Rippling
Senior Director of Engineering - Payroll Platform
Rippling, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Overview
Senior Director of Engineering - Payroll Platform. Join to apply for the Senior Director of Engineering - Payroll Platform role at Rippling. 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. Rippling is based in San Francisco, CA. We prioritize candidate safety and note that all official communications will come from @Rippling.com addresses. What You Will Do
Set and drive the technical and organizational strategy for Ripplings global Payroll Platform, defining the vision for scale, reliability, compliance, and developer experience. Build and lead multiple engineering teams responsible for the systems that power payments, disbursements, reconciliation, and integrations with global payment rails. Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Risk, Legal, Product, and other engineering orgs to deliver cohesive, compliant, and resilient payment solutions. Oversee the design and evolution of foundational components such as payment orchestration layers, ledgers, risk and fraud systems, and reconciliation services. Ensure platform performance and reliability, enabling both real-time and batch payments at massive scale. Drive large-scale cross-org initiatives, including international expansion, new currency support, and strategic vendor integrations. Elevate the engineering culture, mentoring senior leaders and fostering operational excellence, design rigor, and accountability across distributed systems. Influence at the executive level, working closely with the CTO, VP of Engineering, and Product leadership to align on multi-year architecture and organizational growth plans.
What You Will Need
12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years leading high-performing teams or organizations. Proven success building and scaling financial or payments infrastructure at large scale (e.g., global payroll, money movement, or banking systems). Deep expertise in distributed systems, data integrity, and transactional consistencyespecially within regulated or high-availability environments. Strong architectural judgment and ability to design for scale, reliability, and security while balancing product agility. Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, and develop senior engineers and managers, building teams that execute with excellence. Experience navigating financial compliance and risk management requirements across multiple markets. A collaborative, outcome-driven leadership style that thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Compensation
The pay range for this role is 225,000 - 393,750 USD per year (US). Company
Industries: Software Development #J-18808-Ljbffr
Senior Director of Engineering - Payroll Platform. Join to apply for the Senior Director of Engineering - Payroll Platform role at Rippling. 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. Rippling is based in San Francisco, CA. We prioritize candidate safety and note that all official communications will come from @Rippling.com addresses. What You Will Do
Set and drive the technical and organizational strategy for Ripplings global Payroll Platform, defining the vision for scale, reliability, compliance, and developer experience. Build and lead multiple engineering teams responsible for the systems that power payments, disbursements, reconciliation, and integrations with global payment rails. Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Risk, Legal, Product, and other engineering orgs to deliver cohesive, compliant, and resilient payment solutions. Oversee the design and evolution of foundational components such as payment orchestration layers, ledgers, risk and fraud systems, and reconciliation services. Ensure platform performance and reliability, enabling both real-time and batch payments at massive scale. Drive large-scale cross-org initiatives, including international expansion, new currency support, and strategic vendor integrations. Elevate the engineering culture, mentoring senior leaders and fostering operational excellence, design rigor, and accountability across distributed systems. Influence at the executive level, working closely with the CTO, VP of Engineering, and Product leadership to align on multi-year architecture and organizational growth plans.
What You Will Need
12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years leading high-performing teams or organizations. Proven success building and scaling financial or payments infrastructure at large scale (e.g., global payroll, money movement, or banking systems). Deep expertise in distributed systems, data integrity, and transactional consistencyespecially within regulated or high-availability environments. Strong architectural judgment and ability to design for scale, reliability, and security while balancing product agility. Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, and develop senior engineers and managers, building teams that execute with excellence. Experience navigating financial compliance and risk management requirements across multiple markets. A collaborative, outcome-driven leadership style that thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Compensation
The pay range for this role is 225,000 - 393,750 USD per year (US). Company
Industries: Software Development #J-18808-Ljbffr