The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world's largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.
Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.
That's why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply 'empower' you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.
Take the lead and we'll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.
For our business, for clients, and for you
Lead of Data Engineering & Architecture Description The Lead of Data Engineering & Architecture will lead the design, development, and evolution of the firm's global data platforms, architecture, and engineering capabilities. This leader will be responsible for building a scalable, secure, and modern data ecosystem that supports fund accounting, investor services, regulatory reporting, risk management, and enterprise analytics.
Operating at the intersection of technology, operations, and data governance, this role will shape the firm's long-term data architecture strategy, modernize legacy environments, and enable advanced analytics and AI/ML across the organization. It is a high-impact, global leadership position with significant visibility across executive stakeholders.
Job specification - Define and own the enterprise data architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities and regulatory requirements.
- Lead the modernization of legacy data environments toward cloud-based, scalable, and resilient architectures.
- Establish architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across data engineering, integration, storage, and consumption layers.
- Partner with senior leadership to shape multi-year data platform investment roadmaps.
- Oversee the design, build, and operation of enterprise data pipelines, data lakes, warehouses, and integration frameworks.
- Ensure data platforms support high-volume, high-complexity fund administration workflows, including NAV production, reconciliations, pricing, and client reporting.
- Implement robust data ingestion, transformation, and quality processes across structured and unstructured data sources.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Lead the evolution of cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform), ensuring scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Oversee API strategies, data integration patterns, and real-time data streaming capabilities.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and incorporate them into the architecture where they add measurable value.
- Ensure platforms support advanced analytics, BI, and AI/ML initiatives.
- Partner with the Data Governance team to embed data standards, lineage, metadata management, and stewardship into engineering workflows.
- Ensure data platforms meet regulatory, audit, and operational risk requirements relevant to fund administration.
- Implement strong controls around data security, privacy, and access management.
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing global team of data engineers, architects, and platform specialists.
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate closely with operations, product, risk, compliance, and analytics teams to ensure data solutions meet business needs.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating technical concepts into business-aligned strategies.
Skills Required: - 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or platform engineering,
- Proven track record designing and delivering enterprise-scale data platforms in financial services; fund administration or asset servicing experience strongly preferred.
- Deep expertise in modern data architectures (cloud, data lakehouse, streaming, microservices).
- Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, ETL/ELT frameworks, data modeling, and distributed computing.
- Hands-on knowledge of cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) and modern engineering tooling.
- Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and regulatory requirements in financial services.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
What you will get in return: - A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business;
- Competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience;
- Training and development opportunities
Salary ranges from USD $ 85,000 - $ 95,000. Compensation within this range is dependent on individual's skills, experience and qualifications.
We pride ourselves in our commitment to fostering a connected and inclusive culture, all our opportunities at Apex have four (4) days in office requirement
Additional information: We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision are made on the basis of skills, qualifications and experiences.
We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share, but also by how we positively impact people, society and the planet.
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Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.
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