Senior Software Engineer, Data Delivery - San Ramon California

Company: Ridgeline
Location: San Ramon, California
Posted On: 03/04/2026

Are you passionate about building intelligent, scalable platforms that power real-time analytics and decision-making? Do you enjoy designing event-driven systems and simplifying complex data architectures for developers and users alike? Are you eager to contribute to an AI-enabled, developer-centric platform redefining the investment management industry? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team. Ridgeline’s Data Delivery Squad is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the architecture and advance the capabilities of our data streaming platform. In this hands-on, high-impact role, you will design and implement core messaging systems, stream processing pipelines, and developer tooling that support our analytics infrastructure, workflow automation, and operational insights. You’ll leverage technologies like Kafka, Flink, and Kotlin, as well as AI tools like Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Junie, Glean, ChatGPT, and more to amplify engineering velocity and innovation across Ridgeline. 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. The impact you will make: • Design and implement highly scalable, reliable, and elastic data pipelines and messaging infrastructure • Build and evolve the event-driven architecture supporting both batch and real-time data processing • Develop and maintain platform SDKs, libraries, and onboarding flows that enhance developer experience and platform leverage • Ensure observability and cost transparency through lineage tracking, lag/error monitoring, and team-level cost dashboards • Collaborate across squads to integrate data delivery solutions with 40 teams including Accounting, Reporting, Workflows, and AI agents • Contribute to architectural design efforts for materialization layers including effective dating, replay support, and real-time analytics • Advocate for platform reliability with measurable goals for uptime, recovery, and alert responsiveness • Mentor peers, share knowledge openly, and contribute to a culture of growth and continuous innovation What we look for: • 7 years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on distributed systems or data engineering • Strong proficiency in Python, Kotlin, or Java • Deep experience with messaging platforms like Kafka, stream processing (e.g., Flink, Spark), and event-driven architectures • Knowledge of cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), containers, and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes • Experience building developer-facing tools, SDKs, or platform APIs • Familiarity with observability stacks and cost/performance optimization techniques • A strong sense of ownership and ability to lead cross-functional initiatives • Passion for building clean, reusable systems that reduce cognitive load for others Bonus : • Experience with CDC tools such as Debezium, Kafka Connect, or schema registry • Contributions to auto-scaling infrastructure or platform elasticity frameworks • Experience with real-time analytics, materialized views, or time-series architectures • Familiarity with financial services or regulatory data systems 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. More...

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