Engineering Manager, Global Payroll UK/IE

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 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.