Staff Engineer - AI-Driven Global Payroll Platform

Rippling; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is hiring Staff Engineers to redefine global payroll infrastructure and build AI-native onboarding experiences with deterministic back‑end systems ensuring 100% data precision. You will design scalable platform primitives to accelerate country expansion while abstracting local compliance into reusable workflows, all in a fast‑moving product environment.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, hands‑on coding, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver high‑integrity payroll

Qualifications

• Extensive experience (8+ years) in software engineering with leadership responsibilities.
• Expertise in architecting platform and distributed systems for high scale and observability.
• Strong hands-on coding ability and active contribution to codebases.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering and product initiatives.
• Strong product intuition and ability to translate ambiguous requirements into robust platform primitives.
• Clear, precise communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Able to thrive in high-velocity environments with evolving tech.
• Prior experience building AI-native, agentic workflows or related systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect for Global Expansion: enable deployment of Rippling Payroll into new international markets with minimal friction.
• AI-Driven Workflows: integrate LLMs with deterministic code for accurate, compliant onboarding experiences.
• Deconstruct Complexity: convert diverse regulatory payroll rules into clean backend platforms and UX.
• Scale the Platform: own core components for a massive transactional system with high availability and data integrity.

Job description

Rippling is hiring Staff Engineers to redefine global payroll infrastructure and build AI-native onboarding experiences with deterministic back‑end systems ensuring 100% data precision. You will design scalable platform primitives to accelerate country expansion while abstracting local compliance into reusable workflows, all in a fast‑moving product environment.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, hands‑on coding, and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver high‑integrity payroll