Senior Engineering Manager - Platform Engineering San Francisco, CA

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 347,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in San Francisco seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to oversee the Object Platform, focusing on ZObjects, Custom Apps, and Application Platform. The role requires strong leadership, technical strategy, and team management skills to drive impactful business outcomes.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of engineering experience delivering impactful products.
• At least 4 years of experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers committed to ownership and impact.
• Define vision and technical strategy for impactful business outcomes.
• Drive platform adoption across engineering teams developing next-gen products.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Product Intuition

Recruiting

Tools

AWS

Job description

Rippling provides a unified platform for businesses to manage HR, IT, and Finance functions. It consolidates systems such as payroll, expenses, benefits, and hardware management, enabling comprehensive automation of the employee lifecycle within a single system.

For example, Rippling's onboarding process allows hiring a new employee globally and setting up payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365 within 90 seconds.

Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised over $1.4 billion from top investors including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock. It has been recognized by Forbes as one of America's best startup employers.

Candidate safety is a priority; all official communication will only originate from @Rippling.com email addresses.

About The Role

The Object Platform at Rippling is central to our platform strategy, focusing on three key areas:

1. ZObjects: A leading object store integrating HTAP capabilities for customers and developers.
2. Custom Apps: A platform enabling non-technical users to build and automate business processes through a visual application builder.
3. Application Platform: A development platform supporting both first-party and third-party developers.

This senior engineering management role will oversee these three areas.

What You'll Do

• Lead a passionate team of software engineers committed to ownership and impact.
• Define vision and technical strategy to achieve impactful business outcomes.
• Drive platform adoption across engineering teams developing next-gen products and cloud services.
• Establish and maintain engineering processes that enable rapid progress.
• Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence and operational efficiency.
• Develop, mentor, and retain a high-performing team with a strong delivery cadence in an agile environment.
• Ensure consistent delivery of high-quality, high-velocity products.
• Engage in technical architecture, review processes, and provide technical leadership and accountability.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and cross-functional leaders to shape and prioritize engineering initiatives.
• Maintain a holistic view across engineering and product to inform strategy.
• Take on product management responsibilities when needed.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of engineering experience delivering impactful products.
• At least 4 years of experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience with distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-based SaaS applications, especially AWS.
• Proven ability to lead and execute complex technical initiatives.
• Experience transforming ideas into impactful products.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Strong skills in recruiting, organizing, and motivating engineering teams.
• Excellent product intuition and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Additional Information

Rippling simplifies business management by integrating HR, IT, and Finance systems, automating the entire employee lifecycle within a single platform.

Our onboarding example highlights the platform's efficiency—hiring a new employee globally and setting up payroll, benefits, and third-party apps within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, the company has raised over $1.4 billion from leading investors and has been recognized as a top startup employer by Forbes.

Candidate safety is paramount; all official communications will originate from @Rippling.com.

The annual pay range for this role is $198,000 to $346,500 USD (US Tier 1).