Software Engineer - Associate / Assistant Vice President at iCapital
Salt Lake City, UT
$80,000–$140,000from the description
Aug 7, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend engineering role at a fintech platform, focused on designing, building, and operating cloud-based services and APIs across a service-oriented architecture. The stack includes Scala, Ruby, and Python, though prior experience with those specific languages is not required — strong fundamentals and adaptability matter more. The role spans the full delivery lifecycle, from technical design through production support, and suits an engineer with 3–5+ years of backend experience.
Mid level · 3+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6,200 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,650–8,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting titles this role 'Associate or Assistant Vice President level' — these are internal seniority bands at iCapital, not standard engineering levels. The requirements (3–5+ years, independent delivery) map to a Mid-level engineer on a standard career ladder.
The primary language requirement is framed as 'such as Ruby, Scala, Python, Java, or TypeScript' — any one of these satisfies the gate. Ruby is listed first and is the platform's primary language, so it is used as the skill name with the others captured as alternatives.
Scala and Python are also called out as part of the platform stack in the role description narrative, so they are included as preferred skills in addition to appearing as alternatives to the main language requirement.
Version control is listed as a qualification but no specific tool is named; Git is the near-universal standard and is captured as the canonical skill name.
The role is hybrid (Mon–Thu in office, Fri remote), not fully remote.
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