Staff Backend Engineer, Distributed Data Platform

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Rippling is seeking a senior backend engineer to own data ingestion capabilities and drive scalable platform work. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, architect distributed services, and collaborate with partners to shape product space.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of backend experience, strong CS fundamentals, and a product-focused mindset. In-office presence is valued to foster collaboration and rapid iteration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Proven leadership on cross-functional projects.
• Experience with distributed services with high availability and SLA.
• Experience building large-scale APIs and developer tools.
• Strong CS fundamentals and design patterns.
• Product-focused with customer impact.

Responsabilités

• Lead mission-critical data ingestion projects end-to-end.
• Own products, APIs, or platform spaces.
• Build scalable distributed data ingestion systems and data lake architecture.
• Collaborate with partners and customers for feedback.
• Ensure operational excellence and scalability.
• Grow engineering skills across challenging areas.
• Influence architecture and technology decisions.

Connaissances

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

APIs

Data ingestion

Leadership

Product focus

CS fundamentals

Outils

Apache Spark

Flink

AWS

Observability tooling

Description du poste

Rippling is seeking a senior backend engineer to own data ingestion capabilities and drive scalable platform work. You will lead cross-functional initiatives, architect distributed services, and collaborate with partners to shape product space.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of backend experience, strong CS fundamentals, and a product-focused mindset. In-office presence is valued to foster collaboration and rapid iteration.