Are you an accomplished frontend engineer with a passion for building innovative, cloud-native solutions using modern technologies like React and TypeScript? Do you thrive on solving challenging problems that push the boundaries of modern web development and enjoy owning the entire development lifecycle from design to implementation? Are you excited to mentor and collaborate with a talented team while shaping the future of FinTech? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Staff Front End Engineer at Ridgeline, you’ll have the unique opportunity to build high-quality, complex, FinTech industry-defining cloud applications for Ridgeline’s Platform team. Platform at Ridgeline plays a pivotal role in building services and tooling that stretch across our product suite. You’ll think outside the box and add your own genius, passion, and interests to the software development lifecycle.

As part of the Ridgeline Platform team, you will be building innovative solutions using the latest technology, helping shape our culture, making a big impact on a small team, and contributing to the success of a company. Our team is committed to creating a lasting impact on the investment management industry, leveraging AI and leading development practices to bring transformative change.

What will you do? 

• Contribute your extensive technical expertise and design skills to a team where UX, Strategy, and Engineering collaborate closely

• Be involved in the entire software development process, from requirements and design reviews through the implementation of new features for our Platform products

• Impact a developing cloud-native tech stack based on AWS

• 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 who are responsible for delivering high-performing, defect-free, and secure enterprise applications

• Think creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly along the way

• Contribute to a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency

Desired Skills and Experience

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline

• 4+ years building web front-ends using technologies like React, Jest, JavaScript, and TypeScript

• 8+ total years experience building enterprise web applications

• Built cloud-native applications on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud

• Understand the value of automated testing at all levels 

• 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, long-term perspective

• An aptitude for complex problem-solving

• Ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels and cross-functionally

• Serious interest in having fun at work

Bonus

• Backend experience using Kotlin, RESTful/GraphQL APIs

• Experience with GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT

• 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

• Experience with investment or asset management OR customer relationship management (CRM) applications

• Background in design, economics, or finance