Engineering Manager, Payroll Platform — Scale & Platform

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Payroll Platform to lead a high-impact engineering team building the foundational platform for payroll processing, approvals, corrections, and more. You will guide scale, reliability, and orchestration while shaping the product's technical direction and attracting top talent.

The role emphasizes platform leadership over consumer features, collaboration across org pods, and delivering robust, scalable backend systems in a cloud environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in a senior leadership capacity.
• Deep expertise in backend systems and orchestration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Architect for Scale: lead backend strategy for Run Management engine.
• Orchestrate Complexity: manage raw HR inputs to the calculation engine for accurate outputs.
• Drive Platform Excellence: focus on systems design, reliability, and backend efficiency.
• Collaborate Across Charters: bridge Onboarding and Payroll Processing to serve Run Management.

Skills

Backend systems

Leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Coaching managers

Communication

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Payroll Platform to lead a high-impact engineering team building the foundational platform for payroll processing, approvals, corrections, and more. You will guide scale, reliability, and orchestration while shaping the product's technical direction and attracting top talent.

The role emphasizes platform leadership over consumer features, collaboration across org pods, and delivering robust, scalable backend systems in a cloud environment.