Senior Software Engineer, Data Delivery
Company: Ridgeline
Location: San Ramon
Posted on: January 13, 2026
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Job Description:
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.
Keywords: Ridgeline, Sunnyvale , Senior Software Engineer, Data Delivery, IT / Software / Systems , San Ramon, California
