Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management
Ridgeline · Reno, NV; San Ramon, CA · Posted Jun 30, 2026
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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.
The impact you will have:
Provide technical expertise for user authentication and authorization, performance, scalability, and security
Use AI tools thoughtfully throughout the SDLC to accelerate research, prototyping, implementation, testing, documentation, and review, while ensuring outputs are accurate, secure, maintainable, and production-ready.
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 :
Experience with AI-assisted development workflows, including tools such as Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or similar.
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 first front-to-back system of record for investment managers. Founded by visionary entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday), the company was created to modernize an industry held back by outdated, disconnected technology. Powered by a single, real-time data set and embedded AI, Ridgeline helps firms automate complexity, accelerate collaboration, and deliver tailored client experiences at scale, without added headcount or risk. Ridgeline is headquartered in Lake Tahoe, with offices in New York, Reno, the Bay Area, and Dublin, Ireland. Ridgeline is recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by Frost Sullivan as a “Technology Innovation Leader,” and by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company.”
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