About the Role
The Rippling Developer Platform team builds products and frameworks for integrating HR, IT, Finance, and third-party applications. This role focuses on owning the internal developer toolchain, including AI coding tools and platform building blocks, with the goal of increasing developer productivity tenfold. The focus is on practical impact and measurable improvements in developer velocity.
Responsibilities
- Own the vision and roadmap for Rippling's internal developer toolchain – AI agents, platform primitives, libraries, services, docs
- Work directly with SDEs to identify where DX breaks down and where investment has the highest leverage
- Drive adoption of platform building blocks by making them easier to discover, understand, and use
- Design how agentic coding fits into the Rippling development loop – from scaffolding to review to deployment to verification in production
- Define the metrics that measure developer velocity, and hold the product accountable to improving them
Requirements
- 8+ years of combined product and/or engineering experience
- Former SDE with experience writing production code and understanding of bad DX
- Actively codes and uses AI coding tools with strong opinions
- Demonstrated taste in distinguishing effective DX from merely demonstrative DX
- Deep understanding of the AI space and the evolution of agentic coding
- Ability to connect DX improvements to developer throughput, hiring leverage, and scale
- Experience owning platform or developer-facing products
- Strong alignment with Rippling's leadership principles
Skills
- AI coding tools
- Agentic workflows
- Developer productivity metrics
- Platform development
- Product roadmapping
Location
- US-based
Work Type
- Office-based (at least three days a week)
- In-office collaboration
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary + benefits + equity
- Salary aligned with location-based tiers for US-based employees
Benefits
- Benefits
- Equity
About the Company
- Rippling's Developer Platform team is responsible for products and frameworks that power the integration of HR, IT, Finance, and third-party applications into one unified system.
- The team owns foundational building blocks like analytics, workflow automation, permissions, and a unified data platform.
Equal Opportunity
- Rippling is an equal opportunity employer.
- We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
- Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@rippling.com
