Rippling
Staff Software Engineer - Core Experience
$189K–$315K
New York, NY +1 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering.
About the job
Designs and builds backend systems for Rippling’s onboarding, self-serve purchasing, and shared platform experiences.
What you'll do
- Build backend systems and reusable platform primitives for onboarding, purchasing, and other core product surfaces.
- Own technical delivery end-to-end, including schema design, API contracts, performance, reliability, and observability.
- Partner with product and design to shape features and build scalable systems used by teams across Rippling.
What they ask for
- Strong track record in backend systems and systems thinking, including scale, fault tolerance, and correctness.
- Backend-leaning full-stack capability and ability to own features end-to-end.
- High agency and a platform-oriented approach to code and API design.
- Deep proficiency in a modern backend language and strong data modeling skills across SQL and NoSQL.
Pay
USD 189,000–315,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go, Java, SQL, NoSQL
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