Senior Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems & Scale

Rippling; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

Rippling is hiring for its Platform Engineering team to design and implement core backend services powering HR, IT, and Finance. You will build high‑scale APIs, ensure data integrity, and collaborate across product, frontend, and platform teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in production backend development, deep distributed systems knowledge, and strong CS fundamentals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production backend development.
• Experience with Python or Go.
• Distributed systems architecture and relational database optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core backend services and APIs.
• Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and secure.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate features into robust solutions.
• Mentor engineers and lead reviews of code and design.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Performance optimization

CS fundamentals

Job description

Rippling is hiring for its Platform Engineering team to design and implement core backend services powering HR, IT, and Finance. You will build high‑scale APIs, ensure data integrity, and collaborate across product, frontend, and platform teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in production backend development, deep distributed systems knowledge, and strong CS fundamentals.