Reference Data Engineering Intern

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1 month ago
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Who We Are

Addepar is a global technology and data company that helps investment professionals provide the most informed, precise guidance for their clients. Hundreds of thousands of users have entrusted Addepar to empower smarter investment decisions and better advice over the last decade. With client presence in more than 45 countries, Addepar’s platform aggregates portfolio, market and client data for over $6 trillion in assets. Addepar’s open platform integrates with more than 100 software, data and services partners to deliver a complete solution for a wide range of firms and use cases. Addepar embraces a global flexible workforce model with offices in Silicon Valley, New York City, Salt Lake City, Chicago, London, Edinburgh and Pune.

The Program

Being a part of theAddeU Internship Program, you will be working on meaningful project(s) that you can feel proud of and present back to the company at the end of the experience. In addition to having a supporting manager and mentor, we have a fantastic onboarding program to get you acclimated and ready for your time with us. Fun events and super cool swag are also included!

At the moment, our12-week internship experience will be in the Edinburgh office. Dates are currently set for June - September 2025 but please advise your recruiter. Seeking Scotland students only.

The Role

We are currently seeking aSoftware Engineer Internto join Addepar.

Engineering is at the core of Addepar, and we are looking to add the best, brightest, and most hardworking software engineers to our team. If you are passionate about doing the best work of your career and you enjoy the rush of shipping high quality code to production every day we’re excited to meet you! Our software engineers come from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to finance tech veterans. What they have in common is tremendous talent and dedication to architecting, implementing, and shipping high quality software. 

The Reference Data team at Addepar is responsible to manage the data reconciliation and curation process for market data providers to build a single source of truth and provide alignment across public and alternative investment data products for the client to manage their investment portfolio.

As an engineer on the team you will contribute to increasingly challenging engineering projects with the ultimate goal of enabling solutions and effective use of the data platform. Our engineering team primarily works with PySpark, Python, AWS, Terraform, Java, and Kubernetes. We use Agile methodologies to deliver on business outcomes.

What You’ll Do

Own features, work alongside and learn from senior engineers, and ship code. Learn and demonstrate engineering standard processes and principles. Document software functionality, system design, and project plans; this includes clean, readable code with comments. Produce a retrospective and demonstrate your summer project to an internal audience.

Who You Are 

Must be currently enrolled in a post-secondary educational institution (university must be located in Scotland) & must be returning to school after internship Available to intern for the full 12 weeks Extraordinary talent in software engineering. Ability to write high quality object oriented code Excellent written and verbal communication skills Solid understanding of development standard processes and experience working in a team Ability to explore complex problems spaces objectively from multiple points of view Ability to learn in a fast paced environment General familiarity with some of the technologies we use: HTTP, REST and web API standard processes. Java, Python, React, MySQL, Kafka Linux proficiency, basic shell scripting and a solid grasp of systems level programming is a plus Specific experience in or knowledge of financial data systems is a plus Interest in building data pipelines and in working with Big-data Proficiency with relational databases

Our Values 

Act Like an Owner -Think and operate with intention, purpose and care. Own outcomes.Build Together -Collaborate to unlock the best solutions. Deliver lasting value. Champion Our Clients -Exceed client expectations. Our clients’ success is our success. Drive Innovation -Be bold and unconstrained in problem solving. Transform the industry. Embrace Learning -Engage our community to broaden our perspective. Bring a growth mindset. 

In addition to our core values, Addepar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We seek to bring together diverse ideas, experiences, skill sets, perspectives, backgrounds and identities to drive innovative solutions. We commit to promoting a welcoming environment where inclusion and belonging are held as a shared responsibility.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

PHISHING SCAM WARNING: Addepar is among several companies recently made aware of a phishing scam involving con artists posing as hiring managers recruiting via email, text and social media. The imposters are creating misleading email accounts, conducting remote “interviews,” and making fake job offers in order to collect personal and financial information from unsuspecting individuals. Please be aware that no job offers will be made from Addepar without a formal interview process. Additionally, Addepar will not ask you to purchase equipment or supplies as part of your onboarding process. If you have any questions, please reach out to .

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