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# Software Engineer, Migrations Engineering

- **Company:** Ridgeline, Inc.
- **Location:** San Ramon, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $153,000.0 - $191,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Apache HTTP Server, Microsoft Azure, Data Infrastructure, Data Migration, Distributed Systems, Object-Oriented Software Development, DataOps, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Backend, Build Management, Data Management, Front End Software Development, Data Pipelines, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** June 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1d9f1591823bbc33

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Software engineering?, * 4+ years of professional software engineering experience

 * Strong object-oriented backend engineering fundamentals
 * Experience building systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar)
 * Experience independently delivering production software
 * Ability to navigate ambiguity and collaborate through design and alignment phases, * Experience building data platforms, data pipelines, or distributed systems
 * Familiarity with technologies such as Spark, Trino, Apache Iceberg, Snowflake, or similar
 * Experience working on large-scale ingestion or analytical systems
 * Frontend development experience with modern UI frameworks
 * Experience supporting data migration or onboarding workflows in B2B SaaS environments
 * Experience operating within platform engineering or infrastructure-focused teams

## Description

We're looking for a Software Engineer to help build the next generation of Ridgeline's data platform and migration infrastructure. In this role, you'll work across backend systems, data pipelines, platform tooling, and lightweight frontend experiences to help scale our onboarding and migration capabilities.

You'll partner closely with engineers across multiple offices to design and deliver systems that improve scalability, reduce operational friction, and accelerate customer migrations. This role requires strong backend engineering fundamentals, comfort navigating ambiguity, and the ability to independently drive features from concept through delivery.

This is an opportunity to work on high-impact technical infrastructure with visibility across the company while helping shape the future of data operations at Ridgeline.

What You'll Do

 * Design and build scalable backend systems and data platform capabilities
 * Develop data pipelines and ingestion systems capable of operating at very large scale
 * Contribute to migration tooling that helps customers transition from legacy systems to Ridgeline
 * Improve and modernize internal bulk tooling and operational workflows
 * Partner with cross-functional teams to reduce dependency on legacy custom tooling
 * Translate ambiguous requirements into technical designs and execution plans
 * Drive small-to-medium scoped features independently from design through delivery
 * Collaborate with engineers across distributed offices to align on architecture and implementation
 * Contribute to the evolution of Ridgeline's modern data infrastructure ecosystem


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