Lead, Documents Platform Engineering

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Documents Platform team. You will guide a high-impact backend platform responsible for APIs, data models, and distributed systems that power document storage, generation, routing, and signatures across Rippling and beyond.

You will mentor engineers, shape the technical vision, and partner with product teams to deliver reusable platform capabilities.

Qualifications

• Significant engineering leadership experience with backend/platform teams.
• Strong architecture and system-design capabilities.
• Experience building large-scale platforms used by multiple teams.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of backend/platform engineers.
• Define vision, architecture, and roadmap for Documents Platform.
• Build scalable APIs and services for internal and external use.
• Drive evolution of document infrastructure into a reusable platform.
• Own technical decisions across distributed systems and data models.
• Collaborate with product teams to translate needs into platform capabilities.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Architecture design

People management

Communication

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Documents Platform team. You will guide a high-impact backend platform responsible for APIs, data models, and distributed systems that power document storage, generation, routing, and signatures across Rippling and beyond.

You will mentor engineers, shape the technical vision, and partner with product teams to deliver reusable platform capabilities.