Staff Engineer

About The Role

The App platform at Rippling enables our customers to connect hundreds of 3rd party applications to the Rippling core applications through the power of APIs and developer tooling. We are on a mission to build a comprehensive suite of capabilities and interfaces to rapidly build and integrate thousands of third-party apps and data with Rippling’s platform to fuel business growth. Our vision is to drive a significant amount of automation in employee-related business systems and centralize the following: 

• High-value workflows that accomplish business goals
• Insights and reporting that drive business decisions
• Data that powers compliance processes and regulatory output

In a nutshell, our platform supercharges 3rd party applications that our customers love with the Rippling magic, all the while guaranteeing a secure and reliable service.

What You'll Do:

• Design and develop high-quality product software, drive the architectural decision and full life cycle of product delivery
• Learn and understand how your product can help Rippling continually differentiate itself
• Build and grow your engineering skills in different challenging areas and solve hard technical problems
• Influence architecture, technology selections and trends of the whole company

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional work experience
• Experience building large-scale user-facing applications and developer tools
• Expertise in building complex distributed services with high availability and strict SLAs
• Strong CS fundamentals, and knowledge of architecture and common design patterns 
• You’re good at cross-functional communication with product managers, designers, etc
• You’re passionate about being in a product-focused environment where everyone cares deeply about customer impact
• Bonus points if you are proficient in Python, Django, and MongoDB
• Bonus points if you’re familiar with SSO with SAML and/or OIDC protocols
• Bonus points if you’ve previously worked with AWS and have working knowledge of observability tooling

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [email protected]

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.