Software Engineer II, Platform

Ripple; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus program

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Catered lunches

Job summary

Ripple is hiring a Staff Software Engineer, Platform, to advance production infrastructure and release pipelines. You will collaborate with product engineers to support their infrastructure needs, ideally in a self-service environment.

The role requires 3–6 years of software development in Go, Python, or Java, with AWS and Kubernetes expertise, plus IaC and observability know-how. You will mentor juniors and contribute to secure, scalable, multi-region platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3–6 years of relevant work experience with development in Go, Python, or Java and strong software engineering practices.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and Rancher for distributed services.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and related tooling.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Observability experience with Prometheus/OpenTelemetry and building instrumentation patterns.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and cross-team relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to platform features across compute, authentication, service discovery, observability, and redundancy.
• Implement architectural solutions with guidance from senior engineers, balancing scale, cost, and maintenance.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Master's degree in CS/CE

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Rancher

CI/CD tooling

Terraform

CloudFormation

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Job description

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs.

If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.

As a Staff Software Engineer, Platform you will play a critical role helping to advance Ripple's production infrastructure and release pipelines. Infrastructure Engineers at Ripple are a hybrid of systems and software engineers who support the design and lifecycle of our hosted products. You will work closely with product engineers to support their infrastructure needs, ideally in a self-service environment.

What you’ll do:

• Contribute to platform features across compute, authentication, service discovery, observability, and redundancy
• Implement architectural solutions under the guidance of senior engineers, with a growing awareness of tradeoffs between scale, cost, and maintenance
• Support and mentor junior engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing
• Help deploy and maintain Ripple's multi-region, multi-provider service platforms with a focus on security and reliability
• Build and improve tooling for automation, monitoring, and instrumentation to reduce operational friction
• Contribute to platform and application lifecycle services, working toward automated, data-driven workflows
• Participate in discussions around scalable, maintainable, and cost-effective solutions
• Learn and apply DevOps and GitOps principles in your day-to-day work

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• 3–6 years of relevant work experience with development background in Go, Python, or Java, with a good understanding of software engineering best practices and system design
• Hands-on experience with cloud providers like AWS
• Working knowledge of orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Rancher) and containerization technologies for deploying and managing distributed services
• Experience contributing to deployment pipelines using common CI/CD tools
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Exposure to Observability platforms leveraging Prometheus and OpenTelemetry, with an interest in building instrumentation patterns and monitoring SLOs/SLIs
• A collaborative team player with a customer service orientation and a willingness to build relationships across teams and cultures
• Good communication skills — written, verbal, and interpersonal

WHO WE ARE:

Do Your Best Work

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.

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