Staff Software Engineer, Global Payroll Calculation

Rippling (Netherlands); Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Sur place; USD 189 000 - 315 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Rippling is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture for payroll calculation systems, write critical production code, and shape technical direction for scalable, auditable payroll at global scale.

You will partner with product, design, payroll operations, HRIS and other engineering teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes, mentor engineers across payroll areas, and help expand native payroll across new countries with improved reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Staff-level experience designing and scaling complex production systems where correctness and auditability are critical.
• Strong engineering fundamentals across architecture, data modeling, distributed systems, databases, caching, and reliability.
• A track record of setting technical direction and leading complex initiatives across multiple teams.
• Strong product judgment and the ability to connect platform decisions to customer outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort driving alignment across engineering, product, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities and requirements evolve quickly.
• Payroll experience is helpful but not required. We value engineers who have worked on other high-integrity domains where correctness, auditability, and customer trust are essential.

Responsabilités

• Lead architecture and technical strategy for Rippling’s payroll calculation systems.
• Write critical production code and lead from the front on high‑impact technical initiatives.
• Design frameworks that make payroll logic configurable, versioned, testable, explainable, scalable, and easy to debug.
• Leverage AI to make payroll logic easier to build, validate, explain, and operate, without compromising accuracy, auditability, or control.
• Build systems that support enterprise‑scale payroll for large employers with complex legal‑entity structures and approval workflows.
• Help 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 engineering teams to deliver end‑to-end customer outcomes.
• Mentor senior and mid‑level engineers across payroll calculation areas such as platform, earnings, deductions, taxes, and jurisdiction‑specific logic.

Connaissances

Staff‑level experience

Architecture

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Description du poste

Rippling is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture for payroll calculation systems, write critical production code, and shape technical direction for scalable, auditable payroll at global scale.

You will partner with product, design, payroll operations, HRIS and other engineering teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes, mentor engineers across payroll areas, and help expand native payroll across new countries with improved reliability and performance.