Staff Frontend Engineer, Trading Platform (Hybrid + Equity)

ridgeline; United States; Hybrid; USD 183,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock plan

Unlimited vacation

Wellness reimbursements

0-cost employee insurance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

ridgeline is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Trading team to build a Trade Order Management platform for investment management. You will work across design, requirements, and delivery to shape a modern cloud-native system.

Role blends deep engineering with quantitative finance, mentoring engineers and driving scalable solutions on AWS. Ideal for leaders who thrive in a transparent, ownership-minded team culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with architecture/design of new products.
• Expert-level proficiency in Java or Kotlin.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience applying design patterns and SOLID principles with automated unit tests.
• Ability to navigate complex codebases and learn new tech independently.
• Clear communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply trading domain knowledge to design solutions at the intersection of engineering, strategy, and product.
• Participate across the full SDLC including requirements, design reviews, and platform expansion.
• Shape and optimize a tech stack on AWS back-end services for scalable apps.
• Contribute to automation and tooling to support reliable delivery.
• Advocate best practices and coach engineers on secure, high-performance apps.
• Collaborate in a learning-oriented environment with shared ownership.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

OOAD/SOLID

Unit testing

Problem solving

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

AWS

JUnit

Git

Job description

ridgeline is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Trading team to build a Trade Order Management platform for investment management. You will work across design, requirements, and delivery to shape a modern cloud-native system.

Role blends deep engineering with quantitative finance, mentoring engineers and driving scalable solutions on AWS. Ideal for leaders who thrive in a transparent, ownership-minded team culture.