Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management

Are you a seasoned engineer with a passion for building secure, scalable identity and access solutions? Do you enjoy designing robust authentication services and guiding teams through technical complexity? Are you eager to collaborate across teams to strengthen enterprise-grade security foundations? If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Staff Software Engineer on Ridgeline’s Users & Entitlements team, you will be a core contributor to the design and delivery of authentication and authorization services that power our entire platform. These services play a critical role in our Security First culture by ensuring users are verified, authorized, and properly provisioned across the Ridgeline ecosystem. You’ll collaborate closely with Platform, Product, and Security engineering teams to solve high-impact challenges using modern technologies, including AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT.

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 the Ridgeline Way excites you, we’d love to meet you.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

The impact you will have:

• Provide technical expertise for user authentication and authorization, performance, scalability, and security
• Actively contribute and review other teammate’s code
• Actively create and review other teammate’s technical design documents
• Design, build, and test solutions that integrate with Auth0 and Single Sign On Identity Providers to handle authentication
• Handle On-Call rotations for production support of the authentication and authorization services
• Be involved in the entire software development process, including requirements and design, implementation, code reviews, automation, and testing through end product delivery
• Impact a developing tech stack based on modern serverless frameworks and cost-efficient utilization of AWS back-end services
• Coach, mentor, and inspire teams of product engineers that are responsible for delivering high performing, secure enterprise applications
• Proactively collaborate across Platform, Product, and Security teams as well as cross-functionally to establish partnerships and champion innovation

What we look for:

• 8+ years in a software engineering position with a history of architecting and designing new products and technologies
• 2+ years experience engineering focusing on Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Experience using Auth0 and Single Sign On (SSO) for authentication
• History of architecting, designing, and delivering security-first enterprise applications in the cloud using agile development methodologies
• Experience managing large and distributed code bases at scale
• Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming such as Java, Kotlin, or Python
• Strong experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL
• Experience with critical infrastructure services including monitoring, alerting, and logging
• Experience using issue tracking tools such as JIRA
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and architectural patterns
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline
• Ability to focus on short-term deliverables while maintaining a big-picture perspective
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Serious interest in having fun at work

Bonus:

• Understanding of building back-end infrastructure using AWS, with specific focus on RDS and Lambda
• Experience with messaging frameworks such as Kafka
• Working knowledge in JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS
• Familiarity with cloud based multi-region application architectures
• Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest, Pytest, and Cypress
• Experience developing mission-critical enterprise software applications

About Ridgeline

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.

With a growing campus in Reno and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has been recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company,” and by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Startup Employers.”

Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.

Ridgeline processes the information you submit in connection with your application in accordance with the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement. Please review the Ridgeline Applicant Privacy Statement in full to understand our privacy practices and contact us with any questions.

Compensation and Benefits 

[For New York and California Based Only]

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below. 

The typical starting salary range for this role is: $174,500-$205,000. 

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is: $185,000-$220,000.

Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above. 

As an employee at Ridgeline, you’ll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product. 

In addition to the base salary, 100% of Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please check out our Careers page for a more comprehensive overview of our perks and benefits.

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