Staff Software Engineer: Fullstack Leader (Hybrid Seattle)

Rippling, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage from day one

Equity

SIMPLE IRA with company match

Orca card for transit

Job summary

RentSpree is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead end-to-end development of core consumer and business-facing product experiences, spanning backend APIs to polished web interfaces, with a strong emphasis on speed, reliability, and user delight.

You’ll help set architectural direction, mentor engineers, collaborate with product and design, and deliver high-impact features for millions of users in a hybrid Seattle-based role.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership on high-impact projects.
• Ship production features end-to-end, including frontend UI, APIs, and backend services.
• Deep expertise in modern back-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of user-facing features across web and backend systems.
• Champion backend architecture, performance, and accessibility best practices.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate customer needs into thoughtful, scalable solutions.
• Drive technical decision-making and execution on complex initiatives.
• Contribute to and shape our engineering standards, architecture, and tooling.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to the growth of engineering culture and technical excellence.
• Balance delivery speed and quality, making pragmatic choices around trade-offs.
• Help evolve our backend infrastructure and testing strategies.

Skills

8+ years

End-to-end features

Backend architecture

Frontend & API development

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Performance & accessibility

Tools

Java

Kotlin

SpringBoot

Node.js

GraphQL/REST APIs

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Cloud platforms

Job description

RentSpree is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead end-to-end development of core consumer and business-facing product experiences, spanning backend APIs to polished web interfaces, with a strong emphasis on speed, reliability, and user delight.

You’ll help set architectural direction, mentor engineers, collaborate with product and design, and deliver high-impact features for millions of users in a hybrid Seattle-based role.