Staff Software Engineer - Global Payroll Engine Architect

Rippling; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Payroll Calculations team in New York. You will architect and scale the global payroll calculation engine, ensuring accuracy across countries, and lead end-to-end delivery of complex features.

You will mentor engineers, drive performance improvements, and shape the long-term technical vision for this core platform. Strong collaboration with product and HRIS is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven track record in building large-scale distributed backend systems.
• Strong expertise in Python and Django.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical architecture for next-gen global payroll calculation engine.
• Own end-to-end delivery of high-impact features from design to production.
• Drive the technical roadmap, tackle performance bottlenecks and refactors.
• Turn ambiguous challenges into concrete plans for the team.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices for code quality and observability.
• Collaborate with Product Management, HRIS, and other teams to deliver platform-wide solutions.

Skills

8+ yrs exp

Distributed backend

Python & Django

Technical leadership

Product sense

Communication

Lifecycle management

Tools

MongoDB

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Staff Engineer for the Payroll Calculations team in New York. You will architect and scale the global payroll calculation engine, ensuring accuracy across countries, and lead end-to-end delivery of complex features.

You will mentor engineers, drive performance improvements, and shape the long-term technical vision for this core platform. Strong collaboration with product and HRIS is essential.