Rippling
Senior Software Engineer, Backend Full Stack - Emerging Products
$168K–$280K
Seattle, WA +2 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
San Francisco, CA
New York, NY - Experience
- 5+ years in a production environment using Python, Django, or related technologies.
About the job
Designs and builds backend services, APIs, and user-facing features for Rippling’s integrated products, supporting reliable workflows across financial operations, IT, identity, access, and AI-powered experiences.
What you'll do
- Own backend service and API design and implementation for critical product capabilities; develop features across the stack.
- Build secure, reliable, scalable systems for workflows involving Spend, IT, permissions, approvals, compliance, and financial operations.
- Translate customer and business needs into technical solutions; contribute to system design, reviews, mentorship, and engineering practices.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of production-environment experience using Python, Django, or related technologies.
- Familiarity with frontend development using React or typescript.
- Hands-on exposure to systems operating at significant technical and organizational scale.
- Experience shipping complex projects and deep understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals.
Pay
USD 168,000–280,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, Django, React, typescript
AI focus
Supports expansion of AI-powered workflows across HR, IT, Finance, Spend, and core platform experiences, with emphasis on safety, reliability, explainability, auditability, and enterprise readiness.
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