# Senior Engineer, Custodian Data at Ridgeline > United States · Senior · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aridgeline%3A8034208003 (read 2026-11-06). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Ridgeline](https://alderhq.app/companies/ridgeline) - Location text: New York, NY; New York City - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: New York, NY; New York City") - Posted: 2026-10-14 (23 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/ridgeline/jobs/8034208003?gh_jid=8034208003 - Skills listed (inferred): React, Java, Kotlin, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Distributed systems ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: not posted - Market band for similar posted roles (New York, n 269): p25 $170k, median $195k, p75 $223k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 2 ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) ## Description (the employer's text) Do you have a passion for finance & investing? Are you excited by the challenge of modeling industry-critical data and making it highly available? Do you enjoy solving complex technical problems and delivering high-quality software? If so, we invite you to join our innovative Custodian Data team. At Ridgeline, our Senior Software Engineers play a key role in building an industry-defining, fast, scalable custodian data engine with full asset class support and global market coverage. You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies—including AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT—in a fast-moving, creative, and collaborative environment. As a Senior Engineer on the Custodian Data team, you will contribute to the evolution of our architecture, ensure delivery of high-quality systems, and work closely with design, product, and engineering partners to build cloud-native applications that power mission-critical workflows for our customers. You must be work-authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship. ### What you will do - Contribute hands-on technical skills, domain knowledge, and design input to a collaborative engineering team - Participate in the full software development lifecycle—from requirements and design reviews to building, testing, and deploying code - Build and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS-based services across our platform - Design, develop, and support APIs, events, and distributed services with a focus on scalability and reliability - Develop Data pipelines for ingesting and enriching data. - Implement and improve developer tooling and automation to drive high-quality, scalable, and maintainable systems - Participate in production support, including L2/L3 support and on-call rotation, ensuring high availability for customer-facing systems - Drive improvements in observability, instrumentation, and performance monitoring - Advocate for and contribute to strong engineering fundamentals, including automated testing at all levels - Collaborate cross-functionally with product, QA, and other engineering teams - Demonstrate ownership, creativity, and a willingness to dive deep into business domain problems - Contribute to an engineering culture rooted in learning, teaching, inclusion, and transparency ### Desired Skills and Experience - 5–7+ years in a software engineering role, with experience delivering enterprise-grade applications - Extensive experience in Java or Kotlin - Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud - Experience with API development and/or event-driven architecture - Understanding of high-availability and distributed systems concepts - Experience participating in on-call rotations and handling L2/L3 support - Proficiency with observability tooling, performance monitoring, and production debugging - Strong grasp of automated testing practices across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels - Ability to break down complex problems, propose solutions, and communicate clearly - A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience - Genuine interest in collaborating with others and having fun at work ### Bonus Points - Experience working on data pipelines, reconciliation systems, market data ingestion, or other fintech applications - Understanding of AWS services and infrastructure patterns - Experience with Docker or containerization - Familiarity with agile methodologies - Experience with caching technologies - Experience with data modeling or designing schemas - Exposure to React or willingness to learn - Experience building or owning systems with significant performance or scale requirements - Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment - Strong written and verbal communication skills - An aptitude for problem-solving and continuous improvement - Demonstrated ability to collaborate and positively influence your team ### About Ridgeline Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. Founded in 2017 by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of PeopleSoft and Workday), Ridgeline is purpose-built to transform how investment managers run their businesses. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aridgeline%3A8034208003 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.