Software Engineer 2 - Payroll Calculations

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 are hiring a Software Engineer to join Rippling’s Payroll Calculations Engineering Team. Payroll calculations responsibility in the platform setup is to accurately calculate and manage earnings, deductions, taxes and withholding information that is used by downstream platforms, e.g. filings & remittances.Additionally, the team focuses on building scalable frameworks that enable us to expand payroll operations into multiple countries.

We seek candidates who have experience in scaling complex systems, mentoring engineers, and collaborating closely with product teams to deliver impactful solutions.

What You Will Do:

Design and develop scalable frameworks that support payroll operations across multiple countries.

Collaborate with Product Management and other engineering teams (Frontend, UX, etc.) to maintain high-quality standards in a fast-paced, iterative environment.

Take ownership of critical features, solving high-complexity technical problems.

Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and architecture discussions.

Mentor Junior Engineers to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and autonomy.

Who You Are:

• You are passionate about building robust and scalable payroll systems that directly impact businesses.
• You thrive in a product-focused environment where customer impact is a top priority.
• You have strong problem-solving skills and enjoy tackling complex technical challenges.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional work experience in a high-paced environment.
• Experience building large-scale platforms for web applications.
• Expertise in Python and Django is a must-have.
• Proficiency in working with MongoDB.
• Strong CS fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
• Ability to debug and resolve issues autonomously.
• Bonus points if you have experience in building front-end applications.
• Tech Stack: Python, Django, MongoDB, Javascript

About the Payroll Calculations Engineering Team at Rippling:

Payroll is one of the most critical components of any business, impacting employees' salaries, tax filings, and compliance with local labor laws. Rippling’s Payroll Calculations Engineering Team is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing while integrating key HR functions like PTO, Benefits, and HRIS.

Our team works on:

My team is responsible for managing calculation strategies across multiple countries, continuously extending our framework to support new country launches.By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to work on mission-critical systems that power payroll for companies worldwide, making payroll processing seamless and efficient.

If you’re passionate about scaling payroll systems and working on impactful integrations, we’d love to hear from you!