Senior Engineering Manager, Portfolio Accounting

About the role

You will lead your teams to be at the forefront of AI-driven engineering, using AI tools and automation to measurably improve productivity, quality, and outcomes while setting and scaling best practices across Portfolio Accounting and adjacent teams. You will contribute strategic business insight, design skills, and best practices to a team where engineering collaborates closely with strategy, product, design, and quality engineering, connecting the team's work directly to Ridgeline's customer and business outcomes. You will be involved in the entire software development process, from requirement gathering and design reviews through the implementation of new product features, ensuring the team is focused on the highest-impact work and delivering on time with high quality. You will promote a fast paced environment through continuous improvement, agile, and kanban development methodologies, proactively removing roadblocks and evolving processes so multiple teams can deliver effectively. You will regularly contribute to our codebase and actively participate in reviews for the team's technical designs and code, setting high technical standards and guiding architectural decisions for Portfolio Accounting. You will help engineers develop new skills and advance their career through coaching, with a particular focus on growing senior ICs and emerging leaders. You will engage in performance conversations and help align business objectives and career goals, using clear expectations, data, and feedback to recognize high performance and address performance gaps. You will coach, mentor, and inspire teams of engineers that are responsible for delivering high performing, secure enterprise applications, designing team structures and roles that scale as Ridgeline and our customers grow.

Key facts

What you'll do

Lead your teams to be at the forefront of AI-driven engineering, using AI tools and automation to measurably improve productivity, quality, and outcomes while setting and scaling best practices across Portfolio Accounting and adjacent teams.

Contribute strategic business insight, design skills, and best practices to a team where engineering collaborates closely with strategy, product, design, and quality engineering, connecting the team's work directly to Ridgeline's customer and business outcomes.

Be involved in the entire software development process, from requirement gathering and design reviews through the implementation of new product features, ensuring the team is focused on the highest-impact work and delivering on time with high quality.

Promote a fast paced environment through continuous improvement, agile, and kanban development methodologies, proactively removing roadblocks and evolving processes so multiple teams can deliver effectively.

Regularly contribute to our codebase and actively participate in reviews for the team's technical designs and code, setting high technical standards and guiding architectural decisions for Portfolio Accounting.

Help engineers develop new skills and advance their career through coaching, with a particular focus on growing senior ICs and emerging leaders.

Engage in performance conversations and help align business objectives and career goals, using clear expectations, data, and feedback to recognize high performance and address performance gaps.

Coach, mentor, and inspire teams of engineers that are responsible for delivering high performing, secure enterprise applications, designing team structures and roles that scale as Ridgeline and our customers grow.

Impact a developing tech stack based on modern front-end frameworks and cost-efficient utilization of AWS back-end services, balancing long-term platform health with near-term delivery needs.

Think creatively, own problems, seek solutions, and communicate clearly along the way, influencing decisions across functions and representing Portfolio Accounting in broader company discussions.

Contribute to a collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency, modeling cross-team collaboration and reinforcing The Ridgeline Way in how your teams operate.

Build a diverse team while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment, intentionally hiring, developing, and promoting talent in line with Ridgeline's DE&I commitments.

Ensure close relationships in a multi-location organization, connecting our product and engineering teams, and aligning priorities and dependencies across those teams.

Promote a culture of feedback that encourages your team and peers to be candid with each other and you, creating the conditions for continuous improvement and sustained high performance.

Work closely with several other teams and our customers to deliver reliable, fast, and accurate Portfolio Accounting that their products and businesses depend on, owning the roadmap and outcomes for your area and clearly communicating progress, risks, and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

8+ 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, including leading multiple teams or a significant functional area.

Experience with modern front-end frameworks and cost-efficient utilization of AWS back-end services.

A proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced, agile environments.

Strong ability to think strategically and translate business needs into technical execution while managing multiple priorities in a dynamic startup environment.

Comfort with hands-on coding, code reviews, and technical design discussions alongside your engineers.

Excellent communication skills to influence across functions and represent Portfolio Accounting to senior stakeholders and customers.

A demonstrated commitment to DE&I and building inclusive, high-performing teams.

The ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and drive results in a rapidly evolving startup.

Practical notes

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

Location is Reno, NV.