Rippling
201-500 employees
Human Resources
Software
Information Technology
SaaS
About Rippling
Rippling is a comprehensive workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and finance operations into a single system. Founded in 2016, the company offers solutions for employee onboarding, payroll, benefits administration, device management, and app provisioning, streamlining complex administrative tasks for businesses. Rippling's mission is to simplify and automate workforce management, enabling companies to manage their employees and technology with ease and efficiency. Serving a wide range of industries, Rippling is recognized for its innovative approach to integrating HR and IT workflows, helping businesses scale effectively while maintaining compliance and security.
3 months ago
Senior Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco, California - Office
Full-time
Senior
Software Engineer
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Description
- Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance, integrating all workforce systems like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers into a single platform.
- The Senior Staff Software Engineer will play a key role in transforming Rippling’s HR ecosystem by rebuilding foundational systems into scalable, modular platforms, ensuring enterprise-grade stability, extensibility, and performance.
- The role involves designing and implementing complex, high-compliance distributed systems, improving system reliability, reducing latency, and enabling faster onboarding for new markets.
- The engineer will also focus on enhancing developer velocity through well-abstracted APIs and frameworks, ultimately driving business impact through operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
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Requirements
- 14+ years of experience building large-scale, distributed systems in high-compliance or high-integrity domains (HR, Payroll, FinTech, or Insurance).
- Deep expertise in domain-driven design, data modeling, and compliance-first architecture.
- Experience scaling complex regulatory or multi-tenant systems, ideally spanning employment, benefits, or HR platforms.
- Proficiency in designing extensible, modular service boundaries that maintain auditability and backward compatibility.
- Strong understanding of policy enforcement, rule engines, and event-driven systems.
- Ability to translate legal and operational complexity into elegant, maintainable engineering abstractions.
- A hands-on architectural leader who can set technical direction, mentor teams, and drive large-scale transformations sustainably.
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Benefits
- Not explicitly listed in the posting, but benefits are mentioned as part of the company's offerings and culture. Common benefits inferred include health insurance, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, remote work options, and wellness programs.