Staff Software Engineer, Core Accounting

About the position

As a Ridgeline Staff Software Engineer on our Portfolio Accounting team, 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 GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT- 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.

Responsibilities

• Contribute accounting domain knowledge, design skills, and technical expertise to a team where design, product, and engineering collaborate closely
• Be involved in the entire software development process, from requirements and design reviews to shipping code and observing how it lands with our customers
• Impact a developing tech stack based on AWS back-end services
• Participate in the creation and construction of developer-based automation that leads to scalable, high-quality applications customers will depend on to run their businesses
• Coach, mentor, and inspire teams of product engineers that are responsible for delivering high performing, secure enterprise applications
• Think creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly along the way
• Contribute to a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency

Requirements

• 8+ years in a software engineering position with a history of architecting and designing new products and technologies
• Experience building cloud native applications on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline
• Experience with API and Event design
• Background in high-availability systems
• Experience with on-call
• Experience with production instrumentation, observability, and performance monitoring
• Willingness to learn about new technologies while simultaneously developing expertise in a business domain/problem space
• Understand the value of automated tests 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

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years experience engineering in Portfolio Accounting, Reconciliation, Market Data, or other Fintech applications
• Understanding of AWS services and infrastructure
• Experience with Docker or containerization
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Experience in Java or Kotlin
• Experience with React
• Experience with caching
• Experience with data modeling
• Experience leading difficult technical projects that take multiple people and teams to complete
• Ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize effectively
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Willingness to learn about cutting-edge technologies while cultivating expertise in a business domain/problem space
• An aptitude for problem solving
• Ability to amplify the ideas of others
• Responsibility to deliver an excellent project that extends beyond coding
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and changing environment

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation
• Educational and wellness reimbursements
• $0 cost employee insurance plans
• Participation in Company Stock Plan