Engineering Manager - Inventory & IT Automation

Rippling; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Rippling, a leading IT and HR platform, seeks a deeply technical Engineering Manager to lead a senior team building a scalable, automated IT product and infrastructure ecosystem. The Inventory Management team drives the core IT platform, orchestrating hardware lifecycles, global warehouses, and end-user device workflows.

You will own IT automation, collaborate with cross-functional leaders, and shape architecture while staying hands-on.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a deeply technical engineering team with a track record of delivering complex systems.
• Strong background in IT automation and infrastructure design.
• Expertise in system-level trade-offs and distributed architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers to drive high-impact IT automation initiatives.
• Own the end-to-end automation infrastructure and internal interfaces.
• Modernize and secure internal systems plumbing for multi-system orchestration.
• Stay deeply technical, evaluating architecture decisions with senior staff.
• Partner across organizations to build integrated, proactive internal product landscapes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI workflow tooling

Distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Rippling, a leading IT and HR platform, seeks a deeply technical Engineering Manager to lead a senior team building a scalable, automated IT product and infrastructure ecosystem. The Inventory Management team drives the core IT platform, orchestrating hardware lifecycles, global warehouses, and end-user device workflows.

You will own IT automation, collaborate with cross-functional leaders, and shape architecture while staying hands-on.