Rippling · 2 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - Payroll Processing
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $315K/yr
8+ years expRippling is a company that integrates HR, IT, and Finance systems for businesses. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical architecture and delivery of their global payroll processing engine, ensuring scalability and data integrity while mentoring other engineers.
EmploymentHuman Resources
Responsibilities
Lead technical architecture for the next generation of our global payroll processing engine, designing scalable frameworks that support operations across multiple countries
Own the end-to-end delivery of high-impact, complex features, from initial design and technical specifications through to production deployment and monitoring
Drive the technical roadmap for the Payroll processing team, identifying and tackling performance bottlenecks, reliability improvements, and architectural refactors
Take on ambiguous technical challenges and turn them into concrete, actionable plans for the team
Exercise expert technical judgment in building scalable, maintainable, and extensible systems, ensuring data integrity across complex and interdependent services
Raise the engineering bar for the entire organization by mentoring senior and junior engineers, leading in-depth design reviews, and championing best practices for code quality, testing, and observability
Collaborate across functions with Product Management, Payments, Risk, Accounting and other engineering leaders to deliver cohesive, platform-wide solutions
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with a proven track record of technical leadership and driving org-wide impact
Expertise in building large-scale, distributed backend systems
Experience managing the complete project lifecycle, transforming intricate ideas and ambiguous requirements into successful launches independently
Deep expertise in system architecture, data modeling, and building core services with clean abstractions
A keen product sense and a passion for advocating for the customer, with experience building robust systems that directly impact business-critical flows
Outstanding capacity to convey intricate technical concepts clearly and precisely, both in writing and verbally, to diverse functional teams
Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects, while also thriving in a team environment
Preferred
Strong proficiency in Python and Django is highly preferred
Experience with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases is a strong plus
Benefits
Competitive salary
Benefits
Equity
Company
Rippling
Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and finance operations into a single system.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (42)
2023 (70)
2022 (81)
2021 (33)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.44BKey Investors
CoatueGreenoaksFounders Fund
2025-05-09Series G· $450M
2024-04-22Series F· $200M
2024-04-22Secondary Market· $590M
Leadership Team
Parker Conrad
Co-Founder and CEO
Albert Strasheim
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-12-29
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