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Ridgeline · 2 days ago

Staff Software Engineer, Electronic Trading

Reno, NV

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$185K/yr - $220K/yr

8+ years exp

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management, founded to address the unique technology challenges of the investment management industry. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Trading team, you will build high-quality applications for electronic trading, contributing to a collaborative environment and impacting a modern tech stack.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologySoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Contribute design skills and technical expertise to a team where design, strategy, and engineering collaborate closely

Be involved in the entire software development process, from requirements and design reviews through the implementation of new products

Impact a developing tech stack based on modern front-end frameworks and cost-efficient utilization of AWS back-end services

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 that are responsible for delivering high performing, secure enterprise applications

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

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

Qualification

Java/KotlinAWS/Azure/Google CloudElectronic trading experienceBackend developmentAutomated testingDockerContainerizationReactJavaScriptTypeScriptRESTful/GraphQL APIsFIX protocolAgile developmentProblem solvingEffective communicationTeam mentoring

Required

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

8+ years in a software engineering position with a history of architecting and designing for high performance and high availability

6+ years of backend or fullstack development using Java/Kotlin

Experience with electronic trading or order management, asset management or investment banking

Understand the value of automated testing at all levels

Experience building cloud native applications on AWS/Azure/Google Cloud

Some knowledge of web front-end technologies like React, JavaScript and TypeScript and a willingness to participate in full-stack development

Ability to focus on short-term deliverables while maintaining a big-picture long term perspective

An aptitude for problem solving

Ability to communicate effectively

Serious interest in having fun at work

Preferred

Experience with FIX protocol

Backend experience using RESTful/GraphQL APIs

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

Benefits

Unlimited vacation

Educational and wellness reimbursements

$0 cost employee insurance plans

Company

Ridgeline

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Ridgeline is a computer software company that specializes in software development to deliver for the investment management industry.

Founded in 2018

Incline Village, Nevada, USA

201-500 employees

https://ridgelineapps.com

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