Senior Software Engineer - HRIS

Rippling; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Software Engineer in Bengaluru, Karnataka, to lead initiatives, mentor team members, and ensure high-quality software delivery. The role requires 5+ years of experience in software engineering and a strong background in building customer-facing products while navigating dynamic environments.

Join Rippling and contribute to an inclusive culture while working towards the development of scalable core services as part of a diverse engineering team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer.
• Ability to set expectations and help team members grow.
• Experience leading initiatives like architectural changes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design and product management leaders to strategize and roadmap.
• Lead architectural changes and improvements in hiring processes.
• Mentor team members and enforce high-quality deliverables.

Skills

Experience building customer-facing products

Experience with systems operating at significant scale

Ability to mentor team members

Experience in dynamic environments

Proficiency in building scalable core services

Job description

About Rippling

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. 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.

At the heart of this ecosystem is Employee Records, a foundational element that powers not only HR products but also integrates seamlessly with every product to deliver a unified, cohesive experience. The HRIS team plays a critical role in managing all aspects of employee data, including hiring, onboarding, offboarding, and transitions. Their mission is to ensure the correctness and completeness of employee records, which serve as the backbone of Rippling’s ecosystem.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with design and product management leaders to shape and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the team, while maintaining a balanced approach that considers both platform and product perspectives.
• Lead initiatives such as architectural changes, improvements in the hiring process, enhancing engineering effectiveness, and managing post‑mortem processes.
• Provide technical leadership and drive development in a dynamic startup environment for a broadly scoped engineering team.
• Mentor team members, set expectations, and help them grow to take on larger workstreams with confidence.
• Enforce high‑quality deliverables and raise the bar for engineering excellence by building and operationalizing tools, monitors, and processes across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer.
• Experience building customer‑facing products.
• Experience with systems operating at significant technical and organizational scale.
• Experience working in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience building projects with good abstractions and architecture.
• Comfortable developing scalable and extendable core services used in many products.

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 employees working in‑office; for office‑based employees (those who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), working in the office, at least three days a week, is an essential function of the employee's role.