Rippling
Staff Software Engineer - Run Managment
$189K–$331K
New York, NY +1 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 19, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer.
About the job
Leads architecture and delivery of scalable systems for Rippling’s global payroll calculation engine, helping ensure payroll is accurate and reliable across countries.
What you'll do
- Set technical architecture and roadmap for the payroll calculation engine, including performance, reliability, and architectural improvements.
- Own complex features from design through production deployment and monitoring; turn ambiguous challenges into actionable plans.
- Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and collaborate across product and engineering teams to improve engineering quality.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with technical leadership and organization-wide impact.
- Expertise building large-scale distributed backend systems.
- Experience owning the full project lifecycle and designing system architecture, data models, and core services.
- Strong product sense and clear communication across functional teams.
Nice to have
- Strong proficiency in Python and Django.
- Experience with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases.
Pay
USD 189,000–330,750 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, Django, MongoDB
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