Data Engineering Lead, iCapital
Senior Vice President
$200-250k
+ equity and annual performance bonus
More information about location
4 days a week in office
Fintech platform for alternative investments
Open for applications
Fintech platform for alternative investments
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$200-250k
+ equity and annual performance bonus
More information about location
4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform the world's investment industry for better outcomes.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of experience in data engineering, including 5+ years leading large-scale engineering organizations across multiple functions
- Proven track record designing, building, and operating enterprise-scale cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent), including architecture, security, governance, and cost optimization
- Deep expertise establishing data engineering best practices across pipeline design, data quality, observability, data contracts, documentation, and operational support
- Demonstrated success developing multi-year platform strategies, securing investment, prioritizing initiatives, and delivering measurable business outcomes
- Experience partnering with and presenting to executive stakeholders within regulated industries, translating complex technical concepts into business impact
- Hands-on experience with analytics engineering, semantic layer development, and modern data transformation frameworks such as dbt
- Financial services experience within asset management, wealth management, fintech, banking, or insurance, including knowledge of regulated data environments and governance requirements
- Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture, performance optimization, security, and data sharing at enterprise scale
- Knowledge of alternative investments, wealth management, fund administration, or related financial services domains
- Experience building AI- and ML-enabled data platforms, including semantic layers, feature stores, model-serving infrastructure, or LLM-integrated architectures
- Experience with Informatica or comparable enterprise data catalog, metadata management, and MDM platforms
- Proven success scaling data engineering organizations through periods of rapid growth, including organizational design, hiring, and leadership development
What the job involves
- ICapital is looking to hire a Data Engineering Senior Vice President, to lead the evolution of the enterprise data platform that powers AI, automation, analytics, and data-driven decision making across the firm while positioning proprietary data as a strategic business asset
- This role is responsible for defining and executing the architectural vision, roadmap, and operating model for a modern, AI-ready data ecosystem built on a strong foundation of cloud technologies and established engineering capabilities
- The position will provide leadership across platform architecture, engineering standards, and cross-functional alignment while overseeing the development of scalable data products, semantic layer capabilities, and future AI enablement initiatives
- Partnering closely with an engaged executive steering committee, this individual will play a critical role in shaping how data supports the firm's long-term growth and innovation strategy
- Define and own iCapital's enterprise data architecture, including the Snowflake platform, semantic layer, reusable data products, and AI-ready ecosystem
- Establish standards for data engineering, governance, security, observability, quality, and documentation
- Own platform reliability, SLAs, DataOps practices, and incident management
- Lead architectural strategy, tooling decisions, and platform investment recommendations
- Develop and execute the multi-year Data Engineering roadmap aligned to business and AI priorities
- Translate enterprise data strategy into prioritized engineering initiatives and platform capabilities
- Build business cases for platform investments and proactively address technical debt and future scalability needs
- Partner with business and technology leaders to deliver data products that support enterprise objectives
- Communicate platform progress, risks, and investment decisions to executive stakeholders
- Build and lead a high-performing Data Engineering organization and culture
Our take
Alternative investing can yield huge profits, but it can often be inaccessible, even to enterprises. iCapital solves this problem by guiding large-scale businesses through the alternative investing process.
Since launching in 2013, iCapital has provided enterprises with an investing marketplace. Its focus has been on banking, wealth management, and asset management companies, and iCapital now serves clients such as JP Morgan, Evercore, and Rockefeller. As of February 2025, the company services nearly $500 billion in global client assets, clear evidence of industry confidence in the company.
iCapital's impact on the financial world is undeniable, forging strong and profitable partnerships with leading institutions like Morgan Stanley. With a proven track record, impressive funding and a rapidly growing platform, iCapital is poised for significant further expansion in the years to come.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2025
$820m
SERIES E
Dec 2021
$50m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company HQ
Murray Hill, New York, NY
Leadership
Lawrence Calcano
(CEO & Chairman)Previously worked as Director of Capitol Acquisition Corp., and served as Director of Vibrant Emotional Health for 10 years.
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