Rippling
Senior Engineering Manager, Platform
$207K–$345K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience and 4+ years of engineering management experience.
About the job
Leads a Platform engineering team that builds shared systems and capabilities, sets technical direction, and supports reliable, scalable product development across Rippling.
What you'll do
- Lead, hire, mentor, and develop an engineering team building shared platform capabilities.
- Set technical strategy and roadmap, and drive complex initiatives from planning through delivery and adoption.
- Guide the design and operation of scalable, reliable backend systems and influence architecture across teams.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building backend platforms or distributed systems.
- 4+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing teams.
- Experience building shared platforms, infrastructure, frameworks, or services for other engineering teams.
- Strong backend architecture expertise and experience operating highly available systems at scale.
Pay
USD 207,000–345,000 per year (base salary)
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