Director Software Engineering, Reporting at Ridgeline

Are you an engineering leader who excels at managing high-performing teams and driving technical innovation? Are you excited about building diverse and inclusive teams that solve complex challenges in the investment management industry? Are you passionate about mentoring engineering leaders and fostering a collaborative, innovative culture? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Senior Engineering Leader at Ridgeline, you will drive the engineering efforts for a key area of our product, cultivating a culture of collaboration while shaping the future of our ambitious fintech startup. In this role, you’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Product Management, and Strategy, to design and deliver innovative reporting and analytical solutions to our customers. Your leadership will guide the Reporting team’s engineering efforts, ensuring the delivery of enterprise-grade, secure systems.

As Director of Engineering, you will not only lead a highly talented team but also be instrumental in driving innovation that transforms the way the investment management industry leverages technology. You’ll have the opportunity to mentor engineering teams, influence strategic decisions, and shape Ridgeline’s culture as we scale. As a leader at Ridgeline, you will join a fast-growing team that operates at a rapid pace. You thrive in a dynamic, ever-evolving environment, balancing long-term strategy with the urgency of day-to-day execution. Your ability to lead through change and deliver results quickly will be critical to our success.

What will you do?

• Oversee and mentor a team of engineering managers and individual contributors, ensuring successful execution across development, testing, DevOps, and project management.
• Drive architectural decisions that optimize security, scalability, and performance.
• Build and maintain a diverse and inclusive technical team adept at solving complex problems.
• Lead career development conversations, aligning individual goals with business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Management and Strategy, to define and execute the vision for the Reporting organization.
• Foster strong relationships within a multi-location organization.
• Guide architectural and technology decisions, contributing domain insights and technical expertise.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for a distributed architecture, data model, infrastructure, security, and quality.
• Lead the software development lifecycle from conceptualization to deployment, support and maintenance, while continuously optimizing processes.
• Foster a collaborative and accountable environment that encourages growth, fun, and innovation.

Desired Skills and Experience

• 10+ years in software engineering or architecture, with management experience leading both managers and individual contributors.
• Proven track record of building SaaS solutions.
• Proficiency in Kotlin (or Java), Python, Docker, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and get hands-on with code when needed.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and architectural patterns.
• Willingness to learn about cutting-edge technologies while cultivating expertise in a business domain/problem space.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Experience with lean and agile development methodologies.
• Experience with recruiting and building high-performing software development teams.
• History of successful projects utilizing cloud environments and technologies.

Functional Experience

• Experience in designing and supporting both real-time operational and analytical reporting within enterprise platforms.
• Proven ability to architect high-throughput, low-latency query engines for large-scale, transactional data environments in real-time or near real-time contexts.
• Professional experience in financial services domains, including Portfolio Accounting, Performance Reporting, CRM, or Trading, with an understanding of compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Strong knowledge of scalable data modeling and architecture for complex financial datasets.
• Proficiency in implementing microservice-based reporting engines that are scalable, resilient, and well-integrated within distributed systems.

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 

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: $235,000-$275,000. 

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $250,000-$287,000.

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, 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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