Backend Engineer, Data Cloud & AI Platform

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Rippling is building the Data Cloud to connect employee data with analytics, enabling AI-powered insights and reliable governance across HR and Finance. You will own backend services and APIs powering core product capabilities at scale, working with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate goals into robust, secure solutions.

This role emphasizes distributed systems, data modeling, and performance optimization, with a strong focus on collaboration and technical leadership across a

Qualifications

• 2+ years of production backend experience in Python/Go.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems architecture.
• Experience with relational database performance optimization.
• Excellent communication with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of core backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities.
• Ensure systems are built for high-volume scale, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into robust solutions.
• Mentor engineers on backend best practices and elevate technical standards.

Skills

Python

Go

Tools

Rippling RQL

Job description

Rippling is building the Data Cloud to connect employee data with analytics, enabling AI-powered insights and reliable governance across HR and Finance. You will own backend services and APIs powering core product capabilities at scale, working with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate goals into robust, secure solutions.

This role emphasizes distributed systems, data modeling, and performance optimization, with a strong focus on collaboration and technical leadership across a