Staff Software Engineer, Global Payroll & AI Automation

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

Job summary

Rippling, based in San Francisco, is hiring Staff Engineers to redefine how global payroll infrastructure scales. You will help build AI-native onboarding experiences and support the company’s expansion into new countries.

This role focuses on designing scalable platform components, ensuring compliance accuracy across dozens of jurisdictions, and delivering a seamless, self-serve onboarding flow for customers worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Architect global expansion platform infrastructure for new international markets with minimal friction.
• Build AI-driven, conversational onboarding experiences that are accurate and compliant.
• Translate complex regulatory payroll rules into clean, scalable backend systems and UX.
• Own core platform components to optimize scale, availability and data integrity.

Job description

Rippling, based in San Francisco, is hiring Staff Engineers to redefine how global payroll infrastructure scales. You will help build AI-native onboarding experiences and support the company’s expansion into new countries.

This role focuses on designing scalable platform components, ensuring compliance accuracy across dozens of jurisdictions, and delivering a seamless, self-serve onboarding flow for customers worldwide.