Senior Backend Engineer: Payments & Distributed Systems

Ripple; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Learning budget

Job summary

Ripple in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build enterprise‑level payment applications that move money instantly and securely. You will lead backend development, owning design decisions and collaborating with product, legal, and biz dev to align with company goals.

You bring 5+ years in backend software, strong Java expertise, API design skills, and experience with cloud platforms and containers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Proven ability to design and deliver features in large, distributed systems.
• Strong API design and integration skills (REST/gRPC).
• Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Understand distributed systems trade-offs in payment contexts.
• Build scalable enterprise software with high performance.
• Design and optimize Java-based services with concurrency.
• Collaborate openly with diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Mentor teammates and promote engineering best practices.
• Lead feature delivery while managing debt migration efforts.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java

Concurrency

API design

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Go

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

ECS

Kafka

Spring Boot

Job description

Ripple in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build enterprise‑level payment applications that move money instantly and securely. You will lead backend development, owning design decisions and collaborating with product, legal, and biz dev to align with company goals.

You bring 5+ years in backend software, strong Java expertise, API design skills, and experience with cloud platforms and containers.