# Staff Software Engineer - Fintech AI

Rippling is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to build AI-native, self-serve payroll onboarding and scalable infrastructure for global market expansion. The role combines LLM-guided user workflows with deterministic backend systems to support accurate payroll setup, compliance, and reusable platform capabilities. Responsibilities Architect for Global Expansion: Design and build platform infrastructure that empowers country expansion teams to deploy Rippling Payroll into new international markets with minimal friction AI-Driven Workflows: Merge LLMs with rigid, deterministic code. You will build conversational setup experiences that feel human but execute with 100% mathematical and compliance accuracy Deconstruct Complexity: Translate massive, messy regulatory frameworks and payroll setup flows across dozens of jurisdictions into clean, elegant backend systems and seamless product UX Scale the Platform: Own core pieces of a massive transactional system, optimizing for scale, high availability, and bulletproof data integrity Skills Extensive experience (8+ years) in software engineering, characterized by sustained technical leadership and demonstrating tangible organizational impact

- **Id**: 3962008
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rippling-staff-software-engineer-fintech-ai>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **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**: 2026-11-09T11:45:55Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T18:22:15Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-09T18:22:15Z
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2637
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, IT Service & Asset Management, 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

- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no

## Trust

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

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T12:06:53Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-09T18:22:15Z

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