Engineering Manager - Emerging Products

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

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Job summary

Rippling is seeking a deeply technical Engineering Manager (M7) to lead a high-impact team building a scalable, automated IT product and infrastructure ecosystem. You will guide 12 engineers, own automation infrastructure, and modernize operational systems while staying deeply technical and collaborating across Inventory Management, Identity, Devices, and Product.

The role emphasizes AI-driven developer workflows and cross-organization influence, with a compensation package including equity and

Qualifications

• Leadership and team mentorship experience.
• Strong architecture and distributed systems background.
• Experience building AI-driven developer workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers to high execution velocity and technical excellence.
• Own IT automation infrastructure and internal product interfaces.
• Modernize internal systems plumbing and multi-system communications.
• Evaluate system-level trade-offs and core architectural decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to align internal product landscapes.

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking a deeply technical Engineering Manager (M7 level) to lead a high-impact engineering team building a scalable, fully automated IT product and infrastructure ecosystem. At Rippling, our IT business unit bridges the gap between digital identity and physical hardware. The Inventory Management engineering team sits at the very heart of this ecosystem. We build the global system of record orchestrating our hardware supply chain, global warehouse networks, and end-to-end device lifecycles. When a customer hires an employee, our platform automates the entire provisioning, configuration, and device shipping pipeline—reconciling asynchronous, unpredictable human workflows in physical warehouses with atomic, high-throughput backend software states.

What We Build

We build the mission-critical software that simplifies IT for organizations, turning complex, manual processes into simple, one-click solutions. Our core product domains include:

• Global Supply Chain System of Record : Developing high-concurrency architecture to track physical hardware state transitions seamlessly across suppliers, global warehouse networks, transit hubs, and end-user assignments.
• Warehouse Integration & Async Reconciliation : Building robust software abstraction layers and event-driven engines to reconcile unpredictable, asynchronous physical warehouse workflows with strict, atomic database states.
• Predictive Inventory & Self-Healing Procurement : Designing AI-driven algorithms and automated workflows to forecast device demand across scaling customer bases, automatically mitigating supply chain friction and optimizing stock levels horizontally.
• Lifecycle & Asset Lifecycle Orchestration : Creating end-to-end operational software to manage hardware from purchase and inbound receiving to employee allocation, automated return processing, repair tracking, and secure asset retirement.

You will manage a lean, highly capable, and senior group of 7 cross-platform engineers navigating and leading with deep technical leverage, high execution velocity, and direct architectural impact. This role is ideal for an engineering leader who enjoys operating close to underlying infrastructure, possesses a high ambiguity tolerance for shifting charters, and acts as a multiplier by leveraging AI-driven developer workflows to eliminate operational overhead through software.

What You Will Do

• Lead and Mentor: Direct a team of 12 engineers, focusing heavily on upleveling execution velocity and technical excellence through the deployment of modern AI workflows.
• Own IT Automation Infrastructure: Drive the end-to-end automation infrastructure, internal product interfaces, and systems architecture required to resolve core enterprise IT platform dependencies.
• Modernize Operational Systems Plumbing: Restructure underlying internal engines to automate manual workflows and multi-system communications, building a unified software control plane for the business.
• Stay Deeply Technical: Participate directly in evaluating system-level trade-offs, architecture decisions, distributed systems design, and core systems plumbing alongside your senior staff.
• Partner Cross-Functionally: Collaborate closely with cross-org technology leadership teams (such as Inventory Management, Identity, Devices, and Product) to build integrated, proactive internal product landscapes.

What You Will Need

• Lead and Mentor : Direct a team of 7 engineers, focusing heavily on upleveling execution velocity and technical excellence through the deployment of modern AI workflows.
• Own IT Automation Infrastructure : Drive the end-to-end Inventory Management and IT hub infrastructure, internal product interfaces, and systems architecture required to resolve core enterprise IT platform dependencies.
• Modernize Operational Systems Plumbing : Restructure underlying internal engines to automate manual workflows and multi-tenant communications, building a unified software control plane for the business.
• Stay Deeply Technical : Participate directly in evaluating system-level trade-offs, architecture decisions, distributed systems design, and core systems plumbing alongside your senior staff.
• Partner Cross-Functionally : Collaborate closely with cross-org technology leadership teams (such as Inventory Management, Identity, Devices, and Product) to build integrated, proactive internal product landscapes as well as 3rd party systems and integrations.

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee’s role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.