Senior Software Engineer - Backend

About Rippling Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. 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.

Take 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.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ 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.

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About The Role At Rippling, as a Senior Software Engineer you’ll play a key role in driving technically complex projects that span multiple teams and systems. You’ll work with high autonomy to define and deliver solutions to ambiguous problems, ensuring they meet both business and technical goals.

You’ll design, implement, and maintain scalable, performant, and secure systems writing clean, well-tested, and maintainable code. You’ll lead technical discussions, contribute to design reviews, and apply sound engineering principles to improve reliability, observability, and efficiency across services.

You’ll also play a crucial role in improving team practices, mentoring peers, and sharing knowledge to raise the overall technical bar. As a trusted partner to cross-functional stakeholders, you’ll help align engineering efforts with broader organizational priorities while ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.

What You Will Do

• Design and develop top-tier software solutions
• Ensure the delivery of products meets the highest standards of quality
• Assume clear ownership and responsibility for one or multiple product domains
• Collaborate with company partners and end-users to gather constructive feedback and continually refine product offerings
• Engage deeply with the product’s objectives to ensure Rippling retains its competitive edge in the market

What You Will Need

• At least 6 years of experience in building B2B saas or consumer focused products
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or experience in a relevant field
• Proven experience in building large-scale platforms for web and desktop applications
• Solid programming skills, a track record, and passion for improving the code structure and architecture to enhance testability and maintainability
• Experience with Python or any other OOP or scripting language.
• Experience with System programming and Rust is a plus
• Prior experience with Device management is a plus

Additional Information Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [email protected]

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.