Staff Software Engineer

Rippling • C++ • Go • Java • Node JS • Python • Scala • JavaScript • 18 days ago
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≈ $46k – $100k per year (Estimated)
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Staff · 8+ years exp
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Rippling

Rippling is an enterprise workforce management and workforce OS platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2016 by Parker Conrad and Prasanna Sankar, the company provides a unified software system that manages human resources (HR), information technology (IT), and corporate finance operations. Operating on a B2B SaaS subscription model, Rippling sits on top of a centralized employee data store. Its integrated product suite covers global payroll, employee benefits administration, applicant tracking, device management, corporate expense management, corporate cards, and bill pay.
rippling.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Professional Services • Human Resources • Est. 2016

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead technical strategy, drive architectural decisions, and shape the future of our tax infrastructure. You'll have function-wide impact and set the standard for engineering excellence across teams.

Responsibilities:

  • System Design: Lead architecture for mission-critical systems handling billions in tax calculations; make decisions that define how the platform scales for 50% YoY growth.
  • Ownership and Impact: Drive initiatives with function-wide visibility; your work shapes roadmaps and influences company strategy.
  • Engineering Excellence: Define and champion engineering standards across teams; establish patterns that scale with the organisation.
  • Reliability and Correctness: Design systems where failure is not an option; build for auditability, correctness, and graceful degradation at scale.
  • Global Scale: Tackle architectural challenges of processing millions of payroll transactions across multiple countries with 4,000+ jurisdictions and evolving regulations.
  • Technical Leadership: Be the technical voice in cross-functional decisions and translate business needs into technical strategy.

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
  • Proven ability to architect large-scale distributed systems with high reliability requirements.
  • Deep expertise in any OOP language and experience designing systems that other engineers build on.
  • Track record of driving technical strategy and influencing decisions across multiple teams.
  • Strong ownership mindset - you see problems through from identification to resolution.
  • Rigorous engineering practices with a focus on correctness, testing, and operational excellence.
  • Excellent communication skills; ability to represent engineering to leadership and stakeholders.
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