Private Equity Technical Lead

Position: Private Equity Technical Lead

Location: Malvern, PA

Client: Randstad/Vanguard

Work Arrangement: Hybrid 3 days onsite per week

Relocation: Candidates willing to relocate to Malvern, PA will be considered.

Important Candidate Requirements

• Private Equity / Private Markets experience is mandatory.
• Strong experience in Private Markets, Alternative Investments, or Private Equity technology platforms.
• Experience with Fund Accounting technology, including NAV calculations, fund valuations, and oversight.
• Robust hands-on AWS cloud experience is required.
• Technical expertise in Python, React, DynamoDB, S3, and Lambda.
• Experience with data integration, workflow automation, and AI-assisted reconciliation is highly desirable.
• Candidates with experience using Canoe or MSCI platforms will have a significant advantage.
• Must be willing to work onsite 3 days per week in Malvern, PA.
• Local candidates and candidates willing to relocate will be considered.
• Video interview process; no ROPS test required.

Key Responsibilities

1. Private Equity & Fund Accounting Technology

• Lead the design and development of technology platforms supporting Private Equity and Private Markets.
• Build solutions for Fund Valuation, Fund Accounting, and oversight of Fund Net Asset Values (NAVs).
• Work closely with investment and accounting teams to understand Private Market business processes and translate them into technical solutions.
• Support technology initiatives related to Alternative Investments and Private Market operations.
• Leverage industry knowledge and professional networks to identify relevant technology solutions and best practices.
• Drive improvements in fund valuation processes, accounting workflows, and investment data management.

2. Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead and design the technology stack supporting Private Equity and Private Markets platforms.
• Define scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native application architectures.
• Provide technical direction and guidance to development teams.
• Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and cross-functional technology teams.
• Take ownership of technical solutions from architecture and design through implementation and delivery.

3. AWS Cloud & Application Development

• Design and support cloud-native applications using AWS services.
• Leverage AWS technologies, including:
  • AWS DynamoDB
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS Lambda
• Utilize Python for backend development, data processing, and application integration.
• Leverage React for frontend application development.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud-based solutions.
• Ensure application reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.

4. Data Engineering & Integration

• Design and implement robust data architectures supporting Private Markets and Alternative Investments.
• Work with structured and unstructured financial and investment data.
• Build and support market data integrations from external data providers and investment platforms.
• Develop efficient data ingestion, transformation, and processing workflows.
• Implement data quality, validation, reconciliation, and monitoring processes.
• Support complex data integration requirements across fund accounting and valuation systems.

5. AI-Assisted Reconciliation & Workflow Automation

• Identify opportunities to leverage AI-assisted reconciliation within Private Equity and Fund Accounting workflows.
• Drive automation of manual investment and accounting processes.
• Explore AI-enabled solutions for data matching, reconciliation, exception handling, and operational efficiency.
• Implement workflow automation to improve accuracy, transparency, and processing efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies that can enhance Private Markets operations.

Required Technical Skills

AWS & Cloud Technologies

• Strong hands-on AWS cloud architecture and development experience.
• AWS DynamoDB
• Amazon S3
• AWS Lambda
• Cloud-native application architecture and integration.

Programming & Application Development

• Python
• React
• Experience developing scalable enterprise applications.
• Backend services, frontend development, and API integrations.

Data & Integration

• Strong data engineering and data architecture experience.
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data.
• Market data integrations.
• Data ingestion, transformation, and reconciliation.
• Workflow automation.

Private Equity / Private Markets Domain Mandatory

• Strong experience in Private Equity or Private Markets technology.
• Knowledge of Alternative Investments.
• Experience with Fund Accounting technology.
• Understanding of Fund NAV calculations, valuations, and NAV oversight.
• Experience supporting investment management or private fund operations.