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# Director, Engineering (Platform) at Juniper Square 

- **Company:** Juniper Square 
- **Location:** Americas Usa OR, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-26
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/junipersquare/b29b0645-37ff-41d4-82aa-c2ebbf1bfa4c

## Job description

## About Juniper Square

Private markets are one of the largest, most complex, and most underserved corners of global finance. Our mission at Juniper Square is to unlock their full potential. We’re the Operations Partner trusted by 2,300+ GPs, unifying technology, data, and fund administration services into a single platform that helps GPs move faster, make better decisions, and scale with precision. With $300B+ under administration and 700,000+ LPs on platform, we’ve built the scale to match our ambition. And with JunieAI, our purpose-built AI platform, we’re reimagining how private markets operate, embedding intelligence across every workflow. Founder-led since 2014, backed by $350M+ in funding, and now 1,000+ employees strong, we’re building a company designed to shape the future of private markets for decades to come. Our culture is built for people who want to do ambitious, meaningful work alongside exceptionally talented teammates. We think like owners, move with urgency, and take pride in solving hard problems that truly matter to our customers and the future of private markets. We believe the best ideas come from open debate, deep collaboration, and diverse perspectives, which is why we believe transparency is the default and feedback makes us stronger. If you’re energized by high standards, rapid growth, and the opportunity to help define a category at a pivotal moment, come join us! Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full-time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in [digital-first](https://blog.junipersquare.com/juniper-square-ponders-future-of-office-with-digital-first-hybrid-workplace-strategy/) operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian Provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England. We also have physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, Mumbai and Bangalore for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the time.

## About your role

As the Director, Engineering you will lead the vision and execution for the foundational systems that power our entire engineering organization. Your mandate spans four critical pillars: architecting the modularization of our core Python/FastAPI monolith, accelerating our transition to an AI-native engineering culture, empowering product teams with tools to build AI-enabled features, and establishing a robust Application Security (AppSec) posture.

You will manage a group of engineering managers and staff engineers. You will act as a strategic multiplier for the company, treating our internal platform as a top-tier product. Your ultimate goal is to create secure, high-velocity "paved paths" that make our product teams incredibly fast, while systematically reducing technical debt and security risks.

## What you'll do

- Direct the Monolith Evolution: Own the multi-year technical strategy to safely decouple our legacy Python/Jinja monolith into a modern, modular FastAPI architecture using Domain-Driven Design and zero-downtime database migration tactics.
- Drive the AI-Native SDLC: Champion the rollout and adoption of AI-assisted coding tools and AI-augmented workflows across the entire engineering organization, systematically measuring and improving developer productivity.
- Enable AI Feature Development: Treat the internal platform as a product. Guide the development of intuitive SDKs, data pipelines, and internal tools that reduce cognitive load and allow product engineers to easily integrate LLMs and build AI-powered features.
- Lead Application Security (AppSec): Champion a "shift-left" security culture. Embed secure coding practices, automated vulnerability scanning, and threat modeling directly into developer workflows, ensuring our core platform is resilient against modern threats.
- Oversee Core Shared Services: Drive the scale, security, and reliability of enterprise-critical systems, including Identity (AuthN/AuthZ, OAuth2, RBAC), Audit Logs, and high-throughput API & MCP Gateways.
- Navigate Org-Wide Boundaries: Negotiate complex refactoring timelines with Product leaders and collaborate seamlessly with other Engineering teams and DevOps to align our platform capabilities with infrastructure.
- Build a World-Class Organization: Recruit, mentor, and grow a high-performing organization of engineering managers and staff/principal engineers, fostering a culture of architectural pragmatism and deep developer empathy.

## Qualifications

- 15+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in engineering leadership, including explicitly managing managers and leading multiple teams.
- High AI Fluency: Proven experience architecting systems that support AI features (LLMs, RAG, tool calling) and a track record of driving AI-assisted development tools (AI SDLC) across engineering teams.
- An executive track record of successfully guiding massive monolith-to-modular migrations and decoupling shared database schemas in high-traffic, business-critical environments.
- Deep strategic understanding of Application Security principles, Identity/Access Management (OAuth 2.0, OIDC), and modern API traffic management.
- Strong technical fluency in Python and FastAPI ecosystems, with the ability to guide Staff-level engineers through complex architectural decisions involving both modern APIs and legacy applications.
- Exceptional executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical, security, and AI trade-offs into business value.

## Compensation

Compensation for this position includes a base salary, bonus, equity and a variety of benefits. The U.S. base salary range is $230,000 - $285,000. Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable. Benefits include:

- Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
- Life insurance
- Mental wellness coverage
- Fertility and growing family support
- Flex Time Off in addition to company-paid holidays
- Paid family leave, medical leave, and bereavement leave policies
- Retirement saving plans
- Allowance to customize your work and technology setup at home
- Annual professional development stipend

Your recruiter can provide additional details about compensation and benefits.

## About Juniper Square 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Juniper Square provides a unified fund operating system and fund administration services that power operations for private market general partners (GPs).
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed; Total Funding $371M across 6 rounds)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services – specifically private markets technology and fund administration
- **Target customers**: B2B – general partners (GPs) in private equity, venture capital, real estate, private debt, fund of funds, and wealth advisors; limited partners (LPs)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: *“Our vision is to create a world with radically expanded opportunities for participation in the private markets.”* — Juniper Square

## Products & Services
- **Juniper Square Platform (Fund Operating System)**: A connected software and data platform that centralizes fund operations – including fundraising, investor onboarding, fund accounting, treasury, compliance, reporting, and business intelligence. Serves 2,300+ GPs and 750,000+ LPs managing over $1 trillion in investor equity.
- **JunieAI / GPX Agents**: AI-powered agents embedded in the platform that accelerate period-close, generate PCAPs, analyze GL variances, run continuous compliance checks, and flag exceptions. Designed for the “agentic era.”
- **Headless GPX**: The same fund data model and workflow library exposed via MCP (Model Context Protocol), allowing AI tools like Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and ChatGPT to securely query fund data with full permissions and audit trail.
- **Fund Administration Services**: Expert-led services for fund accounting, investor services, and treasury – offered alongside the software for firms that want a full-service operations partner.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $371M (as of latest round)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available in search results
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Annual Revenue: $94.2M (LinkedIn estimate)
  - Headcount: 776 employees (+43.8% YoY, +289 people)
  - Operates in 8 countries (US, Canada, India, UK, France, Luxembourg, etc.)
  - Over 2,300 GPs and 750,000 LPs on the platform managing $1T+ in investor equity
  - Recognized as Forbes’ Best Startup Employer, Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Company, and Deloitte Tech Fast 500

## Competitive Advantages
- **Single source of truth** for all fund data – funds, assets, investors, and positions – eliminating silos.
- **Workflow library** covering every stage from first close to final distribution, built over 12 years of encoding private markets operations.
- **JunieAI & Headless GPX**: First-mover in enabling compliant, auditable AI access to private market data across any AI tool.
- **SOC-1 and SOC-2 compliance** for security and access control.
- **Unified software + services model**: Not just technology but a full fund operations partner, handling complexity at scale.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first platform**: Extending the fund operating system into the “agentic era” with AI agents and headless APIs.
- **Scaling fund administration**: Growing services alongside software to handle increasing complexity for GPs with large, diverse portfolios.
- **Global expansion**: Already in 8 countries, likely to deepen presence in Europe and Asia.
- **Product innovation**: Continued investment in data model, automation, and compliance workflows.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Juniper Square emphasizes “solve hard problems,” “think like an owner,” “better together,” and “sweat the details.” Employees are called “Junies.”
- **Remote-First with Options**: Default mode is cloud-based remote work. Physical office in San Francisco for those who prefer hybrid; strong employee communities in New York, Seattle, Toronto, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Denver, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salaries and equity, professional development stipends, learning & training programs, employee resource groups (ERGs), and periodic in-person gatherings.
- **Growth Environment**: High headcount growth (+43.8% YoY) signals scaling opportunities. Internships and entry-level roles available in Engineering and Fund Administration.
- **Awards**: Forbes’ Best Startup Employers, Inc. 5000, Deloitte Tech Fast 500 – indicators of strong employer brand.

## Sources
1. [junipersquare.com](https://www.junipersquare.com/)
2. [junipersquare.com/company](https://www.junipersquare.com/company)
3. [junipersquare.com/company/careers](https://www.junipersquare.com/company/careers)
4. [junipersquare.com/company/careers/life-at-jsq](https://www.junipersquare.com/company/careers/life-at-jsq)
5. [linkedin.com/company/juniper-square](https://www.linkedin.com/company/juniper-square)

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