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You’ll work with cutting-edge technologies-including AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT-in a fast-moving, creative, and collaborative environment.\nAs 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.\nYou must be work-authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.\nWhat you will do\nContribute hands-on technical skills, domain knowledge, and design input to a collaborative engineering team\nParticipate in the full software development lifecycle-from requirements and design reviews to building, testing, and deploying code\nBuild and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS-based services across our platform\nDesign, develop, and support APIs, events, and distributed services with a focus on scalability and reliability\nDevelop Data pipelines for ingesting and enriching data. \nImplement and improve developer tooling and automation to drive high-quality, scalable, and maintainable systems\nParticipate in production support, including L2/L3 support and on-call rotation, ensuring high availability for customer-facing systems\nDrive improvements in observability, instrumentation, and performance monitoring\nAdvocate for and contribute to strong engineering fundamentals, including automated testing at all levels\nCollaborate cross-functionally with product, QA, and other engineering teams\nDemonstrate ownership, creativity, and a willingness to dive deep into business domain problems\nContribute to an engineering culture rooted in learning, teaching, inclusion, and transparency\nDesired Skills and Experience\n5-7+ years in a software engineering role, with experience delivering enterprise-grade applications\nExtensive experience in Java or Kotlin\nExperience building cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud\nExperience with API development and/or event-driven architecture\nUnderstanding of high-availability and distributed systems concepts\nExperience participating in on-call rotations and handling L2/L3 support\nProficiency with observability tooling, performance monitoring, and production debugging\nStrong grasp of automated testing practices across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels\nAbility to break down complex problems, propose solutions, and communicate clearly\nA degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience\nGenuine interest in collaborating with others and having fun at work\nBonus Points\nExperience working on data pipelines, reconciliation systems, market data ingestion, or other fintech applications\nUnderstanding of AWS services and infrastructure patterns\nExperience with Docker or containerization\nFamiliarity with agile methodologies\nExperience with caching technologies\nExperience with data modeling or designing schemas\nExposure to React or willingness to learn\nExperience building or owning systems with significant performance or scale requirements\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment\nStrong written and verbal communication skills\nAn aptitude for problem-solving and continuous improvement\nDemonstrated ability to collaborate and positively influence your team\nAbout Ridgeline\nRidgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. 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