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Staff Backend Engineer - Custom Apps

Rippling

Rippling

Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Aug 8, 2024
About Rippling
Rippling is the first way for businesses to manage all of their HR & IT—payroll, benefits, computers, apps, and more—in one unified workforce platform.
By connecting every business system to one source of truth for employee data, businesses can automate all of the manual work they normally need to do to make employee changes. Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can just click a button and set up a new employees’ payroll, health insurance, work computer, and third-party apps—like Slack, Zoom, and Office 365—all within 90 seconds.
Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, and Bedrock, and Greenoaks—and was named one of America’s best startup employers by Forbes (#12 out of 500).

About The Role

The Custom Apps team is looking for a strong staff engineer to push our no-code app building capabilities to the next level. You’ll work with highly driven, smart engineers in Rippling, and build world-class products and platforms that enable our users to unleash the potential of Rippling Platform. You’ll have the opportunity to lead greenfield projects from 0 to 1 with high autonomy. This is a high ownership, impact, and visibility role in building a product that will directly impact Rippling’s growth.

What You'll Do

  • Develop high-quality software with attention to detail

  • Ship incrementally and continually at high velocity

  • Build highly flexible and customizable platform that scales

  • Work with engineers in a highly cross functional team

  • Become the in-house expert on Rippling customers and competition

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional experience as a software engineer

  • Expertise in building complex distributed services with high availability and strict SLAs

  • Strong CS fundamentals, and knowledge of architecture and common design patterns

  • Experience in one or more backend languages: (Python/Ruby/golang, etc.) and web frameworks (Django, RoR, Spring, etc.)

  • Experience building large-scale distributed systems, such as high-volume SaaS environments

  • Ability to thrive in an dynamic environment by identifying areas of impact and independently pursuing them, able to drive projects from 0 to 1

  • A track record of influencing and enabling forward-thinking technology decisions across a wide organization

  • Excellent ability to communicate complex technical ideas with clarity and precision in written and verbal modes

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 accomodations@rippling.com

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 40 mile 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.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.