Staff Product Security Engineer

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling in San Francisco is looking for a hands-on staff security engineer to build their Product Security program. You will address a variety of security challenges in a supportive and collaborative environment as a vital team member.

With a focus on eliminating vulnerabilities and mentoring best practices, your role will encompass a wide range of responsibilities including threat modeling, code audits, and developing security tools.

This position comes with a competitive salary range of $189,000 - $315,000 annually and a chance to make a substantial impact in a forward-thinking company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a product security role.
• Experience leading architectural changes or complex cross-team efforts to mitigate security vulnerabilities.
• Deep understanding of securing web applications.

Responsibilities

• Build guardrails and controls to eliminate vulnerabilities.
• Build security tooling and automations to scale practices.
• Threat-model application designs and provide assessments.
• Audit source code and perform code reviews.
• Mentor engineering teams in security best practices.

Skills

Product security experience

Web application security

Fluency in Python

Fluency in React

Fluency in Django Rest Framework

Manual source code review

Deploying application security tools

Mentoring best practices

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 $1.4 B+ 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.

About the Role

We’re looking for a hands‑on staff security engineer to play a key role in building Rippling’s Product Security program. Rippling’s product scope provides a unique set of security challenges, but our management is especially supportive of security and compliance as a central function of the business. As an early member of Rippling’s security team, you’ll have a meaningful impact on the security program’s priorities and direction.

About the Team

We are a diverse team of skilled security engineers that are passionate about pushing the boundaries of security practices. We look to collaborate with our Engineering partners to find the right solution for our interesting challenges. Our team thrives on re‑imagining approaches to traditional security to secure our vast ecosystem. Our achievements are shared through our blogs and at conferences and meetups.

What You’ll Do

• Build guardrails and controls to eliminate full classes of vulnerabilities within the Rippling application
• Build security tooling and automations to help scale the Product Security team’s practices
• Threat‑model application designs and solutions and provide security assessments
• Audit source code and perform code review for critical application changes
• Mentor software engineering teams in security best practices
• Provide hands‑on remediation guidance to development teams
• Review & establish software development practices that make security an essential part of the development process
• Develop / Integrate security into the Software Development Life Cycle

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a product security role
• Experience leading architectural changes or complex cross‑team efforts to mitigate security vulnerabilities
• Deep understanding of securing web applications
• Fluency in Python, React, and Django Rest Framework
• Experience with manual source code review and embedding security into code in production environments
• Experience with deploying application security tools in the CI/CD pipeline
• Experience with securing the software development lifecycle, including building programs that eliminate full classes of vulnerabilities

Bonus Points

• Good understanding of SSO, including OAuth, SAML
• Experience speaking at meetups or conferences
• Experience running a bug bounty program

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 in‑office collaboration. Employees living within 30 miles of an office are expected to work onsite three days a week; those living 30‑49.9 miles away are expected to be in the office one day a week. Employees living over 50 miles away are required to relocate within 30 miles of an office. To enhance team cohesiveness, new employees are asked to work onsite three days a week for their first six months.

Salary Range

189,000 - 315,000 USD per year (US Tier 1)