Rippling
Staff Software Engineer- San Francisco ,Bengaluru/ Bangalore-Rippling-9-12 - Tim
Rippling, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
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.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.35B 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 of 500).
About the Role We are seeking a passionate and highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Employment Products team. As the senior most engineer and architect of the team, you will design, build, and scale a first‑of‑its‑kind employment product. You’ll work on complex domains across 10 countries, building a clean DSL for internal stakeholders, large‑scale distributed systems, and cutting‑edge performance analytics. Your work will have a direct impact on building a world‑class payroll product that accelerates our expansion to more countries in a 10x shorter time span.
Key Responsibilities
Architect, develop, and maintain large‑scale, distributed systems and scalable services for the Rippling Unity Platform.
Set the direction for engineering best practices and technology adoption.
Engage in coding and code reviews using Python, Golang, and Java.
Guide and support engineers, fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.
Partner with cross‑functional teams to align on goals and ensure successful project outcomes.
Design and implement clean, modular APIs, including Backend for Frontend (BFF) systems.
Architect systems capable of supporting millions of users, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
Design analytical and transactional systems (e.g., Presto, S3, Snowflake, MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB) to handle petabyte‑scale data.
Implement streaming solutions (e.g., Spark Streaming, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect) for transactional and analytical workflows.
Establish robust observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing.
Maintain standards and comprehensive documentation for system architecture and operations.
Qualifications
9+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years leading architecture, designing consumer‑facing products, and building systems.
Strong proficiency in backend development, distributed systems, and large‑scale data pipelines.
Hands‑on experience with data processing frameworks and cloud data services.
Deep knowledge of building and scaling real‑time, high‑throughput systems.
Experience with consumer‑grade applications focused on intuitive user experiences.
Locations Bangalore, India
Job Function & Industry
IT Software: Software Products & Services
Industry: Other Services
Mandatory Skills
MDS Storage, UCS product engineering, Embedded Platform engineering, Security, Product Management engineering
OCI Database Migration, EXADATA, Oracle DBCS, Oracle RAC, RMAN, Data Guard, Oracle DB Administration
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Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.35B 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 of 500).
About the Role We are seeking a passionate and highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Employment Products team. As the senior most engineer and architect of the team, you will design, build, and scale a first‑of‑its‑kind employment product. You’ll work on complex domains across 10 countries, building a clean DSL for internal stakeholders, large‑scale distributed systems, and cutting‑edge performance analytics. Your work will have a direct impact on building a world‑class payroll product that accelerates our expansion to more countries in a 10x shorter time span.
Key Responsibilities
Architect, develop, and maintain large‑scale, distributed systems and scalable services for the Rippling Unity Platform.
Set the direction for engineering best practices and technology adoption.
Engage in coding and code reviews using Python, Golang, and Java.
Guide and support engineers, fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.
Partner with cross‑functional teams to align on goals and ensure successful project outcomes.
Design and implement clean, modular APIs, including Backend for Frontend (BFF) systems.
Architect systems capable of supporting millions of users, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
Design analytical and transactional systems (e.g., Presto, S3, Snowflake, MySQL, Aurora, MongoDB) to handle petabyte‑scale data.
Implement streaming solutions (e.g., Spark Streaming, Apache Flink, Kafka Connect) for transactional and analytical workflows.
Establish robust observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing.
Maintain standards and comprehensive documentation for system architecture and operations.
Qualifications
9+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years leading architecture, designing consumer‑facing products, and building systems.
Strong proficiency in backend development, distributed systems, and large‑scale data pipelines.
Hands‑on experience with data processing frameworks and cloud data services.
Deep knowledge of building and scaling real‑time, high‑throughput systems.
Experience with consumer‑grade applications focused on intuitive user experiences.
Locations Bangalore, India
Job Function & Industry
IT Software: Software Products & Services
Industry: Other Services
Mandatory Skills
MDS Storage, UCS product engineering, Embedded Platform engineering, Security, Product Management engineering
OCI Database Migration, EXADATA, Oracle DBCS, Oracle RAC, RMAN, Data Guard, Oracle DB Administration
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