Senior Platform Engineer, Data Persistence
As a Senior Platform Engineer on the Data Persistence team at Ridgeline, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and optimizing the data systems that power our enterprise SaaS platform. Ridgeline is a modern, cloud-native platform tailored for the investment management industry, emphasizing security, agility, and usability. This position is based in New York, NY, with a hybrid remote work arrangement.
In this role, you will design and develop cloud-native data storage solutions that deliver scalable, reliable, and performant persistence across a multi-tenant SaaS platform. Your responsibilities include optimizing data access patterns, collaborating with application teams to improve end-to-end performance, and driving improvements in recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) by establishing high-availability architectures and disaster recovery plans. Additionally, you will support high-throughput, low-latency workloads through effective data partitioning, caching, and indexing strategies.
The ideal candidate has over five years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering, with deep expertise in data persistence, distributed systems, or database engineering. Proficiency in building and operating distributed, multi-writer OLTP SQL systems (e.g., SingleStore, CockroachDB) and single-writer systems (e.g., Postgres) is essential, along with a strong understanding of replication, sharding, and consistency trade-offs. Hands-on experience with OLAP or analytical data stores such as ClickHouse and/or Apache Iceberg on S3 is also required. A solid background in high availability and disaster recovery strategies, including cross-region replication and point-in-time recovery, is crucial. Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Kotlin, Java, or TypeScript is expected.
The typical starting salary range for this role is targeted at $146,000 to $172,000 annually. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above. 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.
At Ridgeline, we prioritize a collaborative and high-performing culture where employees 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, inclusive environment. Joining Ridgeline offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies, contribute to a transformative platform in the investment management industry, and grow professionally within a supportive and dynamic team.