Lead Engineer, Director - Investment Compliance Engineering

Position Overview

At Apollo, we are a global team of alternative investment managers passionate about delivering uncommon value to our investors and shareholders. With over 30 years of proven expertise across Private Equity, Credit, and Real Assets in various regions and industries, we are known for our integrated businesses, our strong investment performance, our value-oriented philosophy, and our people.

We are seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to join our dynamic team at a leading alternative asset manager. This is a unique opportunity to foster an engineering-first culture within a world-class firm while working at the intersection of technology, compliance and the investment lifecycle. In this role, you'll deliver scalable, auditable workflows for Investment Compliance, collaborating closely with global engineering teams and Apollo's investment professionals. You'll lead technical execution, mentor engineers, and play a key role in driving strategic initiatives-all while solving complex compliance challenges and influencing change at the enterprise level.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the Investment Engineering team, responsible for the full lifecycle of development tasks, including analyzing, designing, coding, and implementing business-related solutions and core architectural changes.

• Design and implement technology solutions to support pre- and post-trade investment compliance monitoring, regulatory rule management, and exception workflows across private market asset classes.

• Enhance data integration pipelines, surveillance tooling, and reporting capabilities supporting regulatory and internal policy adherence.

• Apply an Agile programming approach to deliver software within tight deadlines.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture, design, development, code reviews, quality assurance, observability, and product support.

• Actively participate in design discussions, contribute to code reviews, and provide technical guidance to the team.

• Navigate changing priorities with agility and maintain a forward-thinking mindset when context switching.

• Build strong relationships with team members, fostering collaboration and effective communication to achieve successful outcomes.

• Use advanced problem-solving skills to assist peers in researching and selecting tools, frameworks, and products critical to supporting business initiatives.

• Manage data governance and data quality standard processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another STEM field.

• A minimum of 8+ years of hands-on development experience, proficient in both scripting languages (e.g., Python) and object-oriented programming (e.g., Java, C++).

• Expertise in Capital Markets or Investment Banking Technology, with a track record of delivering user-centric compliance solutions. Experience across the deal and trading lifecycle-from origination to post-trade analytics-is preferred, but not required

• Understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks governing these activities, including SEC, FINRA, MiFID II, and other jurisdictional mandates impacting trading operations and reporting.

• Expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, with experience building and deploying scalable solutions leveraging microservices architecture.

• Strong proficiency in database technologies, including relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL/NewSQL) databases, with the ability to optimize queries, write stored procedures, and manage data warehousing solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to build, deploy, and maintain high-throughput systems, with experience in messaging technologies like Kafka.

• Hands-on experience with DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and version control systems such as Git.

• A passion for clean, maintainable code, and a track record of delivering robust full-stack cloud-based applications.

• Experience working in an Agile development environment and familiarity with tools like GitHub, Jenkins, or similar.

• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, SQL, Java, and .NET.

• Advanced knowledge of database technologies and data management.

• Expertise in cloud platforms and DevOps practices for scalable application development.

• Skilled in translating complex business logic into optimized queries and workflows.

ABOUT APOLLO

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.

OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.

The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects - and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.

A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today - such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact - where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

Outperform expectations

Challenge Convention

Champion Opportunity

Lead responsibly

Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

OUR BENEFITS

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm's benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family. Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits.

Pay Range

$190,000 - $250,000

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is committed to championing opportunity.

The firm and its affiliates comply with applicable discrimination and equal opportunities legislation in all of its jurisdictions and do not discriminate in employment or recruitment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

The contents of the qualifications and experience section of this job description are a guideline only. If an applicant can otherwise demonstrate their suitability for the role they will be considered.

The base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.