Senior Platform Backend Engineer — Equity & Benefits

Rippling (Netherlands); San Francisco (CA); In loco; USD 159.000 - 278.000; Tempo pieno

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Equity

Benefits

In-office policy

Descrizione del lavoro

Rippling is seeking a senior backend engineer to join the Platform Engineering team in San Francisco. You will design and implement core backend services and APIs, ensuring high-volume scale, reliability, and security while collaborating with product, frontend, and platform teams.

You will bring 5+ years in production environments with Python or Go, deep distributed-systems experience, and strong CS fundamentals.

Competenze

• 5+ years of experience in a production environment using Python, Go, or a similar high-scale backend language.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, data modeling, and performance optimization of relational databases.
• You have seen and contributed to systems operating at a significant technical and organizational scale.
• Strong understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals and experience with complex project delivery.
• Exceptional communication skills with technical and cross-functional stakeholders.

Mansioni

• Own the design and implementation of core backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities and complex business logic.
• Ensure all systems are built for high-volume scale, reliability, and security, making strategic decisions about infrastructure and data integrity.
• Work seamlessly with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into robust, high-performance technical solutions.
• Elevate the team's technical standards, lead code and design reviews, and mentor engineers on backend best practices.

Conoscenze

5+ years backend exp

Python/Go

Distributed systems

Data modeling

Communication skills

Strumenti

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Descrizione del lavoro

Rippling is seeking a senior backend engineer to join the Platform Engineering team in San Francisco. You will design and implement core backend services and APIs, ensuring high-volume scale, reliability, and security while collaborating with product, frontend, and platform teams.

You will bring 5+ years in production environments with Python or Go, deep distributed-systems experience, and strong CS fundamentals.