Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Spend Platform

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA, WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is hiring for a backend engineering role based in San Francisco, CA. You will own backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities, ensuring we support real-time, high-volume workflows with robust security and reliability.

The role requires 5+ years of production experience with Python/Django and frontend familiarity (React/TypeScript). You will collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into scalable solutions, while mentoring

Qualifications

• 5+ years production experience with Python or Django.
• Frontend experience with React or TypeScript.
• Experience scaling systems at large technical scope.
• Strong CS fundamentals and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Own design and implementation of core backend services and APIs.
• Ensure high-volume scale, reliability, and security, with data integrity.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into robust, high-performance solutions.
• Mentor engineers, lead code and design reviews, and raise technical standards.

Skills

Python

Django

React

Typescript

System design

Product intuition

Communication

Algorithms

Job description

Rippling is hiring for a backend engineering role based in San Francisco, CA. You will own backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities, ensuring we support real-time, high-volume workflows with robust security and reliability.

The role requires 5+ years of production experience with Python/Django and frontend familiarity (React/TypeScript). You will collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into scalable solutions, while mentoring