Staff Software Engineer - Employment Products

3 Weeks ago • 9 Years + • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

Rippling is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Employment Products team. The role involves architecting, building, and scaling a unique Employment product across multiple countries. Responsibilities include designing large-scale distributed systems, creating a Domain Specific Language (DSL) for internal stakeholders, and developing cutting-edge performance analytics. The engineer will work on a world-class payroll product to accelerate international expansion. This senior position requires a strong focus on engineering best practices, mentorship, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
Must have:
  • 9+ years of software engineering experience
  • 3+ years leading architecture and designing consumer-facing products
  • Proficiency in backend development and distributed systems
  • Experience with large-scale data pipelines
  • Deep knowledge of building high-throughput systems
  • Experience in consumer-grade application development
  • Experience with Python, Golang, or Java
Good to have:
  • Experience with data processing frameworks
  • Experience with Presto, S3, Snowflake, MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB
  • Experience with Spark Streaming, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect
  • Experience establishing observability practices (monitoring, logging, tracing)
  • Ability to maintain standards and documentation

Job Details

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 $1.8B+ 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.


We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.

About the Role

We are seeking a passionate and highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Employment Products team. As a senior most engineer and architect of the team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and scaling a first-of-its-kind Employments product. You will work on complex domains across 10+ countries, building a clean DSL for internal stakeholders, large-scale distributed systems, and cutting-edge performance analytics. Your work will have a direct impact on building a world class payroll product which accelerates success of expanding to more countries in a 10x shorter time span.


Key Responsibilities

  • Architect, develop, and maintain large-scale, distributed systems and scalable services for the Rippling Unity Platform.
  • Set the direction for engineering best practices and technology adoption.
  • Engage in coding and code reviews using Python, Golang, and Java.
  • Guide and support engineers, fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to align on goals and ensure successful project outcomes.
  • Design and implement clean, modular APIs, including Backend for Frontend (BFF) systems.
  • Architect systems capable of supporting millions of users, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
  • Design analytical and transactional systems (e.g., Presto, S3, Snowflake, MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB) to handle petabyte-scale data.
  • Implement streaming solutions (e.g., Spark Streaming, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect) for transactional and analytical workflows.
  • Establish robust observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing.
  • Maintain standards and comprehensive documentation for system architecture and operations.

Qualifications

  • Experience: 9+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a role leading architecture, designing consumer facing products and building systems.
  • Technical Expertise: Strong proficiency in backend development, distributed systems, and large-scale data pipelines.
  • Data Pipeline Experience: Hands-on experience with data processing frameworks
  • Scalability and Performance: Deep knowledge of building and scaling real-time, high-throughput systems.
  • Consumer-Facing Product Development: Experience working on consumer-grade applications with a focus on intuitive user experiences.

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