Staff Software Engineer, UI Experience

Are you a visionary UI engineer with a passion for building scalable, user-centric design systems? Do you thrive in environments where collaboration and developer productivity take center stage? Are you ready to shape the future of FinTech applications using cutting-edge technologies? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Staff Software Engineer on Ridgeline’s UI Experience Team, you’ll influence the foundational architecture of the company’s UI frameworks. You will empower product teams by delivering robust design systems and tools that accelerate development cycles and improve user experience. Working with cross-functional teams, your contributions will enhance developer productivity while ensuring maintainable, high-quality customer solutions. This role offers the chance to use state-of-the-art technologies, including AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, to revolutionize the way the FinTech industry builds applications.

Do you enjoy:

• Finding the right design patterns for building a sustainable framework that provides an exceptional developer experience and expedites delivery of product?
• Making an impact on our broader organization by strategizing and implementing the best ways to build, test, and deploy front-end code?
• Empowering earlier career developers through mentorship, pairing, and exemplification of being a 10x engineer?

What will you do?

• Partner closely with product engineers to understand their needs, build highly leverageable solutions, and deliver features for our customers
• Contribute to the thought leadership, technical design, and implementation of our underlying UI framework in an Agile team collaborating on design, strategy, and engineering
• Think creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly every step of the way
• Engage in a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency
• Demonstrate a strong dedication to code quality, automation, and operational excellence

Desired Skills and Experience

• 8+ years in a software engineering position or similar function
• Strong history of architecting and designing new products and technologies
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or related discipline
• Strong expertise in TypeScript, React, HTML, JavaScript, CSS
• Experience building scalable component library and design system
• Willingness to learn about new technologies, while simultaneously developing expertise in a business domain/problem space
• Ability to focus on short-term deliverables, while maintaining a big-picture perspective
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels and all audiences
• Serious interest in having fun at work

Bonus:

• Experience with investment or asset management applications
• Experience building performant, enterprise level web experiences at scale
• Knowledge of Node.js and Express
• Knowledge of front-end build tooling in the React ecosystem (such as Webpack, ESBuild, etc)
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Understanding of building back-end infrastructure using AWS offerings such as Lambdas, S3, CDKTF
• Knowledge of Docker-based container architecture
• Background in design, economics, or finance

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.

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Compensation and Benefits 

[For New York and California Based Only]

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is $175,000-$212,500. 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, 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.

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