Staff Software Engineer - Spend

Rippling; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is hiring for a pivotal role in the Spend Management team in Bengaluru, India. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of software engineering experience, specializing in backend development and distributed systems. Responsibilities include crafting seamless platform solutions, leading technical architecture, and mentoring engineers. Strong proficiency in modern backend languages like Python, Go, or Java is required. This role offers the opportunity to play an influential part in a rapidly scaling product and tackle complex engineering challenges.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong track record in backend development.
• Proven ability to design large-scale fault-tolerant systems.

Responsibilities

• Craft exceptional platform solutions for user experience.
• Be hands-on in technical architecture.
• Tackle complex engineering challenges effectively.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Technical architecture

Data modeling (SQL/NoSQL)

Problem-solving

Effective communication

Tools

Python

Go

Java

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.

About The Role

You would be joining the Spend Management team which plays a pivotal role in redefining the future of corporate spending as we scale from millions to billions of transactions per month. Customers love that we have built an all-in-one platform for corporate cards, expense management, accounting automation, and more. We simplify the financial admins lives through the combination of the entire Rippling product suite. We launched Spend Management one year ago and have seen tremendous customer adoption and excitement.

What you will do

• Craft exceptional platform solutions that will benefit multiple teams to create a seamless user experience.
• Be hands‑on in technical architecture and be the liaison between product leadership, engineering leadership, and technical workstreams.
• Tackle complex engineering challenges, leveraging your expertise to devise ingenious solutions that push the boundaries of what is possible.
• Assume clear ownership of your projects, empowering you to make impactful decisions and drive their successful implementation.
• Play a pivotal role in leading and mentoring highly talented engineers across Spend Management.
• Immersed in one of Rippling's newest and most influential products, becoming a true authority and contributing to its ongoing development.

What you will need

• Experience: 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong track record in backend development and distributed systems.
• Architecture: Proven ability to design large-scale, fault-tolerant systems from scratch. You understand the trade-offs between consistency and availability and know when "eventual consistency" is not enough.
• High Agency: You thrive in ambiguity. You don't wait for a ticket to be assigned; you identify the business problem, scope the technical solution, and execute.
• Domain Agility: You have the intellectual curiosity to master the complex domain of treasury and money movement in a matter of days, even if you don't have a background in it.
• Tech Stack: Deep proficiency in a modern backend language (Python, Go, Java, etc.) plus experience with complex data modeling (SQL/NoSQL).
• Communication: Ability to convey technical concepts to both engineering and non-engineering audiences effectively.