Senior Backend Engineer, FinTech & Global Payroll

Rippling (Netherlands); New York (NY); On-site; USD 168,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

On-site with hybrid options

Benefits

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and implement core services and APIs powering our financial product platforms. You will scale systems, ensure reliability and security, and collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate goals into robust solutions.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in production Python or Go, strong distributed-systems knowledge, and excellent communication with cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in production environment using Python, Go, or a similar high‑scale backend language.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, data modeling, and performance optimization of relational databases.
• Exceptional communication skills with technical and cross‑functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of core backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities and complex business logic.
• Ensure all systems are built for high-volume scale, reliability, and security, making strategic decisions about infrastructure and data integrity.
• Work seamlessly with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into robust, high‑performance technical solutions.
• Elevate the team's technical standards, lead code and design reviews, and mentor engineers on backend best practices.

Skills

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Data modeling

CS fundamentals

Job description

Rippling is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and implement core services and APIs powering our financial product platforms. You will scale systems, ensure reliability and security, and collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate goals into robust solutions.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in production Python or Go, strong distributed-systems knowledge, and excellent communication with cross-functional stakeholders.