Staff AI Platform Architect & Tech Lead

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead architecture across multi‑team AI initiatives. You will build and own infrastructure powering autonomous AI surfaces, partner with product and infra, and mentor engineers to raise technical standards.

This role blends hands‑on coding with strategic architectural influence, directly impacting Rippling’s flagship AI platform. You will collaborate with product leaders and engineering teams to ensure reliable, scalable systems that align with Rippling’s

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership.
• Expertise in platform and distributed systems engineering.
• Strong hands-on coding and active contribution to codebase.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical architecture for high‑impact AI platform initiatives.
• Lead a cross‑functional pod of engineers across product, infra, and platform.
• Build scalable agent infrastructure for automated workflows.
• Design observable, self‑correcting systems with minimal human input.
• Develop harness and platform capabilities encoding business logic.
• Partner with Product to ensure trustworthy, controllable AI surfaces.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the org.
• Track frontier of models and translate advances into architecture.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Platform engineering

Hands-on coding

Technical leadership

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead architecture across multi‑team AI initiatives. You will build and own infrastructure powering autonomous AI surfaces, partner with product and infra, and mentor engineers to raise technical standards.

This role blends hands‑on coding with strategic architectural influence, directly impacting Rippling’s flagship AI platform. You will collaborate with product leaders and engineering teams to ensure reliable, scalable systems that align with Rippling’s