Senior Staff Software Engineer, Portfolio

Are you a technical leader who thrives on solving complex data challenges in the investment management space? Do you have a passion for financial markets, asset modeling, and building scalable systems? Are you excited to architect and evolve core platform services that enable transparency and speed across the investment lifecycle? If so, we invite you to join our innovative team.

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on Ridgeline's Portfolio team, you'll help build an industry-defining platform that powers key services such as Portfolio, Market Data, and Security Master. Your work will directly shape how investment data is modeled, integrated, and delivered-supporting complex asset classes, global market coverage, and real-time insights. You will translate nuanced financial concepts into extensible, high-performance systems and collaborate across disciplines to scale our backend infrastructure. Working with cutting-edge technologies-including AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT-you'll refine both platform architecture and team productivity, contributing to a culture of innovation and engineering excellence.

At Ridgeline, how we work matters as much as what we build.
Ridgeliners act like owners, choose growth over comfort, and communicate with transparency. We assume positive intent, bias toward action, and bring solutions-not just problems. We celebrate wins, learn from setbacks, and thrive in a resilient, collaborative, high-performing culture.If this excites you, we'd love to meet you.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.
The impact you will have:

• Design and evolve backend systems supporting portfolio, market, and security data for the Ridgeline investment management platform
• Architect data models that handle complex relationships, global assets, and real-time updates across investment workflows
• Build scalable cloud-native applications using AWS infrastructure and event-driven architectures
• Develop and refine systems that support both OLTP and OLAP data use cases
• Model financial domain behaviors into performant, testable, and observable software components
• Mentor engineering teams by instilling best practices, encouraging technical ownership, and fostering growth
• Contribute to developer automation strategies that improve quality, speed, and resiliency of deployments
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and design teams to translate ideas into customer-centric solutions
• Drive continuous improvement through observability, performance monitoring, and production excellence
• Champion a culture of learning, knowledge-sharing, and transparent communication

What we look for:

• 12+ years in software engineering with demonstrated technical leadership in designing large-scale platforms
• 3+ years in staff-level or higher roles guiding architecture and mentoring teams
• Experience building and deploying systems on AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Background in financial services, particularly high-availability systems
• Strong understanding of CQRS, event-driven design, and data modeling for both transactional and analytical workloads
• Hands-on experience with on-call rotations, instrumentation, and observability practices
• Ability to distill complex problems into scalable technical solutions
• Willingness to learn and develop expertise in a new business domain
• Clear, confident communication skills with both technical and non-technical partners
• Serious interest in having fun at work

Bonus:

• CFA Charter or deep familiarity with financial instruments and accounting concepts
• 3+ years experience in Portfolio Accounting, Reconciliation, Market Data, or Performance
• Experience with containerization tools such as Docker
• Proficiency in Java or Kotlin
• Familiarity with agile development practices
• Track record of leading large-scale, cross-team technical initiatives
• Ability to elevate team performance by amplifying others' ideas and providing thoughtful feedback

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.
Ridgeline processes the information you submit in connection with your application in accordance with the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement. Please review the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement in full to understand our privacy practices and contact us with any questions.

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.

#LI-Hybrid

---