Staff Software Engineer - Workflows Platform

Rippling; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

A tech-driven HR and IT company based in San Francisco seeks a seasoned engineer to join its Workflow Platform team. This role involves designing software that scales for large organizations while working collaboratively within the engineering team. Candidates should possess 7+ years of software engineering experience, with expertise in building large-scale distributed systems and technologies like Python and AWS. The firm offers a competitive salary, benefits, and equity, emphasizing in-office collaboration.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building high-volume SaaS environments.
• Preferred experience in our tech stack.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality software with attention to detail.
• Ship incrementally and continually at high velocity.
• Build for systems that scale support for large companies.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Building large-scale distributed systems

Excellent communication skills

Ability to thrive in ambiguity

Tools

Python

Golang

React

MongoDB

AWS

Job description

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third‑party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America’s best startup employers by Forbes. We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.

About The Role

The Workflow Platform team is responsible for our Workflow Studio product and the underlying tech stack that empowers other teams at Rippling to build no‑code workflow functionality into their own products. You will build products and platforms that enable our users to build set‑it‑and‑forget‑it workflows to automate business critical operations. We are looking for a seasoned engineer who has worked with complex systems that will scale.

What You’ll Do

• Develop high quality software with attention to detail
• Ship incrementally and continually at high velocity
• Jump into different and new codebases and diagnose issues and problems quickly
• Build for systems that scale for a large variety of use cases
• Tackle large scaling challenges that involve scaling our capabilities to support 100,000+ employee companies
• Work highly cross functionally with engineering leaders across the engineering org
• Become the in‑house expert on Rippling customers and competition

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience building large‑scale distributed systems, such as high‑volume SaaS environments
• Preferred experience in building out large scale product infrastructures/platforms
• Preferred experience in our technology stack and similar technologies – Python, Golang, React, MongoDB, Temporal, Kafka, AWS
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment by identifying areas of impact and independently pursuing them
• A track record of influencing and enabling forward‑thinking technology decisions across a wide organization
• Excellent ability to communicate complex technical ideas with clarity and precision in written and verbal modes

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [e-mail]

Rippling highly values having employees working in‑office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office‑based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee’s role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US‑based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

Pay Range

The pay range for this role is: 180,000 - 315,000 USD per year (US).