Senior Staff Software Engineer, Analytics & Accounting

Ridgeline•Reno, NV

6h•$200,000 - $235,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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