Ridgeline

Set technical strategy for a shared agentic AI platform, build reliable AI capabilities, and coordinate adoption and architecture across engineering teams. | Requires 15+ years of engineering experience, production agentic AI and RAG expertise, platform architecture leadership, and proficiency in Kotlin, TypeScript, and React. | Are you a technical leader who thrives at architecting agentic AI systems and shipping them in production? Do you want to help define how autonomous, tool-using AI agents get built into a real, customer-facing product? If so, we invite you to apply to join our AI Platform team, where we're building the future of investment management software. As a Principal Engineer on the AI Platform team, you will guide the architecture and development of Ridgeline's agentic AI platform while also directly contributing to product delivery. You'll help drive the design of the agentic systems, workflows, and capabilities that power our product, including how those agents access external data and use models efficiently, all in close partnership with the engineers who built the platform's foundation. This role offers broad, cross-company impact, working across teams throughout the firm to shape how AI capabilities are built and adopted, in a collaborative, high-agency team culture. What will you do? • Define and drive technical strategy and architecture for Ridgeline's AI platform and shared AI capabilities across the company. • Lead technical decisions that enable engineering teams across the firm to use AI platform capabilities in scalable, reliable, secure, and responsible ways. • Identify and resolve systemic technical obstacles that limit the availability, usability, extensibility, or reliability of the AI platform, including proactively engaging teams building one-off AI solutions to bring them onto the shared platform. • Establish engineering standards and architectural approaches that help teams make sound decisions as AI technologies and capabilities evolve, including reliability and evaluation standards for AI models in production. • Partner across Engineering, Product, Data, and other functions to connect AI platform investments to company priorities and customer outcomes, adapting your working style to collaborate with diverse engineering squads. • Architect solutions for integrating external data via retrieval-augmented generation, including connections to third-party data stores, and build systems for token-efficient AI usage such as model routing and code execution. • Propose and evaluate new AI features to advance the platform's capabilities, and resolve technical debates to align teams around the right approach. Desired Skills And Experience • 15+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in systems architecture. • Significant experience building and shipping an AI-powered product in production, including agentic loop design, structured responses, tool calling, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). • Proven ability to design scalable, efficient system architectures and evaluate the right technologies for AI system components. • Experience establishing software development best practices and reliability/evaluation standards for AI models in production. • Full-stack experience across front-end and back-end AI product development; proficiency in Kotlin, TypeScript, and React. • Experience working with both Anthropic and/or OpenAI models and APIs. • Track record of driving technical or architectural decisions and aligning stakeholders across teams, especially amid competing viewpoints. • Demonstrated success integrating third-party data sources and delivering measurable improvements in AI model performance and token efficiency in production. Bonus • Experience with multi-agent systems, AI agent orchestration, or advanced model evaluation techniques. • Background in financial services or investment management. • Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or publications in the space. About Ridgeline Ridgeline is the first front-to-back system of record for investment managers. Founded by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday), the company was created to modernize an industry held back by outdated, disconnected technology. Powered by a single, real-time data set and embedded AI, Ridgeline helps firms automate complexity, accelerate collaboration, and deliver tailored client experiences at scale, without added headcount or risk. Ridgeline is headquartered in Lake Tahoe, with offices in New York, Reno, the Bay Area, Dublin Ireland. Ridgeline is recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by Frost & Sullivan as a “Technology Innovation Leader,” 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 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: $253,000-$316,000. The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $278,000-$347,500. 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, 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.

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