Investment bank with offices across U.S. and Europe, Asia offering advisory and capital markets services
Piper Sandler is a publicly traded investment bank (NYSE: PIPR) headquartered in Minneapolis with 60+ offices globally. The tech stack reveals a traditional financial-services infrastructure—Java, Python, SQL, Spark for data processing; AWS, Azure, GCP for cloud; ServiceNow for operations—paired with modern web tooling (React, TypeScript). Active hiring skews heavily toward finance roles, but the project portfolio (private equity advisory platform, data pipelines, secondary/primary fundraising execution) and pain-point cluster (advisory platform differentiation, technology gaps, data quality) signal ongoing modernization of core deal and portfolio infrastructure.
Piper Sandler operates as a full-service investment bank serving mid-market and institutional clients across capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and alternative asset management. The firm maintains regulatory registrations in the U.S., U.K., EU, Abu Dhabi Global Market, and Hong Kong, allowing it to execute cross-border transactions and advisory work. The business spans multiple verticals including energy, real estate development, infrastructure, and biopharma. Current operational priorities include building out private equity advisory capabilities, scaling data and transaction-execution platforms, and closing gaps between legacy systems and modern infrastructure.
Core languages: Python, Java, Scala, SQL, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, React. Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP. Data: Spark, Power BI, Azure Cosmos DB, Oracle. Ops: ServiceNow, Zoom, Teams. Recently adopting GitHub Actions.
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm operates 60+ offices across the U.S. and internationally in London, Aberdeen, Zurich, Munich, Abu Dhabi, and Hong Kong.
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