APL Engineer

Job Description

About the Role

We’re looking for an APL Engineer to help support and enhance one of the industry’s most advanced managed accounts platforms. At InvestCloud, our technology underpins digital advice and operational workflows for many of the largest financial institutions in the US. Dyalog APL is the core part of our stack—powering key functionality in model management, trading, reconciliation, and performance. The backbone of the US wealth industry.

In this role, you’ll work alongside senior engineers to deliver production-grade code, improve quality across the codebase, and build features that directly impact advisors, clients, and operational teams. You’ll be contributing to the ongoing modernization of our APL systems while gaining exposure to critical investment processes including SMAs, UMAs, and private assets. This is a great opportunity for someone with solid APL experience and a passion for writing clean, maintainable code in a complex, high-value domain.

What You’ll Do

Contribute to the development and maintenance of Dyalog APL components used in model management, trading, and operational workflows

Support refactoring and performance tuning efforts across existing APL systems

Work closely with product managers, QA, and senior engineers to deliver well-scoped business functionality

Assist in expanding automated test coverage and improving code quality

Help investigate and resolve production issues related to investment data, trading flows, and operational processing

Collaborate with teams integrating APL services into advisor tools, custodians, and alternative asset platforms

What You Bring

3–6 years of software development experience, with at least 2+ years using Dyalog APL (or a similar APL dialect)

Exposure to financial services, ideally within managed accounts, trading, or portfolio operations

A clear, structured approach to writing APL code with an eye toward testability and maintainability

Some experience writing or maintaining unit and regression tests

Familiarity with Git, Jira, and basic CI practices

Strong communication skills and a willingness to learn from others and ask questions

Nice to Have

Exposure to SMAs, UMAs, or post-trade reconciliation processes

Experience working with model providers, custodians, or TAMPs

Comfort working alongside .NET, Python, SQL, or data integration layers

Understanding of Agile workflows (Scrum, Kanban)

Interest or experience in test-driven development (TDD/A-TDD), even in legacy contexts

About InvestCloud

InvestCloud, a global leader in wealth technology, aspires to enable a smarter financial future. Driving the digital transformation of the wealth management industry, the company serves a broad array of clients globally, including Wealth and Asset Managers, Wirehouses, Banks, RIAs, and Insurers. In terms of scale, the company’s clients represent more than 40 percent of the $132 trillion of total assets globally. As a leader in delivering personalization and scale across advisory programs, including unified managed accounts (UMA) and separately managed accounts (SMA), the company is committed to the success of its clients. By equipping and enabling advisors and their clients with connected technology, enhanced intelligence, and inspired experiences, InvestCloud delivers leading digital wealth management and financial planning solutions, complemented by a dynamic data warehouse, which scale across the complete wealth continuum. In 2024, InvestCloud was named CNBC World’s Top Fintech Company, a proof point of the company’s commitment to innovation and client success. Headquartered in the United States, InvestCloud serves clients around the world. For more information, visit InvestCloud.com.

Our Values

Client Connected

Human Centered

Technology Forward

Respect + Integrity

Excellence

The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on the applicant’s geographic location. Salary range: $81,000 - $150,000. Benefits include medical/Rx, dental, vision, disability, and life/AD&D insurance plans, Flexible Savings Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), health advocacy, voluntary ancillary plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, legal, identity theft, auto/home, and pet insurance), 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, and paid time off.

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