Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tools

About The Role

ACPWB is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tools to help the Platform Engineering team scale the client-facing analytics and reporting portal to meet growing demand from the advisory practice. You will work in Power BI and Azure Synapse, contribute to cybersecurity and access management initiatives, and collaborate with a team of 4 who take engineering craft seriously and treat technical debt as a real liability.

The Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tools will join ACPWB's Platform Engineering group and own a defined portion of the client-facing analytics and reporting portal. The work spans Power BI and Azure Synapse on Amazon Web Services (AWS), balancing feature development with the maintenance and reliability that a professional services firm depends on. We treat engineering as a professional discipline here — not a cost center. That distinction affects how this team operates day to day.

The Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tools role in ACPWB's Platform Engineering group is for someone who finds real satisfaction in making complex systems work well. You will take responsibility for cybersecurity and access management using Power BI and Azure Synapse on Amazon Web Services (AWS), and your work will have immediate, visible impact on the quality and efficiency of ACPWB's analytical operations. We have 4 people on this team. Every contribution matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor system health, troubleshoot issues, and respond to incidents with appropriate urgency and documentation
• Manage vendor relationships for technical services and software subscriptions relevant to cybersecurity and access management
• Enforce data quality standards and develop automated validation and monitoring for data pipelines
• Maintain network and systems infrastructure for ACPWB's Milwaukee office and remote work environments
• Develop APIs and integrations connecting the client-facing analytics and reporting portal with third-party data sources and internal tools
• Document system architecture, data models, and operational runbooks for the Platform Engineering team

Qualifications

Required

• Strong proficiency in Power BI and Azure Synapse or an equivalent technical stack with demonstrated production experience
• Experience working in an Agile or iterative development environment
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with version control (Git), code review practices, and CI/CD pipelines

Preferred

• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and columnar storage platforms
• Prior involvement in technology selection or architectural decision-making in a professional context
• Familiarity with dbt, Great Expectations, or other data transformation and validation frameworks

Why ACPWB

At ACPWB, you will work alongside people who read proxy statements as a leisure activity, who have opinions about SEC rulemaking, and who can explain the history of executive pay in America over dinner without anyone reaching for their phone. If that sounds like your people, it probably is. ACPWB was founded in Milwaukee in 2006 with a simple mandate: help working Americans understand and advocate for the compensation they deserve. Eighteen years later, that mandate has grown into a full-service research and advisory practice serving clients from early-stage employers to Fortune 50 enterprises — and we are still based in Milwaukee, because Milwaukee is genuinely underrated.

Interview Process

We interview thoroughly and move quickly. Candidates who complete our process receive a decision within one week of the final interview. We make competitive offers and do not negotiate against candidates who have honestly shared their expectations. We are a compensation firm. We are aware of the irony of behaving otherwise.

What Success Looks Like In Year One

• Lead at least one sprint or project phase end-to-end from planning through deployment
• Contribute meaningfully to the team's technical roadmap discussions with grounded, evidence-based input
• Ship at least two meaningful features or improvements to the client-facing analytics and reporting portal with full documentation