Director of Software Engineering - Payroll

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role

Join us as the Director of Engineering for Payroll, and help shape the future of our core product offering. Play a pivotal role as we scale to new international markets and help drive our enterprise strategy in the US. Lead a product generating $50B in annual payroll volume, built on a platform with bitemporal modeling, and a computation framework for expressing complex tax engines with explainability in mind.

What you will do

• You will be responsible for working collaboratively with other cross-functional teams and leaders to bring together a suite of global products
• Work cross-functionally with design leadership and product management leadership to drive the vision and strategy of this organization
• Responsible for thinking about the team from both a platform as well as a product-oriented mindset
• Drive engineering initiatives like architectural changes & hiring process changes
• Provide technical leadership and vision in a widely scoped & distributed engineering team.
• Capable of driving the development of products and platforms in a fast-paced, startup environment

What you will need

• Experience building products and teams from the ground up
• At least 15 years of experience in software development and delivery, with in-depth knowledge of software design & architecture
• At least 8 years of experience as an Engineering Manager in building, managing, and scaling mid to large-sized development teams across multiple locations
• Experience building large-scale software platforms, adept at gaining & using deep domain expertise to build product functionality for many geographically diverse markets
• A Bachelor’s or Master's degree in computer science, information technology, or experience in a relevant field
• Proficiency in recruiting, organizing, and motivating teams spread across many countries
• You care deeply about product ownership and solving problems for our customers
• Team development skills: ability to set a roadmap & goals for a team and every one of its members, delegate intelligently, offer engineering advice, deliver frequent and transparent feedback, work with team members to grow in their careers, and ensure everyone delivers quality results
• Great project management skills to lead, care about product ownership, an outstanding customer-centric mindset, and solve problems for our customers

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.