Staff Release Engineer

Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD systems to enable scalable, repeatable, and safe delivery

Establish and enforce release standards such as artifact validation, test coverage thresholds, and dependency checks

Collaborate with SRE and Infrastructure teams to create automated and consistent release workflows

Implement observability and rollback capabilities to improve release visibility and safety

Develop systems to prevent risky changes and support faster mean time to recovery

Create self-service tools that empower developers and reduce deployment friction

Define and report on release metrics that drive transparency and continuous improvement

Champion a product mindset for internal tools by deeply understanding the needs of developer teams

Experience in high-availability or regulated environments such as finance or healthcare

Familiarity with Google SRE principles or equivalent operational excellence models

Background in driving the adoption of DevOps metrics (DORA, MTTR, deployment frequency)

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.

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