Senior Staff Software Engineer, Analytics & Accounting

Do you have a passion for finance & investing? Are you interested in modeling the industry’s data and making it highly available? Are you a technical leader who enjoys refining both technology performance and team collaboration? If so, we invite you to join our innovative team.

As a Ridgeline Senior Staff Software Engineer on our Product Technology team, including Portfolio Accounting and Performanace Measurement and Analytics, you’ll have the unique opportunity to build an industry-defining, fast, scalable accounting engine with full asset class support and global market coverage. You will be relied on for your technical leadership to help the team evolve our architecture, scale to meet our growth opportunity, and exemplify software engineering best practices. Our team of engineers are building with cutting-edge technologies—including AI tools like Claude Code—in a fast-moving, creative, progressive work environment.

You’ll be encouraged to think outside the box, bringing your own vision, passion, and insights to drive advancements that impact both our team and the industry. Our team is committed to creating a lasting impact on the investment management industry, leveraging AI and leading development practices to bring transformative change.

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 make:

• Contribute domain knowledge, design skills, and technical expertise to a cross-functional team
• Be involved in the entire software development process—from requirements and design reviews to shipping production code
• Architect and evolve a cloud-native tech stack on AWS for scalable, performant accounting systems
• Build developer automation to enable scalable, high-quality applications relied on by asset managers
• Coach and mentor product engineers responsible for delivering secure, high-performing enterprise applications
• Think creatively, own complex problems, seek pragmatic solutions, and communicate clearly along the way
• Drive engineering best practices that ensure maintainability, observability, and high availability
• Contribute to a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and transparent collaboration

What we look for:

• Passion for AI experience leveraging AI to accelerate technology projects
• 12+ years in software engineering with a proven record of designing and delivering new products
• 3+ years in Staff+ leadership roles influencing teams and architecture
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or related discipline
• Experience building cloud-native applications (AWS preferred)
• Familiarity with high-availability systems, production on-call, and performance monitoring
• Understanding of automated testing at all levels
• Ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term architectural thinking
• Excellent communicator with strong collaboration skills
• Serious interest in having fun at work

Bonus:

• Experience with Java or Kotlin
• Understanding of AWS services and infrastructure
• Experience with Docker or containerization
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies
• Experience with caching and data modeling
• Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-team technical projects
• Proven ability to prioritize and juggle multiple projects
• Ability to amplify the ideas and contributions of others
• A responsibility-driven mindset that extends beyond just writing code
• Comfort in fast-paced, evolving environments
• Passion for exploring and applying cutting-edge technologies

About Ridgeline

Ridgeline is the first front-to-back system of record for investment managers. Founded by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday), the company was created to modernize an industry held back by outdated, disconnected technology. Powered by a single, real-time data set and embedded AI, Ridgeline helps firms automate complexity, accelerate collaboration, and deliver tailored client experiences at scale, without added headcount or risk. Ridgeline is headquartered in Lake Tahoe, with offices in New York, Reno, and the Bay Area, and is recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by Frost & Sullivan as a “Technology Innovation Leader,” and by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company.”

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

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Compensation and Benefits 

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below. 

The typical starting salary range for this role is: $214,500 - $268,000 

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $236,00 - $295,000

Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above. 

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, 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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