Senior Backend Engineer, Platform & AI Workflows (Equity)

Rippling; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Rippling is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to design and build services, APIs, and platform primitives powering multiple product areas. You will work across Spend, IT, identity, approvals, and security, contributing to AI-powered workflows for enterprise readiness.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and scale, with collaboration across product, frontend, design, and cross-functional teams. The firm prioritizes in-office work in Seattle, offering salary, benefits, and equity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production experience with Python or Django and related tech.
• Frontend development familiarity with React or TypeScript.
• Experience with large-scale systems and high reliability.
• Strong product intuition and user focus.
• Experience shipping complex projects and strong CS fundamentals.
• Excellent communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve backend capabilities and user-facing features across the stack.
• Design and implement backend services and APIs for key product capabilities.
• Build reliable, secure, and scalable systems for high-volume workflows.
• Translate business needs into robust technical solutions with cross-functional teams.
• Evolve systems involving workflows, permissions, and security controls.
• Mentor others and uphold engineering best practices.
• Help unify product experiences across multiple platforms.

Skills

Python

Django

Frontend React/TypeScript

Systems at scale

Communication

Job description

Rippling is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to design and build services, APIs, and platform primitives powering multiple product areas. You will work across Spend, IT, identity, approvals, and security, contributing to AI-powered workflows for enterprise readiness.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and scale, with collaboration across product, frontend, design, and cross-functional teams. The firm prioritizes in-office work in Seattle, offering salary, benefits, and equity.