Ridgeline

Build and ship full-stack features for client management applications, collaborating with product and design teams to deliver reliable software. | At least 2 years software engineering experience, proficiency in modern web front-end and backend services like Java or Kotlin, and a bachelor's degree. | As a Full Stack Software Engineer at Ridgeline, you’ll have the unique opportunity to build high-quality, complex, FinTech industry-defining cloud applications for our Client Management solutions. Our team of engineers are building, from scratch, cutting edge technologies in a fast-moving, creative, and progressive work environment. You’ll think outside the box and add your own genius, passion, and interests to the software development lifecycle. Ridgeline Client Management is the entry into the Ridgeline suite of applications for client and portfolio onboarding and partner relationships, providing an investor 360 view and lightweight service automation. Ridgeline Revenue Management is a complementary application for fee calculations, client invoicing and revenue analytics. As part of the Ridgeline Client Management team, you will be building an innovative solution on cutting edge technology, help shape our culture, make a big impact on a growing team, and be part of building a successful company. Our team aims to leave a legacy in an investment management industry that is primed for revolution. The impact you will have: Build and ship full stack features for Client Management, contributing to user experiences, APIs, backend services, and data flows that customers rely on every day. Partner with product, design, and engineering teammates to turn requirements and workflows into intuitive, reliable software. Contribute throughout the software development lifecycle, from design reviews and implementation through testing, rollout, and ongoing improvement. Write maintainable, well-tested code and help improve developer automation, quality, and operational excellence across the team. Contribute to a collaborative team culture rooted in learning, teaching, transparency, and continuous improvement. Use AI tools and modern engineering workflows to accelerate design, development, testing, and documentation while maintaining a high bar for quality. Grow into broader technical ownership by delivering well-scoped features, strengthening system understanding, and building confidence across the stack. What we look for: 2+ years of software engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated growth and impact in a comparable environment A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline Proficiency building web front-ends using technologies like React, Jest, JavaScript and TypeScript Proficiency building backend services with Java or Kotlin and working with REST or GraphQL APIs and SQL-backed systems Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud An aptitude for problem-solving and a willingness to learn new technologies while developing expertise in the business domain Strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, and architectural patterns Ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels and cross-functionally Serious interest in having fun at work Bonus: Experience with Docker and containerization Understanding of AWS services (ECS/Fargate, Kafka/MSK) and infrastructure (IaC/Terraform) Used to working within an Agile development construct Experience with investment or asset management OR customer relationship management (CRM) applications Background in design, economics, or finance Familiarity with observability or monitoring tooling such as Datadog About Ridgeline Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded in 2017 by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday) to address the unique technology challenges of an industry in need of new thinking. We are building a modern platform in the public cloud, purpose-built for the investment management industry to empower business like never before. Headquartered in Lake Tahoe with offices in Reno, Manhattan, 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 LinkedIn as a “Top U.S. Startup,” and by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company.” Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace. Ridgeline processes the information you submit in connection with your application in accordance with the Ridgeline Candidate Privacy Policy. Please review the Ridgeline Candidate Privacy Policy in full to understand our privacy practices and contact us with any questions. This posting is for an existing vacancy. Compensation and Benefits As an employee at Ridgeline, you’ll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is $128,000 - $150,500. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amount listed above. In addition to the base salary, 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. #LI-Hybrid

Ensure reliability and scalability of SaaS platform via automation, observability, CI/CD management, and incident response leadership. | 3-6 years SRE/DevOps experience with 2+ years supporting AWS SaaS production, proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, Terraform, and observability tools. | Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering Reno, NV; San Ramon, CA; NYC - Hybrid Are you passionate about building resilient, highly available cloud platforms that enable engineering teams to move quickly and confidently? Do you enjoy automating complex operational challenges, improving observability, and eliminating manual toil through thoughtful engineering? Are you excited by the opportunity to support mission-critical production systems while collaborating with talented engineers in a fast-moving, innovative environment? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll help ensure the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Ridgeline's mission-critical SaaS platform. You'll partner closely with product and platform engineers to improve service reliability, accelerate engineering velocity through automation, and build systems that are easier to operate from day one. Our team of engineers are building with cutting-edge technologies—like Claude Code and Cursor—in a fast-moving, creative, progressive work environment. You'll play a key role in advancing our observability, release engineering, incident response, and automation capabilities while contributing measurable improvements to platform stability and developer productivity. 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. The impact you will have Improve the reliability, availability, and performance of Ridgeline's mission-critical production SaaS platform. Build automation that measurably increases engineering velocity while reducing operational toil. Own and improve production observability through metrics, structured logging, distributed tracing, dashboards, and actionable alerting. Design and enhance CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, progressive delivery strategies, and rollback mechanisms. Define and improve Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budget practices to proactively manage reliability. Identify capacity constraints and reliability risks before they impact customers. Participate in an on-call rotation, triaging production issues, coordinating incident response, and driving issues to resolution with very infrequent after-hours support. Lead blameless postmortems and implement long-term improvements that strengthen platform resilience. Partner with software engineers on infrastructure design reviews to build highly operable, scalable services. Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and AWS best practices. Collaborate across a distributed engineering organization while fostering a culture of ownership, transparency, learning, and continuous improvement. What we look for 3–6 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or a related discipline. At least 2 years supporting mission-critical production SaaS workloads running on AWS. Experience operating production systems where uptime, performance, and reliability are business critical. Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ECS or EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and managed database or messaging services. Strong understanding of observability, including monitoring, alerting, distributed tracing, and production diagnostics. Experience designing or significantly improving CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Buildkite, or similar platforms. Experience with deployment strategies including blue/green, canary, or progressive rollouts. Proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or another scripting language used for automation and tooling. Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform. Comfortable participating in an on-call rotation and leading incident response with composure. Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to make measurable improvements to platform reliability, operational efficiency, or developer productivity. Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a passion for solving complex technical challenges. A collaborative mindset with a desire to learn, mentor others, and contribute to a positive engineering culture. Bonus Experience with Kubernetes and Helm. Familiarity with chaos engineering or fault injection practices. Experience building or contributing to SLO and error budget programs. Working knowledge of Kotlin, Node.js, or TypeScript. Experience supporting highly distributed cloud-native applications. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline. 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. Ridgeline processes the information you submit in connection with your application in accordance with the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement. Please review the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement in full to understand our privacy practices and contact us with any questions. Compensation and Benefits The cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $153,000 - $210,000. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, 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. #LI-Hybrid