Senior Software Engineer - Data Catalog

Rippling; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling in Bengaluru is seeking a senior software engineer with 6+ years of backend and distributed systems experience to drive architecture, reliability, and enterprise-grade software. The role emphasizes ownership, a bias toward shipping, and an AI-native engineering mindset to move fast while upholding security and governance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define interfaces, ensure secure data movement, and deliver customer-visible impact in an enterprise context, with

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong track record of technical leadership and org-wide impact.
• Deep backend and distributed systems expertise with ownership, reliability, and well-defined interfaces.
• High agency and bias toward shipping; turn ambiguous product ideas into concrete launches.
• AI-native engineering mindset with hands-on use of AI tools for speed with safety.
• Strong security and systems judgment around authorization, identity, data movement, audit logs, or policy enforcement.
• Product sense for enterprise software with bias toward customer-visible impact and operational simplicity.
• Ability to communicate clearly with engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.

Skills

Backend & distributed systems

Technical leadership

Shipping mindset

AI-native engineering

Security & identity

Enterprise product sense

Communication

AI infrastructure familiarity

Job description

What you will need

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong track record of technical leadership and org-wide impact
• Deep backend and distributed systems expertise, including experience designing services with clear ownership, strong reliability, and well-defined interfaces
• High agency and bias toward shipping, with the ability to turn ambiguous product ideas into narrow launches, fast feedback loops, and durable technical foundations
• AI-native engineering mindset, with hands‑on experience using AI tools to move faster and the judgment to know when correctness, security, and architecture need deeper human ownership
• Strong security and systems judgment, especially around authorization, identity, data movement, audit logs, or policy enforcement
• Product sense for enterprise software, including a bias toward customer‑visible impact and operational simplicity
• Ability to communicate clearly with engineering and non‑engineering stakeholders, especially when navigating trade‑offs across security, usability, and speed
• Familiarity with AI infrastructure, LLM gateways, MCP, developer tools, identity systems, or data protection is a strong plus, but not required

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.