Staff Software Engineer, Global Payroll Platform

Rippling (Netherlands); Florida; On-site; USD 189,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture of our payroll calculation systems and help scale mission-critical payroll infrastructure globally. You will drive architectural direction, write production code, and partner with product, payroll operations, HRIS, and other teams to deliver reliable, auditable payroll outcomes.

You will mentor engineers, influence cross-functional priorities, and help extend Rippling’s payroll capabilities across new countries and

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.
• Proven ability to set technical direction and lead complex initiatives across multiple teams.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to align engineering, product, and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers across payroll calculation areas such as platform, earnings, deductions, taxes, and jurisdiction-specific logic.

Skills

Staff-level experience

Architecture

Leading initiatives

Product judgment

Communication

Adaptability

Payroll experience

Job description

Rippling is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture of our payroll calculation systems and help scale mission-critical payroll infrastructure globally. You will drive architectural direction, write production code, and partner with product, payroll operations, HRIS, and other teams to deliver reliable, auditable payroll outcomes.

You will mentor engineers, influence cross-functional priorities, and help extend Rippling’s payroll capabilities across new countries and