AI-Driven Onboarding Platform Leader

Rippling; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a deeply technical Senior Engineering Manager to lead the AI Onboarding & Growth engineering team, a high-impact product platform team at the center of Rippling’s next phase of product growth.

This role focuses on reinventing onboarding through AI, building self-serve experiences, and expanding adoption of Rippling AI across multiple products, with a strong emphasis on scalable platform infrastructure and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading strong engineering teams in fast-moving environments.
• Deep technical depth in backend systems, distributed architecture, and APIs.
• AI-native product mindset with ability to rethink product workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a senior engineering team across AI, onboarding, growth, and product platform infrastructure.
• Set the technical direction for AI-first onboarding and platform primitives.
• Drive product-led growth by building self-serve experiences and activation.
• Build scalable product platforms and high-traffic customer experiences.
• Collaborate across Product, Design, Data, AI, Growth, and engineering leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

AI adoption

Product sense

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

APIs

Platform infrastructure

Job description

Rippling is seeking a deeply technical Senior Engineering Manager to lead the AI Onboarding & Growth engineering team, a high-impact product platform team at the center of Rippling’s next phase of product growth.

This role focuses on reinventing onboarding through AI, building self-serve experiences, and expanding adoption of Rippling AI across multiple products, with a strong emphasis on scalable platform infrastructure and cross-functional collaboration.