About the Role
You will own the physical infrastructure and delivery layer for a new commercial data platform serving institutional clients. This includes cloud platform architecture, compute and storage provisioning, API and data delivery infrastructure, security and access controls, multi-tenancy design, and operational reliability. You are responsible for making data accessible, secure, performant, and commercially deliverable, bridging internal data pipelines and external client consumption. This role is within the Technology organization and fully dedicated to this initiative.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain end-to-end technical infrastructure including compute, storage, orchestration, caching, and networking.
- Ensure the platform supports multiple product streams with distinct performance profiles (real-time APIs, bulk data delivery, embedded analytics).
- Build and operate the data delivery layer for external clients (REST APIs, bulk file delivery, cloud data sharing, webhook event notifications).
- Manage API versioning, rate limiting, SLA monitoring, and client onboarding.
- Design and implement role-based (RBAC) and attribute-based (ABAC) access controls for strict client data isolation.
- Implement encryption at rest and in transit, key management, and secrets handling.
- Architect the platform for multi-tenancy, supporting thousands of external users with data isolation, per-tenant configuration, and audit logging.
- Build monitoring, alerting, and incident response infrastructure.
- Define and maintain SLAs for uptime, latency, and data freshness.
- Implement health checks, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation patterns.
- Ensure platform scalability from pilot clients to 2,000+ users without architectural rework.
- Design for horizontal scaling, auto-provisioning, and cost optimization.
- Support SOC 2 compliance, data residency requirements, and security audit processes.
- Collaborate with Legal on data-use provisions and technical consent enforcement.
- Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Architects, and Quantitative Directors.
Requirements
- 6+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or DevOps/SRE, ideally supporting external-facing data products.
- Expert knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with serverless patterns.
- Strong API engineering experience: building, operating, and scaling REST APIs for external commercial consumption.
- Experience with API gateways, OAuth2/JWT authentication, rate limiting, and versioning.
- Experience designing multi-tenant architectures with strict data isolation and per-client access control.
- Proficiency in at least one systems programming or scripting language (Python, Go, or similar).
- Hands-on experience with observability stacks (Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, CloudWatch, or equivalent).
- Understanding of security best practices (RBAC/ABAC, encryption, secrets management, SOC 2 controls).
- Experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks) from an infrastructure/provisioning perspective.
Skills
- Experience building platforms for financial services clients (banks, asset managers, institutional investors).
- Familiarity with data delivery patterns (SFTP, Snowflake Data Sharing, streaming, webhooks).
- Experience with cost optimization for cloud infrastructure at scale.
- Understanding of data privacy architectures and platform controls for anonymization/consent rules.
- Prior experience at a data vendor, SaaS company, or fintech where the platform is the product.
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 6+ years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $87,500 to $145,000+
Benefits
- Support for professional accreditations
- Flexible arrangements
- Generous holidays
- Additional day off for your birthday
- Continuous mentoring along your career progression
- Active sports, events and social committees across our offices
- 24/7 support available from our Employee Assistance Program
- Opportunity to invest in our growth and success through our Employee Share Plan
- Additional local benefits depending on your location
- Access to Alter Domus Academy with six learning zones and resources from LinkedIn Learning
About the Company
- Alter Domus is a world-leading provider of integrated solutions for the alternative investment industry.
- The company serves 90% of the top 30 asset managers in the private markets, with over 6,000 professionals across 24 jurisdictions.
- Alter Domus believes in being different in its approach, work methods, and people development.
- The organization supports career progression based on merit, open communication, and individual career paths.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
