Senior Staff Software Engineer, UI Experience

Are you passionate about building scalable UI frameworks that elevate developer experience and accelerate product delivery? Do you enjoy setting front-end architecture strategy while mentoring the next generation of software engineers? Are you excited to contribute to a high-leverage platform team that shapes the UI foundation of an entire FinTech ecosystem? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on Ridgeline’s UI Experience team, you’ll play a mission-critical role in building and evolving the core UI framework and component library that powers our next-generation investment management platform. This team lays the foundation for our application user interfaces, enabling product engineers to quickly deliver high-quality, cohesive experiences to our customers. You'll collaborate deeply across teams, guiding architecture decisions and influencing the way Ridgeline builds software. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies—including AI tools like Cursor and ChatGPT—you’ll drive innovation, boost developer efficiency, and improve the quality and scalability of our front-end systems.

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 the Ridgeline Way excites you, we’d love to meet you.

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

What will you do?

• Coach, mentor, and inspire engineers that are responsible for delivering high performing, secure enterprise applications
• Oversee multiple projects across the team and jump in where needed to help solve hard problems, implement key pieces of our framework, and ensure the delivery of team goals
• Contribute to the thought leadership, design, and implementation of our underlying UI framework in an Agile team collaborating on design, strategy, and engineering
• Be involved in the entire software development life cycle, from requirements and design reviews to implementation and delivery
• 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

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 12+ years in a software engineering position or similar function
• Strong history of architecting and designing new products and technologies
• Strong history of mentoring multiple peers and multi-task work across multiple projects
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or related discipline
• Strong expertise in TypeScript, React, HTML, JavaScript, CSS
• Demonstrated mastery of data structures, algorithms, and architectural patterns
• Experience building scalable component libraries and design systems
• Experience using AI tools like Cursor and ChatGPT
• Willingness to learn about new technologies while 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

Nice to haves:

• 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 (e.g., Webpack, ESBuild, bun)
• Experience with agile development methodologies
• Understanding of building back-end infrastructure using AWS offerings such as Lambda, 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 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: $200,000-$235,000. 

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $212,500-$250,000.

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.

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