Senior Software Engineer, Portfolio Accounting

Senior Software Engineer, Portfolio Accounting

New York, NY

Do you enjoy building scalable financial systems that power complex investment operations? Are you excited by the opportunity to solve challenging accounting and data problems in a collaborative engineering environment? Are you motivated by creating reliable, high-quality software while growing your technical expertise alongside a talented team? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Ridgeline Software Engineer on our Core Accounting team, you'll help build and evolve an industry-defining accounting platform with support for complex financial workflows, global market data, and high-scale processing needs. You'll partner closely with engineers, product managers, and domain experts to deliver reliable, performant software that helps investment managers operate with greater accuracy and efficiency. Our team of engineers are building with cutting-edge technologies—like Claude Code and Cursor—in a fast-moving, creative, progressive work environment.

You'll contribute across the software development lifecycle, from collaborating on system design to delivering production-ready features and improving platform reliability. Working closely with experienced engineers and cross-functional partners, you'll have the opportunity to deepen your expertise in financial systems while helping shape innovative solutions that modernize the investment management industry.

At Ridgeline, how we work matters as much as what we build. Ridgeliners act like owners, choose growth over comfort, and communicate with transparency. We assume positive intent, bias toward action, and bring solutions—not just problems. We celebrate wins, learn from setbacks, and thrive in a resilient, collaborative, high-performing culture. If this excites you, we'd love to meet you!

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

The impact you will make:

• Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of cloud-native accounting services and platform capabilities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-quality enterprise applications
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements discussions, implementation, testing, and deployment
• Build reliable and maintainable backend systems that support complex accounting and investment workflows
• Improve application performance, observability, and operational reliability
• Develop automated tests and contribute to engineering best practices that support long-term platform quality
• Partner with teammates to troubleshoot production issues and support highly available systems
• Learn and apply AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve development efficiency and software quality
• Contribute ideas, feedback, and technical insights in team discussions and design reviews
• Think creatively, own problems, seek pragmatic solutions, and communicate clearly along the way
• Contribute to a collaborative environment rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency

What we look for:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience designing and delivering production applications
• Experience developing applications in FinTech, accounting systems, market data platforms, or related domains
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline
• Experience building backend or cloud-native applications, preferably on AWS
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices, including testing, code reviews, and monitoring
• Understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and scalable application design principles
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Willingness to learn about cutting-edge technologies while cultivating expertise in a business domain/problem space
• An aptitude for problem solving
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Serious interest in having fun at work

Bonus:

• Experience with Java or Kotlin
• Familiarity with AWS services and infrastructure
• Experience with Docker or containerization technologies
• Understanding of accounting or investment management workflows
• Familiarity with agile software development methodologies
• Experience working with data modeling or caching strategies
• Interest in AI-assisted software development tools and practices
• Comfort operating in fast-paced, evolving environments

About Ridgeline

Ridgeline is headquartered in Lake Tahoe, with offices in New York, Reno, the Bay Area, Dublin Ireland. Ridgeline is recognized by Fast Company as a "Best Workplace for Innovators," by Frost & Sullivan as a "Technology Innovation Leader," and by The Software Report as a "Top 100 Software Company."

Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.

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Compensation and Benefits

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: $153,000–$191,000. The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $168,000–$210,000.

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, 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.