Staff Software Engineer - Travel Platform

Engg; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling's Tax Platform is at the forefront of global payroll tax calculations, handling billions in tax computations and compliance across thousands of jurisdictions. This role leads system design and architecture for scale, guiding cross-functional teams with a strong ownership mindset and a focus on reliability and performance.

Located in Bengaluru, the role emphasizes engineering excellence, cross-team influence, and strategic technical leadership to shape the platform's growth and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Proven ability to architect large-scale distributed systems with high reliability requirements.
• Deep expertise in any OOPs language and experience designing systems that other engineers build on.
• Track record of driving technical strategy and influencing decisions across multiple teams.
• Strong ownership mindset—you see problems through from identification to resolution.
• Rigorous engineering practices with a focus on correctness, testing, and operational excellence.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to represent engineering to leadership and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• System Design: Lead architecture for mission-critical systems handling billions in tax calculations; scale for 50% YoY growth.
• Ownership & Impact: Drive initiatives with function-wide visibility; shape roadmaps and influence company strategy.
• Engineering Excellence: Define and champion engineering standards across teams; establish scalable patterns.
• Reliability & Correctness: Design systems with auditability, correctness, and graceful degradation at scale.
• Global Scale: Tackle architectural challenges of processing millions of payroll transactions across multiple countries and jurisdictions.
• Technical Leadership: Be the technical voice in cross-functional decisions; translate business needs into technical strategy.

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

OOP languages

System architecture

Ownership mindset

Engineering excellence

Communication

Job description

About Role

Rippling's Tax Platform is one of only ~5 companies globally that owns the full tax calculation and filing stack. We process over $30 billion in annual payroll for 1 million+ employees-growing 50% year-over-year. Our systems handle millions of payroll transactions across multiple countries, ensuring tax correctness across 4,000+ jurisdictions while staying compliant with constantly changing tax regulations.

What You Will Do

• System Design : Lead architecture for mission-critical systems handling billions in tax calculations; make decisions that define how the platform scales for 50% YoY growth
• Ownership & Impact : Drive initiatives with function-wide visibility; your work shapes roadmaps and influences company strategy
• Engineering Excellence : Define and champion engineering standards across teams; establish patterns that scale with the organization
• Reliability & Correctness : Design systems where failure is not an option; build for auditability, correctness, and graceful degradation at scale
• Global Scale : Tackle architectural challenges of processing millions of payroll transactions across multiple countries with 4,000+ jurisdictions and evolving regulations
• Technical Leadership : Be the technical voice in cross-functional decisions; translate business needs into technical strategy

What You Will Have

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership
• Proven ability to architect large-scale distributed systems with high reliability requirements
• Deep expertise in any OOPs language and experience designing systems that other engineers build on
• Track record of driving technical strategy and influencing decisions across multiple teams
• Strong ownership mindset-you see problems through from identification to resolution
• Rigorous engineering practices with a focus on correctness, testing, and operational excellence
• Excellent communication skills; ability to represent engineering to leadership and stakeholders