Software Engineer I, 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

We are hiring a Software Engineer I to join Rippling’s Payroll Calculations Engineering Team. This team is responsible for accurately calculating and managing earnings, deductions, taxes, and withholdings, which are used by downstream systems such as filings and remittances. We also focus on building scalable frameworks to support global payroll expansion.

This is a great opportunity for someone early in their career to work on high-impact systems and grow in a fast-paced, product-focused environment.

What You Will Do

• Contribute to the development of robust and scalable systems supporting payroll calculations.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and product managers to build and ship features.
• Participate in code reviews, stand-ups, and design discussions to continuously learn and improve.
• Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to improving our tech stack and processes.

Who You Are

• You’re passionate about solving real-world problems and building systems that impact millions of users.
• You’re curious, eager to learn, and thrive in a collaborative environment.
• You care about code quality, maintainability, and long-term scalability.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of professional experience in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Experience building large-scale platforms for web applications.
• Expertise in Python and Django is a must-have.
• Familiarity with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases.
• Strong grasp of CS fundamentals — data structures, algorithms, and system design basics.
• Comfortable debugging and troubleshooting independently.
• Bonus: Exposure to frontend development (JavaScript) is a plus.

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!