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Ridgeline is a fast-growing investment management cloud platform building modern, secure enterprise software for the buy-side. We seek a Staff Software Engineer on the Trading - Valuation and Analytics team who combines strong engineering craftsmanship with quantitative and trading-domain knowledge to design and deliver high-performance valuation, analytics, and order management features in a cloud-native environment.

Skills

  • Expert-level Java or Kotlin proficiency
  • Experience designing and shipping cloud-native services (AWS)
  • Strong OOAD, SOLID, and design-patterns background
  • Proven history writing automated unit and integration tests
  • Ability to work with large, complex codebases and improve system performance
  • Quantitative understanding of financial instruments and valuations (preferred)
  • Mentoring and cross-team collaboration skills
  • Comfort using modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT)

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable, high-performance services and components for trade order management, valuation, and analytics.
  • Drive architecture and technical strategy across asset class expansion and platform features.
  • Collaborate with product, quant, and engineering teams from requirements to delivery and maintenance.
  • Develop and maintain clean, well-tested code using OOAD/SOLID principles and automated unit tests.
  • Create developer automation and tooling to improve quality, testing, and deployment workflows.
  • Coach and mentor product engineering teams to raise engineering standards and influence technical decisions.
  • Advocate pragmatic design and development best practices and performance/security optimizations.
  • Communicate clearly with stakeholders and take ownership of technical problems through to resolution.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline (required)
  • Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline (preferred)

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and company stock plan (stock options)
  • Unlimited vacation and flexible time off
  • Educational and wellness reimbursements
  • $0 cost employee insurance plans
  • Career advancement opportunities in a fast-growing company
  • Hybrid work model and multiple office locations
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December 30, 2025
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