# Senior Software Engineer, Backend - IT Product

Rippling provides a unified platform for businesses to manage HR, IT, and Finance. The Senior Software Engineer will design and implement scalable backend services and APIs for the IT Product team, ensuring reliability, security, and data integrity while collaborating cross-functionally and mentoring engineers. Responsibilities Own the design and implementation of core backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities and complex business logic Ensure all systems are built for high-volume scale, reliability, and security, making strategic decisions about infrastructure and data integrity Work seamlessly with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into robust, high-performance technical solutions Elevate the team's technical standards, lead code and design reviews, and mentor engineers on backend best practices Skills 5+ years of experience in a production environment using Python, Go, or a similar high-scale backend language Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, data modeling, and performance optimization of relational databases You have seen and contributed to systems operating at a significant technical and organizational

- **Id**: 3866454
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rippling-senior-software-engineer-backend-it-product>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T11:53:24Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T18:20:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-06T18:20:00Z
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1892
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Service & Asset Management, HR & Payroll Software, Procurement & Spend Management

## Company

- **Id**: 15426
- **Name**: Rippling
- **Domain**: rippling.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rippling>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Work at a Startup

## Technologies

- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T12:20:45Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-06T18:20:00Z

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