Company Overview
Every firm has a culture – the values, beliefs, methodology, attitudes and standards that reflect an organization’s DNA. But the truly inspiring firms – the game-changers, the industry leaders and the disruptors – have cultures that propel them to innovate and stand out. At Brown Advisory, we aim to be one of those inspired firms. Over the years, we have purposefully built and nurtured our client-first culture.
Brown Advisory is an independent investment management and strategic advisory firm committed to delivering a combination of first-class performance, strategic advice and the highest level of client service. The firm’s clients—including individuals, families, family offices, endowments, foundations, charities, institutions, consultants, and financial intermediaries—are served by over 1,000 colleagues worldwide, all of whom are equity owners of the firm.
Position Summary:
The Technical Architect, Integration Development is a senior hands-on architecture and engineering leader responsible for designing, governing, and delivering integration solutions within Brown Advisory enterprise platforms. The role focuses on API strategy, microservice architecture, middleware patterns, data integration, and scalable service design that support Wealth and Asset Management and portfolio management, e.g. Addepar, client platforms, advisory tools, financial operations, and reporting workflows. The Technical Architect partners with business, technology, data, security, compliance, and vendor teams to translate firm strategy into executable technology roadmaps and durable integration models.
This role will provide architecture leadership for integrations involving Canoe, Snowflake, Addepar, portfolio and client reporting platforms and related enterprise services. The position requires strong experience in highly regulated financial services environments, practical knowledge of asset management operating models, and the ability to design secure, resilient, observable, and maintainable platforms that support business transformation, automation, analytics, and operational efficiency.
The primary duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Lead solution architecture for API, microservice, middleware, event-driven, and data integration models across enterprise systems.
- Design and govern integration patterns for Canoe, Snowflake, Addepar, portfolio management platforms, client advisory tools, reporting platforms, accounting and finance systems, and external vendor ecosystems.
- Drive design, planning, execution, and delivery of enhancements for portfolio management, client platforms, financial operations, advisory tools, and enterprise data workflows.
- Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, engineers, data teams, security, infrastructure, and vendors to translate business strategy into practical technology delivery roadmaps.
- Establish technical standards for API design, service decomposition, data contracts, authentication, authorization, monitoring, logging, resiliency, and lifecycle management.
- Lead an engineering workstream through system design, enhancements, integration delivery, testing, release planning, and production support transition.
- Support and enhance enterprise systems in a highly regulated financial environment, including controls for data quality, privacy, security, auditability, and operational resilience.
- Provide technical leadership for integrations that automate alternative investment document collection, data extraction, data normalization, downstream reporting, and operational workflows.
- Advance Snowflake-centered data integration patterns, including secure data ingestion, transformation, sharing, consumption, governance, and integration with analytics and reporting platforms.
- Manage architecture governance, technical risk assessments, vendor design reviews, proof-of-concept evaluations, implementation sequencing, and change-management activities.
- Ensure compliance with applicable financial, operational, data, security, and regulatory standards, including SOX, AML/KYC, SEC/FINRA expectations where relevant to platform scope.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
- 10+ years of enterprise systems, application development, solution architecture, or integration architecture experience supporting financial systems and wealth or asset management platforms.
- 5+ years of experience in wealth management, asset management, investment operations, portfolio management, or adjacent financial services environments.
- 5+ years of technical leadership experience leading architects, engineers, analysts, delivery teams, or cross-functional technical workstreams.
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering API integrations, microservices, middleware solutions, data services, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Experience translating business strategy, operating model needs, and regulatory requirements into technology roadmaps, target architectures, and delivery plans.
- Experience supporting enterprise platforms in a production environment, including release planning, regression testing, incident response, operational support, and vendor coordination.
- Working knowledge of asset management workflows, including portfolio data, client reporting, trading or investment operations, performance analytics, alternative investments, and financial reporting.
- Experience working with data platforms, data warehouses, SQL, data modeling concepts, data quality controls, and system-to-system data flows.
- Excellent communication, documentation, organizational, stakeholder management, and team development skills.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities, competing deadlines, and high expectations for quality and reliability.
- Ability to work in Brown Advisory’s Baltimore office three days per week.
Desired Qualifications:
- Deep expertise in enterprise architecture, application development, integration architecture, and secure service design.
- Hands-on experience with Canoe or comparable alternative investment document automation, data extraction, and data management platforms.
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake, including ingestion patterns, data sharing, warehouse design, governance, security, and integration with analytics or reporting tools.
- Experience with portfolio management systems, client advisory tools, client portals, trading systems, performance analytics, portfolio accounting, and client reporting platforms.
- Knowledge of GL structures, portfolio accounting, investment data domains, financial reporting, reconciliation, compliance, and audit requirements.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, containerization, serverless patterns, API gateways, service meshes, orchestration, and modern DevOps practices.
- Experience with REST, GraphQL, message queues, event streaming, ETL/ELT, file-based integrations, webhooks, batch processing, and third-party platform APIs.
- Familiarity with AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, robotic process automation, document intelligence, and intelligent workflow automation.
- Intermediate to advanced SQL knowledge and experience using data analysis to validate integration quality, troubleshoot production issues, and support business decision-making.
- Experience with Agile delivery methods, architecture review boards, change-management processes, SDLC controls, and vendor management.
- Experience designing systems with observability, resiliency, disaster recovery, secure secrets management, role-based access, and data lineage considerations.
Technical and Business Level Competencies:
- Enterprise system architecture and integration
- API strategy, middleware integrations, microservices, and event-driven architecture
- Canoe platform integrations and alternative investment data automation
- Addepar platform integrations
- Snowflake and modern cloud data platform architecture; Addepar Data Exchange (ADX) experience is a plus
- Cloud technologies, including Azure and AWS
- Secure software architecture, identity and access management, encryption, logging, monitoring, and operational resilience
- System security, audit, and financial regulatory compliance, including SOX, AML/KYC, SEC/FINRA, and related financial services controls
- Wealth and asset management workflows, including portfolio management, investment operations, client reporting, advisory processes, and financial planning
- Portfolio analytics, performance reporting, financial reporting, and data governance
- Vendor platform integration, technical due diligence, solution evaluation, and implementation planning
- Agile delivery, architecture governance, documentation, technical mentorship, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization (e.g., H-1B, O-1, F-1 (OPT), TN, or any other non-immigrant visa classifications that require employer support or sponsorship).
MD Salary: $137.5K–$182.5K. Commensurate with experience and location. Does not include bonus or long-term incentive eligibility.
Benefits
At Brown Advisory we offer a competitive compensation package, including full benefits.
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Wellness program participation incentive
• Financial wellness program
• Fitness event fee reimbursement
• Gym membership discounts
• Colleague Assistance Program
• Telemedicine Program (for those enrolled in Medical)
• Adoption Benefits
• Daycare late pick-up fee reimbursement
• Basic Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Voluntary Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Paid parental leave
• Group Long Term Disability
• Pet Insurance
• 401(k) (50% employer match up to IRS limit, 4 year vesting)
Brown Advisory is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.