Software Engineer II - Global Payroll

Rippling; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in London seeks a Software Engineer II to enhance their payroll platform. The role involves building features, mentoring junior engineers, and requires at least 3 years of experience in software engineering. Strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of Python, Django, and React are advantageous. The company promotes a collaborative in-office culture.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience as a software engineer.
• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals.
• Ability to debug and resolve issues autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Build features that solve complex technical problems.
• Participate in planning and code reviews.
• Provide mentorship for junior and intermediate engineers.
• Continuously ship incremental updates.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for support.

Skills

Software engineering

Problem solving

Mentorship

Python

Django

React

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

As a Software Engineer II on the Global Payroll team, you will play a critical role in advancing our full-service payroll platform that handles payroll configuration and calculations for hundreds of thousands of employees. This is a great opportunity to shape the technology powering one of Rippling’s core product offerings. You will own and drive initiatives by creating new product functionality from the ground up as well as rearchitecting key components of our platform to help us scale. If you are an experienced engineer looking for high impact and autonomy, come build the future of payroll with us!

What you will do

• Build features that solve technical problems of high scope and complexity.
• Participate in planning activities, perform code reviews, and contribute to a growing team.
• Provide mentorship for Junior and Intermediate Engineers on your team to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers to their autonomy.
• Continuously ship incremental updates at a rapid pace
• Participate in an on-call rotation to handle customer and production support

What you will need

• 3+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, modern design patterns, providing you with a solid foundation to tackle complex technical problems
• Ability to debug and resolve issues autonomously
• Product and customer focused mindset
• Experience with Python, Django and React are 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 [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.