Senior Staff Software Engineer – Portfolio Accounting
| Company | Ridgeline |
|---|---|
| Location | Reno, NV, USA, New York, NY, USA |
| Salary | $200000 – $242500 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 12+ years in a software engineering position with a history of architecting and designing new products and technologies
- 3+ years experience in staff+ leadership roles
- A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline
- Experience building cloud native applications on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud
- Background working on high-availability critical 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
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
Preferred Qualifications
- CFA Charter
- 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 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