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About the Role
Rippling is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to help build the future of global payroll. This high-impact role involves transforming Rippling’s global payroll engineering systems by leveraging and building AI-native solutions and modern engineering practices to unify and scale payroll operations across multiple countries. You will play a key role in reimagining global payroll, driving the platform toward long-term goals such as filings automation and global data unification, while ensuring ease of use. This is a rare opportunity to influence the architecture and design of one of Rippling’s core product pillars from the ground up, leading initiatives that span the entire development lifecycle. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will be a thought partner to product, a mentor to engineers, and a strategic voice in shaping Rippling’s next billion-dollar vertical. You will engage directly with users, contribute to go-to-market strategies, and become an expert in the domain.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable, data-driven systems that transform, normalize, and reconcile payroll data across multiple countries, entities, and currencies.
- Drive platform evolution by re-architecting critical systems for scalability, reliability, and internationalization—enabling global payroll operations at scale.
- Develop AI- and ML-driven solutions to enhance accuracy, detect anomalies, automate workflows, and minimize manual intervention.
- Define and execute a long-term architectural vision for Rippling’s global payroll platform, balancing innovation with compliance, stability, and performance.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, finance, legal, compliance, data, and operations teams to deliver cohesive and compliant solutions.
- Champion customer-focused engineering, ensuring technical solutions directly drive operational excellence and user impact.
- Mentor and lead engineers, fostering high standards of technical quality, thoughtful design, and engineering best practices.
- Influence and align stakeholders across multiple teams and time zones, communicating clearly to drive shared product and technical goals.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building and scaling production systems (Python, Django, React, MongoDB, AWS).
- Proven ability to architect, own, and deliver complex, platform-scale projects end to end.
- Strong background in data modeling, system design, and modern architecture patterns.
- Experience or keen interest in applying AI/ML for automation and intelligent data systems.
- Deep platform sensibility—building extensible, compliant solutions for multiple countries.
- Track record of modernizing legacy systems and driving large-scale transformation.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Product mindset with focus on impact, reliability, and customer value.
- Proactive, growth-oriented approach with passion for solving complex global challenges.
Skills
- Python
- Django
- React
- MongoDB
- AWS
- AI/ML
- Data Modeling
- System Design
- Modern Architecture Patterns
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Stakeholder Management
Location
- Office-based
Work Type
- Onsite
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Staff Engineer
- 8+ years of experience
About the Company
- Rippling is building the future of global payroll.
- Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture.
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.