Rippling
Senior Software Engineer, Backend - HR Product
$180K–$280K
New York, NY +2 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Nov 13, 2025
- Location
- New York, NY
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 5+ years in a production environment.
About the job
Builds and leads backend services and APIs for Rippling’s HR products, supporting employee lifecycle capabilities such as HRIS, time, benefits, and talent.
What you'll do
- Design and implement backend services and APIs for critical product capabilities and complex business logic.
- Ensure systems meet high-volume scale, reliability, security, and data integrity needs.
- Lead code and design reviews, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of production experience using Python, Go, or a similar high-scale backend language.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, data modeling, and relational database performance optimization.
- Experience contributing to systems at significant technical and organizational scale.
- Strong CS and algorithms fundamentals, complex project delivery experience, and communication skills.
Pay
USD 180,000–280,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go
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