Senior Backend Engineer — Scale, Security & Equity

Rippling; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a backend-focused engineer to own core services and APIs for a unified workforce management platform. You will ensure scalable, secure systems, and work closely with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate features into robust solutions.

The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, elevating backend standards, and delivering high-performance services in a production environment using Python or Go.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production backend development using Python or Go.
• Strong experience with distributed systems and relational databases.
• Experience delivering large-scale backend services.
• Excellent communication with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of core backend services and APIs.
• Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and secure under high load.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate goals into robust solutions.
• Lead code and design reviews and mentor engineers on backend best practices.

Skills

Python/Go

Distributed systems

Relational databases

CS fundamentals

Mentoring/leadership

Job description

Rippling is seeking a backend-focused engineer to own core services and APIs for a unified workforce management platform. You will ensure scalable, secure systems, and work closely with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate features into robust solutions.

The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, elevating backend standards, and delivering high-performance services in a production environment using Python or Go.