Senior Vice President, Real Estate Technology

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

SUMMARY

Ares is seeking a Vice President,   Full Stack Software Engineering   Lead  to   drive the   design, development, and delivery of technology solutions supporting the firm’s global real estate investment and operating platform.

Reporting to the Principal, Head of Real Estate Technology, this role will serve as the engineering leader for the Real Estate Technology organization, responsible for building and evolving software platforms that support the real estate investment lifecycle across sourcing, underwriting, acquisitions, asset management, property operations, portfolio management, reporting, and investment analytics.

This is a highly hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate will be expected to actively contribute to software development alongside the engineering team while  establishing  engineering standards, modern architecture patterns, and software  delivery  best practices. The role will be accountable for engineering execution, solution quality, operational stability, and the end-to-end software development lifecycle across real estate technology initiatives.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience building enterprise-grade applications within financial services, investment management, real estate, or alternative asset management environments, with deep  expertise  in modern full-stack development, cloud-native architectures, microservices, data platforms, messaging systems, and software engineering best practices.

This individual will partner closely with Product Management, real estate investment professionals, asset management teams, property management and operations stakeholders, finance, Data & AI teams, and broader Investment Technology leadership to deliver scalable, resilient, and high-performing technology solutions that support the firm’s growing real estate business.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Engineering Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers supporting Real Estate Technology initiatives.

• Establish  engineering standards, development practices, coding guidelines, and quality controls.

• Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration.

• Provide hands-on coaching and technical guidance to team members.

• Drive adoption of Agile development practices and modern engineering methodologies.

• Drive engineering decisions related to scalability, resiliency, performance, observability, and operational excellence.

• Evaluate  new technologies  and architectural patterns to improve engineering effectiveness and platform capabilities.

Application Development & Technology Delivery

• Lead development across real estate deal management platforms, underwriting and investment workflow solutions, asset management and portfolio  monitoring  platforms, property operations integrations, investment data services and APIs, and reporting and analytics platforms.

• Ensure engineering teams deliver scalable technology solutions supporting deal sourcing and pipeline management, underwriting workflows, acquisition and transaction management, asset management, property operations, portfolio monitoring, investment reporting, and real estate investment data management.

• Develop and  maintain  APIs, data services, and integration frameworks supporting investment, asset management, property operations, finance, risk, reporting, and analytics platforms.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Architect and deploy applications using modern cloud-native technologies.

• Implement containerized solutions  utilizing  Kubernetes and cloud platform services.

• Drive modernization efforts focused on cloud adoption, scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.

• Ensure proper observability, monitoring, logging, and operational support across production environments.

Integration & Event-Driven Architecture

• Design and implement API-first architecture and integration frameworks.

• Leverage  messaging platforms, event streaming, and asynchronous processing patterns to support scalable and resilient business platforms.

• Build solutions that integrate seamlessly across investment, data, property management, finance, and operational platforms.

• Partner with Data & AI teams to enable high-quality data flows and analytics capabilities.

Hands-On Software Engineering

• Actively contribute to software development and remain deeply involved in implementation decisions.

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support business-critical applications supporting real estate investment and operating workflows.

• Participate  in code reviews, architecture reviews, troubleshooting, and production support activities.

• Lead development efforts across front-end, backend, integration, and data layers.

• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with enterprise engineering standards.

Platform Architecture & System Design

• Design and evolve modern cloud-native architectures supporting the real estate technology ecosystem.

• Define architecture standards for distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, and microservices.

Software Development Lifecycle & Governance

• Own the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle for Real Estate Technology engineering initiatives.

• Establish  CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, release management processes, and deployment standards.

• Drive improvements in software quality, development velocity, security, and operational stability.

• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, regulatory, and operational resiliency requirements.

Business Partnership & Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with Product Management to prioritize engineering initiatives and deliver business outcomes.

• Serve as a trusted technology advisor to real estate investment professionals, asset management teams, property management and operations stakeholders, finance, and broader Investment Technology partners.

• Translate complex real estate investment and operational requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Communicate architecture decisions, delivery plans, risks, and engineering tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

QUALIFICATIONS

​ Education:   BS in Computer Science or   related field is   required .   Advanced degree   preferred.

Experience Required:

• 12-15   years of progressive software engineering experience delivering enterprise technology solutions.

• 5 + years leading software engineering teams, technical organizations, or major technology initiatives.

• Demonstrated  experience leading end-to-end software delivery within financial services, investment management, real estate, or alternative asset management environments.

• Experience supporting real estate investment, asset management, property operations, portfolio management, finance, or related investment platforms preferred.

• Strong preference for candidates with experience supporting real estate acquisitions, underwriting, asset management, property management, portfolio monitoring, investment reporting, or real estate analytics platforms.

• Proven  track record  building and operating business-critical applications within regulated or operationally complex environments.

• Experience partnering directly with product management, real estate i