Software Engineer II, Backend - IT Product

Rippling; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 225,000; Full time

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Job summary

Rippling is seeking a backend engineer to design, implement, and scale core services that power our HR, IT, and Finance platform. You will work with Python or Go and PostgreSQL, shaping data models, APIs, and event flows to support rapid product delivery.

In a fast-paced environment, you will own feature lifecycles, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and continuously optimize performance while maintaining high reliability and security standards.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer.
• Experience with Python or Go and relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test reliable backend services and APIs at scale.
• Work across API design, data modeling, event modeling, and performance optimization.
• Own the development lifecycle for defined features from implementation to deployment and monitoring.
• Collaborate within cross-functional teams and rapidly learn from feedback.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Go

PostgreSQL

API design

Tools

Relational databases

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 IT Product Team

The IT Product Engineering team is critical to unifying Rippling’s workforce management system, bridging the gap between HR and traditional IT administration. Our mission is to build software that enables businesses to manage employee devices, applications, and access security automatically, leveraging Rippling’s single source of employee truth (the HRIS). We automate the complexity of IT management from the moment a new employee is hired to the moment they offboard.

What We Build

• Device Management (MDM): Developing systems to securely enroll, configure, manage, and inventory corporate devices (macOS, Windows, iOS, etc.), including policy enforcement and remote wipe capabilities.


• App Management & Identity: Creating the centralized platform for provisioning and de-provisioning employee access to hundreds of third-party SaaS applications, ensuring instant security and compliance through integrated identity and access management (IAM).


• Inventory & Asset Management: Building the core financial and logistical systems to track physical assets, manage software licenses, and automate IT procurement from device ordering to deployment.


• Security & Compliance: Developing the mechanisms for setting, managing, and enforcing security policies across all devices and applications, ensuring employee and corporate data remain protected.

What You Will Do

• Design, implement, and test reliable backend services and APIs that power core product features and business logic at scale.


• Work across key technical domains, including API design, data modeling, event modeling, and optimizing service performance.


• Own the development lifecycle for defined features, from implementation and testing to deployment, monitoring, and support in a production environment.


• Effectively integrate into cross-functional teams, contribute to technical discovery, and rapidly learn from code and system feedback.

What You Will Need

• 2+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer, preferably with Python, Go, or a similar production language, and strong experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).


• Care about business impact, balancing technical craft with speed and the bottom line to deliver value quickly.


• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments, demonstrating resilience and agility in the face of changing product needs.


• Excellent skills in communicating complex technical ideas with clarity to enable effective collaboration with peers and stakeholders.

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.
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.

The pay range for this role is:

152,000 - 225,000 USD per year(US Tier 1)