Senior Engineer, Custodian Data

Ridgeline; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Stock Plan

Unlimited vacation

Wellness and education reimbursements

$0-cost employee insurance plans

Job summary

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years in a software engineering role delivering enterprise-grade apps.
• Extensive experience with Java or Kotlin.
• Proven ability to build cloud-native apps on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with API development and event-driven architectures.
• Understanding of high-availability and distributed systems.
• Experience on-call rotations and supporting production systems.
• Strong observability, performance monitoring, and debugging.
• Strong automated testing across unit/integration/e2e.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving.
• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.

Responsibilities

• Contribute hands-on technical skills to a collaborative engineering team.
• Participate in full SDLC from requirements to deployment.
• Build and maintain cloud-native apps using AWS services.
• Design, develop, and support APIs, events, and distributed services.
• Develop data pipelines for ingesting and enriching data.
• Improve developer tooling and automation for quality and scalability.
• Participate in production support including L2/L3 and on-call.
• Drive observability, instrumentation, and performance monitoring.
• Promote strong engineering fundamentals and automated testing.
• Collaborate with product, QA, and other engineering teams.

Skills

Java or Kotlin

Cloud-native apps

AWS/Azure/Google Cloud

API development

Distributed systems

On-call support

Observability

Automated testing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Docker

React

Job description

Do you have a passion for finance & investing? Are you excited by the challenge of modeling industry-critical data and making it highly available? Do you enjoy solving complex technical problems and delivering high-quality software? If so, we invite you to join our innovative Custodian Data team.

At Ridgeline, our Senior Software Engineers play a key role in building an industry-defining, fast, scalable custodian data engine with full asset class support and global market coverage. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies—including AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT—in a fast-moving, creative, and collaborative environment.

As a Senior Engineer on the Custodian Data team, you will contribute to the evolution of our architecture, ensure delivery of high-quality systems, and work closely with design, product, and engineering partners to build cloud-native applications that power mission-critical workflows for our customers.

You must be work-authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

What you will do

• Contribute hands-on technical skills, domain knowledge, and design input to a collaborative engineering team
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle—from requirements and design reviews to building, testing, and deploying code
• Build and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS-based services across our platform
• Design, develop, and support APIs, events, and distributed services with a focus on scalability and reliability
• Develop Data pipelines for ingesting and enriching data.
• Implement and improve developer tooling and automation to drive high-quality, scalable, and maintainable systems
• Participate in production support, including L2/L3 support and on-call rotation, ensuring high availability for customer-facing systems
• Drive improvements in observability, instrumentation, and performance monitoring
• Advocate for and contribute to strong engineering fundamentals, including automated testing at all levels
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, QA, and other engineering teams
• Demonstrate ownership, creativity, and a willingness to dive deep into business domain problems
• Contribute to an engineering culture rooted in learning, teaching, inclusion, and transparency

Desired Skills and Experience

• 5-7+ years in a software engineering role, with experience delivering enterprise-grade applications
• Extensive experience in Java or Kotlin
• Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience with API development and/or event-driven architecture
• Understanding of high-availability and distributed systems concepts
• Experience participating in on-call rotations and handling L2/L3 support
• Proficiency with observability tooling, performance monitoring, and production debugging
• Strong grasp of automated testing practices across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels
• Ability to break down complex problems, propose solutions, and communicate clearly
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Genuine interest in collaborating with others and having fun at work

Bonus Points

• Experience working on data pipelines, reconciliation systems, market data ingestion, or other fintech applications
• Understanding of AWS services and infrastructure patterns
• Experience with Docker or containerization
• Familiarity with agile methodologies
• Experience with caching technologies
• Experience with data modeling or designing schemas
• Exposure to React or willingness to learn
• Experience building or owning systems with significant performance or scale requirements
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An aptitude for problem-solving and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and positively influence your team

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. Founded in 2017 by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of PeopleSoft and Workday), Ridgeline is purpose-built to transform how investment managers run their businesses.

Headquartered in Lake Tahoe with offices in Reno, Manhattan, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is proud to be a people-first, fast-growing company recognized as a "Best Workplace for Innovators" by Fast Company, a "Top U.S. Startup" by LinkedIn, and a "Top 100 Software Company" by The Software Report.

We are a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.

Compensation and Benefits

The typical starting salary range for this role in the San Francisco Bay Area or NYC Metro Area is: $168,000 - $210,000

Final compensation will be based on experience and expertise.

• All employees are eligible to participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the Stock Option Agreement.
• Unlimited vacation.
• Wellness and education reimbursements.
• $0-cost employee insurance plans.

This role is only available as hybrid.

This role requires in-person interviews and onsite onboarding at our office.