Staff Software Engineer, Global Payroll Calculation

Rippling (Netherlands); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive salary

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead and scale our payroll calculation systems for global payroll. You will architect and implement core capabilities, drive reliability, and partner across product, design, payroll operations, HRIS, and other engineering teams.

You will mentor engineers, help expand to new countries, and leverage AI to simplify payroll logic while preserving accuracy and auditability in a high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Staff-level experience designing and scaling complex production systems.
• Strong fundamentals in architecture, data modeling, distributed systems, and reliability.
• Track record of setting technical direction across multiple teams.
• Strong product judgment linking platform decisions to outcomes.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional alignment.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.
• Payroll experience is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical strategy for Rippling’s payroll calculation systems.
• Write critical production code and lead from the front on high-impact initiatives.
• Design frameworks that make payroll logic configurable, versioned, testable, explainable, scalable.
• Leverage AI to make payroll logic easier to build, validate, explain, and operate.
• Build systems that support enterprise-scale payroll for large employers with complex structures.
• Expand Rippling’s native payroll capabilities across new countries and jurisdictions.
• Drive improvements in distributed systems, database performance, caching, reliability, and operability.
• Partner cross-functionally with product, design, payroll operations, HRIS, and other teams to deliver outcomes.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers across payroll calculation areas.

Skills

Staff-level experience

Architecture leadership

Distributed systems

Data modeling

Reliability

Communication skills

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead and scale our payroll calculation systems for global payroll. You will architect and implement core capabilities, drive reliability, and partner across product, design, payroll operations, HRIS, and other engineering teams.

You will mentor engineers, help expand to new countries, and leverage AI to simplify payroll logic while preserving accuracy and auditability in a high-growth environment.