Rippling · 15 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $315K/yr
8+ years expRippling is a company that provides a unified platform for managing HR, IT, and Finance. The role involves leading the technical roadmap, prototyping with AI tools, and managing complex distributed systems to enhance Rippling's platform capabilities.
Human ResourcesEmployment
Responsibilities
Lead the Technical Roadmap: Own the roadmap for one of our architectural areas, whether it’s moving our dependency tracking system to a micro-batch/stream processing powerhouse or redesigning our lambda interface for scale
Think for the Future: Prototype with the newest AI tools to think about primitives that will be used to democratize development with Rippling
Solve for Scale: Tackle our growing size and load and understand where we can be doing less work
Own the Stack: Work deeply with infrastructure to manage complex distributed systems that power every Rippling product
Operate as a Tech Lead: This is a "pure engineering" team. You will partner directly with other Platform Tech Leads and EMs (your primary customers) to define how Rippling’s core infrastructure evolves
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time spent on core platform teams
Deep Distributed Systems Expertise: You have built and scaled systems that handle high QPS (10k+) and high data throughput
Low-Level Enthusiast: You can dive into the details when needed to diagnose issue and can handle the technical depth
Developer First: Everywhere you go, you create scripts, leave breadcrumbs, and think about how to make the developers around you succeed
Language Agnostic: Proficiency in Python (or a strong desire to master it)
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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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (42)
2023 (70)
2022 (81)
2021 (33)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.44BKey Investors
CoatueGreenoaksBedrock,Kleiner Perkins
2025-05-09Series G· $450M
2024-04-22Series F· $200M
2024-04-22Secondary Market· $590M
Leadership Team
Albert Strasheim
Chief Technology Officer
Adil Syed
CFO
Recent News
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