AI-First Onboarding Engineering Lead

Rippling; New York (NY); On-site; USD 207,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a deeply technical Senior Engineering Manager to lead the AI Onboarding team, driving AI-first onboarding, self-serve growth, and a scalable platform. You will mentor senior engineers, define architecture, and guide cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and growth teams to deliver highly automated onboarding experiences.

You will own the technical direction for AI-native onboarding, validate completion, and orchestrate workflows across Rippling products to

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in fast-moving environments.
• Deep technical depth in backend systems, distributed architecture, APIs and platforms.
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled product patterns and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead a senior engineering team across AI, onboarding, growth and platform infrastructure.
• Define architecture and platform primitives for AI-driven onboarding workflows.
• Partner with Product and Design to drive self-serve and product-led growth experiences.
• Build scalable product platforms and cross-product infrastructure.
• Lead high-traffic customer experiences with strong quality and observability.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

APIs

Platform thinking

AI-native product

Product sense

Cross-functional

Data-driven

Executive communication

Growth mindset

Job description

Rippling is seeking a deeply technical Senior Engineering Manager to lead the AI Onboarding team, driving AI-first onboarding, self-serve growth, and a scalable platform. You will mentor senior engineers, define architecture, and guide cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and growth teams to deliver highly automated onboarding experiences.

You will own the technical direction for AI-native onboarding, validate completion, and orchestrate workflows across Rippling products to