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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.\n\nTake 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.\n\nBased 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.\n\nWe prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.\n\nAbout The Role\n\nThe Data Infrastructure Team is a lean, high-impact group operating in a true founder mode. We are responsible for building and safeguarding all data systems, managing the lifecycle of 500+ production-grade resources across 10+ types of data stores. Our core mission is to build self-serve, automated platforms that ensure our systems are efficient, scalable, and continuously evolving. We don't just operate systems—we invent them.\n\nWhat You Will Do\n\nWe are looking for enthusiastic, innovative engineers to join our engineering team as Software Engineers (SDE-1). In this role, you'll collaborate with experienced engineers, contribute to real-world projects from day one, and gain exposure to cutting-edge tools and technologies. 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