Engineering Manager - Global Payroll

Rippling; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling seeks an Engineering Manager for Global Payroll UK/IE to shape the future of a high-growth vertical as part of Rippling’s international expansion. You will blend technical leadership with strategic product direction, building a world-class team and delivering core payroll capabilities across markets.

You’ll lead hands-on development, collaborate with sales, product, and operations, and drive scalable architectures while maintaining a strong customer-centric focus for global payroll.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development and delivery experience with architectures.
• 2+ years leading small to mid-size development teams as Engineering Manager.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS / CS-related field.
• Strong code structure, testability and maintainability focus.
• Excellent project management with customer-centric mindset.
• Hands-on in Python, Django, MongoDB, React, AWS.

Responsibilities

• Build and drive day-to-day processes for a high-performing engineering team.
• Set team direction, foresee scaling challenges, and plan accordingly.
• Collaborate with sales, product, support, and operations to shape the product.

Skills

Software architecture

Engineering management

CS degree

Code quality

Project management

Python

Django

MongoDB

React

AWS

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science / computer engineering

Job description

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.

We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @ Rippling.com addresses.

About the role

Join us as the Engineering Manager for Global Payroll UK/IE and take the lead in shaping the future of a billion dollar vertical. This is an opportunity to bring your drive, initiative, and technical acumen to a high-growth role where you’ll have an immediate and direct impact on the business.

You’ll have the exciting challenge of growing a critical product, with the freedom and responsibility to build a world‑class team. You’ll be hands‑on in leading a product crucial to Rippling’s international expansion, as we expand into the market. This is a high‑ownership role that offers immense growth potential at a rapidly expanding company. You’ll have the space to use your blend of business and technical acumen to implement and deliver an industry‑leading vision.

What you will do

• Build and drive day‑to‑day processes that lead to a highly efficient team of high performing engineers
• Set the direction of your team. Anticipate strategic and scaling‑related challenges and create an actionable plan to solve them.
• Collaborate with sales, product, support, and operations teams in shaping the product

What you will need

• 7+ years of experience in software development and delivery, with in depth knowledge of software architectures
• 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager in leading small and mid‑sized development teams
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or experience in a relevant field
• Solid programming skills, a track record, and passion for improving the code structure and architecture to enhance testability and maintainability
• Great project management skills to lead, care about product ownership, an outstanding customer‑centric mindset, and solving problems for our customers.
• Hands‑on development experience using Python, Django, MongoDB, React, AWS is a plus
• Outstanding customer‑centric mindset

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, colour, 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 [e-mail]

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.