Staff Software Engineer: Lead Architecture (Remote)

Rippling, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Fully remote

Unlimited PTO

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Wellness stipend

Co-working stipend

Education and development allowance

Home office setup stipend

Job summary

Pear Suite is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to help shape the architecture and technical direction of our platform. This posting spans two roles—Senior Software Engineer and Staff Software Engineer—with leveling determined through the interview process.

You will design scalable frontend (React/TypeScript), backend (GraphQL), and cloud infrastructure (GCP); lead initiatives, set standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and leadership in a fully remote environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including full-stack development.
• Deep expertise in React, GraphQL, and TypeScript.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining cloud architectures (GCP).
• Strong architecture and system-design judgment, with a track record of decisions that held up in production.
• Demonstrated ability to balance hands-on development with strategic design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, reusable software across the full stack: frontend (React/TypeScript), backend (GraphQL), and cloud infrastructure (GCP).
• Lead technical initiatives from proposal through delivery, balancing hands-on development with strategic design.
• Set technical standards and raise the bar on quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Document technical decisions and designs clearly, for engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
• Thoroughly test individual pieces of code and the system as a whole; champion software engineering best practices.
• Mentor other engineers, formally or informally.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership on technical priorities and trade-offs.

Skills

React

GraphQL

TypeScript

GCP cloud architecture

Architecture & design

Communication

Job description

Pear Suite is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to help shape the architecture and technical direction of our platform. This posting spans two roles—Senior Software Engineer and Staff Software Engineer—with leveling determined through the interview process.

You will design scalable frontend (React/TypeScript), backend (GraphQL), and cloud infrastructure (GCP); lead initiatives, set standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and leadership in a fully remote environment.