Senior Backend Engineer - Payments & Distributed Systems

Ripple; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Equity

Mobile phone stipend

Wellness reimbursement

R&R days

Job summary

Ripple is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in California to build enterprise-grade payment applications that enable cross-border settlement with high availability.

You will collaborate with product, legal, and business teams to design scalable backend services, own technical delivery, and mentor peers while advancing distributed systems and cloud-native architectures using Java, Spring Boot, REST, and gRPC. In-office collaboration is available; equity and performance bonuses are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience building distributed systems and backend services.
• Proven backend engineering track record in scalable enterprise software.
• Strong design and API work with REST/gRPC.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-grade payment applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align with business goals.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Java

REST / gRPC

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Technical ownership

Mentorship

Tools

Spring Boot

Kafka

Job description

Ripple is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in California to build enterprise-grade payment applications that enable cross-border settlement with high availability.

You will collaborate with product, legal, and business teams to design scalable backend services, own technical delivery, and mentor peers while advancing distributed systems and cloud-native architectures using Java, Spring Boot, REST, and gRPC. In-office collaboration is available; equity and performance bonuses are offered.