Senior Engineer, Custodian Data

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

About Ridgeline

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.

Ridgeline offers exceptional benefits, including unlimited vacation, wellness and education reimbursements, and $0-cost employee insurance plans. Visit our Careers page to learn more.