Senior Backend Engineer, HR Platform — Scale & Security

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend for the HR Product team in San Francisco. You will own the design and implementation of core backend services and APIs that power critical HR product capabilities, focusing on high-volume, secure, scalable systems.

You will collaborate across product, frontend, and platform teams, elevate engineering standards, lead design reviews, and mentor teammates to raise the bar on backend excellence. The role offers equity and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production backend development.
• Experience with high-scale, reliable systems.
• Strong data modeling and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Own design and implementation of backend services and APIs.
• Ensure high-volume scale, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams.
• Lead code and design reviews; mentor engineers.

Skills

Python/Go

Distributed systems

Relational databases

CS fundamentals

Strong communication

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend for the HR Product team in San Francisco. You will own the design and implementation of core backend services and APIs that power critical HR product capabilities, focusing on high-volume, secure, scalable systems.

You will collaborate across product, frontend, and platform teams, elevate engineering standards, lead design reviews, and mentor teammates to raise the bar on backend excellence. The role offers equity and strong benefits.