Senior Staff Software Engineer

About Rippling
Rippling is the first way for businesses to manage all of their HR & IT—payroll, benefits, computers, apps, and more—in one unified workforce platform.

By connecting every business system to one source of truth for employee data, businesses can automate all of the manual work they normally need to do to make employee changes. Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can just click a button and set up a new employees' payroll, health insurance, work computer, and third-party apps—like Slack, Zoom, and Office 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, Bedrock, and Greenoaks—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes (#12 out of 500). Since day one, our Bangalore site has been a critical part of our R&D org, driving the build-out of many of our critical products (ex: Payroll, Global ExPEO, EOR, Billing, etc.) In addition to Product teams across Finance, HR and IT, we have multiple infra, front end and mobile and platform teams. We are looking to grow our 250+ R&D team in BLR with multiple highly empowered, best-in-class, Principal level engineering talent across platform and product roles.

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We are seeking a visionary and hands-on Senior Staff Engineers to join our Revenue Mechanics team, this oversees the entire revenue lifecycle—from the moment a customer signs a contract to when they churn—covering critical processes such as invoicing, subscription management, tax compliance, and more. We drive strategically significant initiatives, including expanding Rippling into new markets and preparing for IPO readiness.

Additionally, we empower our customers by providing seamless integration with their accounting software, enabling efficient transaction management and bookkeeping.

Currently, we are building an innovative 0-to-1 product called Variable Compensation, designed to support employees with complex, commission-based pay structures. This initiative represents our commitment to delivering impactful solutions to meet diverse customer needs.

*You will*

• Architect and Lead: Design, develop, and maintain internet-scale, highly distributed systems and scalable services for RM team
• Hands-On Coding: Actively participate in coding and code reviews, using languages such as Python, Golang, and Java.
• Technical Leadership: Provide visionary technical leadership, setting the direction for engineering best practices and the adoption of advanced technologies.
• Mentorship: Mentor and support engineers across the organization, fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• System Design: Architect systems capable of handling millions of users simultaneously, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.
• API Development: Design and implement clean, modularized abstraction APIs and programmatic APIs for both end users and engineers, including Backend for Frontend (BFF) systems.
• Storage Solutions: Design and implement Analytical systems that encompass both analytical (e.g., Presto, S3, Snowflake) and transactional (e.g., MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB) systems. They should be able to handle petabyte scale
• Observability: Implement comprehensive observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing, to ensure system health and performance.
• Streaming and Workflow Systems: Build and integrate streaming solutions (e.g., Spark Streaming, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect) and workflow systems for both transactional and analytical workflows.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, data science, and operations, to align on strategic goals and ensure successful project delivery.
• Documentation and Standards: Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation and standards for system architecture, design, and operational processes.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with a significant focus on building large-scale distributed systems and scalable services.
• Technical Expertise: Proficient in coding with languages such as Python, Golang, and Java. Deep understanding of distributed computing principles, data architecture, and scalable system design.
• Leadership: Demonstrated experience in technical leadership roles, with a proven track record of mentoring and developing engineering teams.
• Systems Expertise: Extensive experience in building systems handling millions of users in parallel and developing scalable services. Deep understanding of SLAs, system resiliency, and observability.
• API Development: Expertise in designing and implementing clean, modularized abstraction APIs and programmatic APIs, including BFF for front-end systems.
• Storage Systems: Expertise in both analytical (e.g., Presto, S3, Snowflake) and transactional (e.g., MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB) storage systems.
• Cloud and Streaming: Experience with public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, S3) and streaming technologies (e.g., Spark Streaming, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect).
• Workflow Systems: Understanding of both transactional and analytical workflow systems.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.