Staff Software Engineer

Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your creativity and technical expertise can shape the future of how our customers use their data to accelerate their business? Are you passionate about generating custom reports for investment performance? Are you excited to mentor and inspire a team while leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as AI tools, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT? If so, we invite you to be a part of our Reporting Workflow team.

As a Staff Software Engineer on Reporting Workflow, you’ll have the unique opportunity to champion and build high-quality features leveraging our report generation architecture in a fast-moving, progressive work environment. You will be asked to maintain and grow our client statement reporting architecture with a focus on extensibility and scalability as we grow our customer base. As a key leader within the Reporting Workflow organization you’ll also contribute to the evolution of how we can provide client statements to end customers within our application.

As part of the Ridgeline Reporting team, you’ll help shape our culture, make a big impact on a small team, and learn what it takes to build a successful company. You’ll be empowered to think outside the box and add your own genius, passion, and interests to the software development lifecycle. Our team is committed to creating a lasting impact on the investment management industry, leveraging AI and leading development practices to bring transformative change.

What will you do? 

• Contribute business insight, design skills, and technical expertise to a team where design, strategy, and engineering collaborate closely
• Drive projects through the entire full-stack software development process, from requirements and design reviews through the implementation of a new product 
• Impact an evolving tech stack based on modern front-end frameworks and cost-efficient utilization of AWS back-end services
• Participate in the creation and construction of developer-based automation that leads to scalable, high-quality applications customers will depend on to run their businesses
• Coach, mentor, and inspire teams of software engineers that are responsible for delivering high performing, secure enterprise applications
• Think creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly along the way
• Contribute to a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency
• Demonstrate a strong dedication to code quality, automation and operational excellence: unit/integration/component tests and workflows

Desired Skills and Experiences

• 6+ years in a software engineering position or similar function, with a history of designing and developing new products and using new technologies
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline
• Mastery of data structures, algorithms, state machines, and architectural patterns
• Experience working with relational databases and/or enterprise frameworks
• Understanding of building back-end infrastructure using AWS offerings such as Aurora, ECS, S3, and Lambdas
• Expertise in one or more of the following languages: Kotlin, Java, C#
• Willingness to learn about new technologies while simultaneously developing expertise in a business domain/problem space
• Ability to focus on short-term deliverables while maintaining a big-picture perspective
• An aptitude for problem solving
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels and all audiences
• Serious interest in having fun at work

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience building responsive Web interfaces using frameworks such as React and Redux
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Background in financial reporting, economics, or business
• Template driven document generation

About Ridgeline

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday) to apply his successful formula of solving operational business challenges with bold innovation and human connectivity to the unique needs of the investment management industry. 

Ridgeline started with a clean sheet of paper and a deep bench of experts bound by a set of core values and motivated to revolutionize an industry underserved by its current tech offerings. We are building a new, modern platform in the public cloud, purpose-built for the investment management industry and we are prioritizing security, agility, and usability to empower business like never before.

With a growing campus in Reno and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has been recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company,” and by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Startup Employers.”

Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.

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Compensation and Benefits

As an employee at Ridgeline, you’ll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product.

In addition to the base salary, 100% of Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please check out our Careers page for a more comprehensive overview of our perks and benefits.

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