Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Rippling; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Rippling is hiring for a Platform Engineer to build and scale core platform infrastructure and shared services that power HR, IT, and Finance. You will influence architecture, collaborate with engineers, and lead critical projects to deliver reliable, secure systems at scale.

We value 5+ years of hands-on experience with distributed systems, strong communication across product and design teams, and a passion for solving hard technical problems in a fast-growing, in-office driven culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building core platform infrastructure for distributed systems.
• Experience operating at large scale in technical and organizational contexts.
• Excellent ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive design, implementation, and evolution of core platform infrastructure and shared services.
• Lead mission-critical projects to build and scale core platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineers across the organization to adopt components and evolve products.
• Influence architecture and technology choices across the company.
• Grow engineering skills and solve challenging technical problems.

Skills

Distributed systems

Platform infrastructure

Cross-functional comms

Job description

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.

About the Platform Team

The Platform Engineering team is the invisible engine that powers all of Rippling's integrated products—HR, IT, and Finance. Our mission is to build the core infrastructure, tools, and shared services that allow every other engineering team to ship highly reliable, secure, and globally scalable features with maximum velocity. We manage the foundational components that ensure Rippling's single, unified platform operates efficiently and securely.

Our Scope:

Foundational Systems for 1,000+ Engineers

Operating as a critical scaled team, we own and operate a variety of mission-critical systems that directly support close to 1,000 engineers building products and internal platforms across Rippling. We deliver the most foundational shared systems inside the Platform organization.

What you will do

• Drive the design, implementation, and evolution of core platform infrastructure and shared services.
• Lead mission critical projects to build and scale core platform capabilities
• Work closely with engineers across the organization to adopt these components to evolve existing products and bring new products to market
• Influence architecture, technology selections, and trends of the whole company
• Build and grow your engineering skills in different challenging areas and solve hard technical problems

What you will need

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building core product infrastructure and distributed systems that directly support and empower product-facing engineering teams.
• You have seen and contributed to systems operating at a significant technical and organizational scale.
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a diverse audience, not just engineers but cross functional groups like product and design, and an amplitude of end users

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [e-mail]

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.