Staff Software Engineer, Reporting Engine

Are you a passionate full stack engineer with a talent for designing powerful and intuitive user experiences from the ground up? Do you love solving complex technical challenges and delivering elegant solutions that empower users and leave a lasting impact? Are you excited to mentor others, shape team culture, and push the boundaries of modern reporting tools with AI-driven innovation? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Staff Software Engineer on Ridgeline’s Report Builder team, you’ll play a key role in designing and delivering a core feature of our platform—an intelligent, user-friendly reporting tool that enables customers to visualize and interact with critical investment data across the enterprise. You’ll be hands-on in building scalable full stack solutions, while also guiding strategic decisions and mentoring fellow engineers. You’ll collaborate closely with teammates across product, design, and engineering to shape the future of reporting for investment management. We use cutting-edge technologies—including AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT—to streamline development and amplify engineering impact.

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

What will you do?

• Contribute technical design opinions and fuel decision-making to fast paced, growing team
• Partner closely with design, strategy, and engineering teammates and work in a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency
• Engage in the entire development process, from requirements and design reviews through implementation and testing
• Build scalable, testable TypeScript and React components, while championing performance, accessibility, and design-system consistency
• Create automation that leads to scalable, high-quality applications customers will depend on to run their businesses
• Coach, mentor, and inspire fellow engineers to deliver high performing, secure enterprise applications
• Think creatively, tackle complex problems, seek innovative solutions, and communicate clearly along the way
• Contribute to a collaborative environment rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency

Desired Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, including a strong track record of architecting and designing new products and systems
• 6+ years of experience building web frontends with technologies such as React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Jest
• Backend experience using Kotlin, RESTful/GraphQL APIs
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline
• Willingness to learn about new technologies and develop expertise in a business domain/problem space
• Understand the value of automated testing at all levels
• Ability to focus on short-term deliverables while maintaining a big-picture long term perspective
• An aptitude for complex problem-solving
• Ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels
• Serious interest in having fun at work
• Ability to communicate effectively

Bonus:

• Familiarity with AWS services, Docker
• Comfortable working in Agile development environments
• Background in Wealth Management, FinTech, or other domain-specific, high-trust software
• Proven ability to contribute to mission-critical or high-availability platforms
• Track record of introducing data-driven improvements through instrumentation, automation, or process optimization

About Ridgeline

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday) to apply his successful formula of solving operational business challenges with bold innovation and human connectivity to the unique needs of the investment management industry.

Ridgeline started with a clean sheet of paper and a deep bench of experts bound by a set of core values and motivated to revolutionize an industry underserved by its current tech offerings. We are building a new, modern platform in the public cloud, purpose-built for the investment management industry and we are prioritizing security, agility, and usability to empower business like never before.
With a growing campus in Reno and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has been recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company,” and by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Startup Employers.”

Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.

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Compensation and Benefits

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

The typical starting salary range for this role is: $174,500-$205,000.

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $185,000-$220,000.

Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above.

As an employee at Ridgeline, you’ll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product.

In addition to the base salary, 100% of Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please check out our Careers page for a more comprehensive overview of our perks and benefits.

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