Ridgeline

As the Manager of the Performance and Analytics team, you’ll provide technically rigorous and functionally insightful leadership to a fast-paced, business-critical team. You’ll play a pivotal role in guiding the team’s direction—setting high standards for quality, fostering psychological safety, and ensuring the team works together with focus, empathy, and strong execution.

In collaboration with the team, you'll design and implement high-quality, innovative solutions that power complex financial calculations—including real-time performance measurement, attribution, and benchmark comparisons. You'll be encouraged to approach problems creatively and contribute your ideas, technical vision, and passion to every stage of the software development lifecycle.

As one of Ridgeline’s first 500 employees, you’ll play a key role in preserving our culture and helping shape the trajectory of an ambitious tech startup. Our team aims to leave a legacy in an investment management industry primed for transformation.

Key Expectations

• Contribute business insight, design skills, and best practices to a team where design, product strategy, and engineering collaborate closely
• Be involved throughout the software development lifecycle - from requirements and design reviews to product implementation and delivery - ensuring the team remains productive, organized, sustainable, and agile
• Hands-on responsibility with the codeline, contributing to our Kotlin codebase on a regular basis
• Participate actively in the peer and code review process
• Help engineers develop new skills and advance their career through coaching
• Engage in performance management conversations and help align business objectives and career goals
• Coach, mentor, and inspire teams of engineers that are responsible for delivering high performing, secure enterprise applications
• Impact a developing tech stack based on modern analytical databases and cost-efficient utilization of AWS back-end services
• Think creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly along the way
• Build strong relationships across product, design, and customer success to ensure technical solutions are informed by business context and user needs
• Contribute to a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency
• Build a diverse, high-performing team and foster a culture of inclusion, shared ownership, and continuous learning
• Ensure close relationships in a multi-location organization, connecting our product and engineering teams.

Desired Skills and Experience

• 3+ years in a hands-on software engineering management position or similar function, with a history of architecting and designing new products and technologies in the cloud
• Ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment with the desire to forge a path when requirements may be dynamic and evolving
• Clear and crisp communicator, with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline
• Experience with Kotlin and/or other JVM Languages
• Ability to lead and influence both with and without authority
• Strong understanding of Relational or Analytical databases, such as Clickhouse, Redshift, or BigQuery
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and architectural patterns
• Experience in analytical and/or financial systems
• Ability to deliver on short-term goals while maintaining strategic vision, making sound decisions even with incomplete data and thoughtfully balancing technical depth with business outcomes
• An aptitude for problem-solving
• A track record of mentoring engineers and helping grow future leaders through feedback, pairing, and thoughtful delegation
• A desire to continually learn and adapt to new technologies, methodologies, and domains
• Serious interest in having fun at work

Bonus

• Experience designing and launching enterprise applications with agile development methodologies
• Understanding of building back-end infrastructure using technologies such AWS/Azure/Google Cloud
• Experience with investment management software applications
• Demonstrated ability to lead equitable and structured hiring practices and foster collaborative teams
• Experience in performance analytics concepts and methodologies: TWR, Brinson Attribution, GIPS, Profit and Loss
• Familiar with industry software & data sets: Bloomberg, FactSet, Refinitiv, ICE
• Experience running or contributing to internal guilds, brown bags, or knowledge-sharing forums
• Experience leveraging AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, and supporting others in developing proficiency with them

If you’re passionate about building software that challenges the status quo in financial technology, we’re looking for engineering leaders who thrive on solving hard problems, elevating teams, and scaling with integrity.

About Ridgeline

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded in 2017 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.

Headquartered in Lake Tahoe with offices in Reno, NV and Manhattan, Ridgeline is proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has been recognized by Inc. Magazine, Glassdoor, and Northern Nevada as a “Best Place to Work” and by LinkedIn as a “Top U.S. Startup.”

Ridgeline is 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 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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