modern deployment models, reusable services, APIs, and internal developer or product platforms. Experience influencing engineering standards, technical policies, best practices, architecture governance, and organization-wide technology decisions. Experience evaluating and adopting emerging technologies to improve scalability, reliability, performance, productivity, and competitive advantage. Experience with Postgre