Senior Software Engineer - Trading, Order Management

Ridgeline•New York, NY

63d•$146,000 - $172,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Are you a thoughtful engineer who thrives on designing scalable systems that bring order and clarity to complex workflows? Do you enjoy collaborating across disciplines to deliver performant, intuitive solutions that empower users in high-stakes environments? Are you excited to leverage your technical expertise to build innovative order management functionality from the ground up? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Order Management team at Ridgeline, you'll take a leading role in building core trading workflows used by investment professionals to place, route, and manage orders. You'll collaborate with product managers and designers to create seamless, high-performance experiences that meet the demands of a modern asset management platform. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys tackling multifaceted engineering challenges and wants to shape how trading technology works in a cloud-native, enterprise-grade system. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies-including AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT-to accelerate development and improve engineering outcomes. 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.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally building enterprise SaaS or financial technology
Strong experience with modern programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, or Go
Familiarity with cloud-native development and distributed systems architecture
Proven ability to own projects end-to-end and deliver high-quality software in production environments
Commitment to testing, documentation, and writing maintainable code
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Willingness to learn about cutting-edge technologies while cultivating deep domain expertise
Serious interest in having fun at work

Nice To Haves

Experience working with trading systems or order management workflows is a plus
Comfort working in a fast-paced, startup environment with evolving priorities
Experience with highly available systems
Familiarity with investment workflows such as portfolio modeling, compliance, or post-trade
Exposure to AI tools in the software development lifecycle

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable order management workflows that support trading, allocations, and compliance integration
Collaborate closely with product and design partners to deliver elegant and effective user experiences
Develop services and APIs that ensure accuracy, performance, and auditability of order-related data
Own features from conception to delivery with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
Contribute to system architecture and promote engineering best practices across the team
Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to enhance productivity and code quality
Participate in code reviews and mentor junior team members with a spirit of continuous learning and improvement
Embrace a growth mindset, actively seek feedback, and look for opportunities to improve both systems and processes
Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, high-performing environment