Rippling aims to solve the business problem of fragmented workforce systems by providing a unified platform for HR, IT, and Finance, simplifying employee lifecycle management and enabling seamless global financial operations.
Requirements
- 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 scale.
- Strong understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals and experience with complex project delivery.
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.
- Developing the systems for calculating, filing, and processing payroll across multiple countries, including tax logic, compliance, and direct money movement infrastructure.
- We’re building the system that gives companies total visibility and control over every dollar they spend.
- We’re building the simplest, invisible, intelligent financial backbone for global money movement.
Other
- Exceptional communication skills with technical and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture.
- For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.
- This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity.
