Software Engineer, Electronic Trading Reno, NV NY

Staff Software Engineer, Electronic Trading

Are you an engineer who loves building complex, game‑changing solutions from scratch? Do you thrive on thinking outside the box and bringing fresh ideas to life in a fast‑paced, creative environment? Are you excited to help shape the future of trading by developing high‑impact applications on a modern tech stack? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Ridgeline Staff Software Engineer on our Trading team, you’ll have the unique opportunity to build high‑quality, complex, industry‑defining applications for our Electronic Trading solution. Our team of engineers are building from scratch in cutting‑edge technologies in a fast‑moving, creative, progressive work environment. You’ll think outside the box and add your own genius, passion, and interests to the software development lifecycle.

As part of the Ridgeline Trading team building a brand new solution on cutting‑edge technology to market, you will help shape our culture, make a big impact on a small team, and learn what it takes to build a successful company. Our team aims to leave a legacy in an industry primed for change.

• Contribute design skills and technical expertise to a team where design, strategy, and engineering collaborate closely
• Be involved in the entire software development process, from requirements and design reviews through the implementation of new products
• Impact a developing tech stack based on modern front‑end frameworks and cost‑efficient utilization of 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 rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline
• 8+ years in a software engineering position with a history of architecting and designing for high performance and high availability
• 6+ years of backend or full‑stack development using Java/Kotlin
• Experience with electronic trading or order management, asset management or investment banking
• Understand the value of automated testing at all levels
• Experience building cloud native applications on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Ability to focus on short‑term deliverables while maintaining a big‑picture long term perspective
• An aptitude for problem solving
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Serious interest in having fun at work

• Experience with FIX protocol
• Backend experience using RESTful/Graph
  
  QL APIs
• 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

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded in 2017 by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co‑founder of both People Soft 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 Linked In as a “Top U.S. Startup,” and by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company.”

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: $174,500 – $205,000

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $185,000 – $220,000

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