Senior Full Stack Engineer (Backend) - Forecasting

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

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our new Forecasting team, building a greenfield product from the ground up. Our mission is to empower customers to predict and automate their staffing decisions with confidence. By collaborating with teams across Rippling, you’ll help shape the foundation of a cutting-edge, ML-powered system that blends AI with intuitive UX. We are a fast-moving team and at the forefront of Rippling’s exciting international expansion.

Wear many hats.

Writing and reviewing code goes without saying, but at Rippling, engineers do a lot more than just engineering. You’ll quickly become an expert on the product area and spend time talking to users, planning our product roadmap, and working on go-to-market initiatives. As an early member on a new team, you’ll also play a pivotal role in shaping the team’s culture and organization to help us scale and grow.

What you will do

• Write great code and build great products.
• Ship fast – but with a high quality bar. As a senior engineer, you’ll craft solutions that allow the team to move quickly with a high degree of safety.
• Become an expert on one of the highest-impact products at Rippling
• Design and drive the architectural decision and full life cycle of product delivery
• Coordinate cross team collaborations, incorporate customer feedback into product engineering roadmap.
• Mentor junior members, lead and practice engineering excellence practices

What you will need

• 5+ years of experience in backend product engineering using Python, Django or similar technologies
• Some frontend experience with React or Javascript is nice to have
• Strong CS/algorithms fundamentals
• You have seen systems operating at a significant technical and organizational scale
• Strong product intuition: you care about design and user experience and are quick to identify how these could be improved.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: you thrive in unstructured environments and enjoy identifying big problems in addition to solving them.

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.