{"uuid":"17733829-a981-4c6e-aaac-8e10e2c63f58","name":"Senior Engineering Manager, AI Platform","description":{"company":"<meta><h2 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">About Rippling</strong></b></h2><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Based in San Francisco, CA, </span><a href=\"https://www.rippling.com/careers#:~:text=GLOBAL%20EMPLOYEES-,%241.4B%2B,-RAISED%20TO%20DATE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling has raised $1.4B+</span></a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @</span><a href=\"http://www.Rippling.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling.com</span></a><span style=\"font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> addresses.</span></p>","role":"<meta><h2 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">About the role</strong></b></h2><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling AI is becoming a foundational platform across the company, powering everything from intelligent agents and automations to dashboards, and next-generation product experiences. As we rapidly scale adoption, we're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a critical AI Platform Infrastructure team responsible for the core systems that make AI products reliable, performant, and scalable.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This team sits at the intersection of platform engineering, AI infrastructure, developer experience, and product innovation. You'll lead a small, high-impact team building the underlying infrastructure that powers AI across Rippling—from retrieval systems and reasoning loops to observability, memory, tooling, and execution environments.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This is not a traditional ML Infrastructure role. While familiarity with machine learning systems is valuable, the focus is on building production-grade AI platforms and developer infrastructure that enable hundreds of engineers and AI-powered products across Rippling.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">You'll partner closely with engineering leaders, product leadership, and AI researchers to define the future of AI at Rippling while helping scale one of the company's fastest-growing product areas.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><h2 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you will do</strong></b></h2><ul data-pattern=\"discCircleSquare\" data-depth=\"1\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;\"><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:12pt 0px 0pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lead and grow a team of engineers responsible for the foundational AI platform powering Rippling AI.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Own critical infrastructure areas including retrieval systems, search, reasoning frameworks, AI execution environments, observability, performance, and reliability.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Drive improvements in latency, quality, scalability, and developer productivity across the AI platform.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Build and evolve the platform capabilities that enable teams across Rippling to develop AI-powered products, agents, and automations.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Partner with product and engineering leaders to define platform strategy and prioritize investments that unlock the next generation of AI experiences.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lead large-scale initiatives across areas such as memory systems, automated tuning, evaluation frameworks, reporting, and AI performance optimization.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Develop safe, scalable execution environments for AI-powered workflows, including code execution, document generation, and other agent capabilities.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Collaborate with teams building customer-facing AI products while ensuring the underlying platform can support rapid growth and evolving use cases.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px 12pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Recruit, mentor, and develop exceptional engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and velocity</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px 12pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Help shape the long-term architecture of Rippling's AI ecosystem as the company scales toward hundreds of AI-powered workflows and experiences.</span></li></ul><h2 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you will need</strong></b></h2><ul data-pattern=\"discCircleSquare\" data-depth=\"1\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;\"><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:12pt 0px 0pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience building large-scale distributed systems or platform infrastructure.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">2+ years of engineering management experience leading teams delivering complex technical projects.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Track record of leading engineers through highly ambiguous, fast-moving technical environments.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong systems design and architecture experience across scalable backend platforms, infrastructure, or developer platforms.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px 12pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience building and operating production services with demanding requirements around reliability, performance, and observability.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:12pt 0px 0pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence technical direction across multiple teams.</span></li></ul><h2 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additional Information</strong></b></h2><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">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 accommodations@rippling.com</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">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.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. 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As we rapidly scale adoption, we're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a critical AI Platform Infrastructure team responsible for the core systems that make AI products reliable, performant, and scalable.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This team sits at the intersection of platform engineering, AI infrastructure, developer experience, and product innovation. You'll lead a small, high-impact team building the underlying infrastructure that powers AI across Rippling—from retrieval systems and reasoning loops to observability, memory, tooling, and execution environments.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This is not a traditional ML Infrastructure role. While familiarity with machine learning systems is valuable, the focus is on building production-grade AI platforms and developer infrastructure that enable hundreds of engineers and AI-powered products across Rippling.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:12pt 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">You'll partner closely with engineering leaders, product leadership, and AI researchers to define the future of AI at Rippling while helping scale one of the company's fastest-growing product areas.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><h2 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you will do</strong></b></h2><ul data-pattern=\"discCircleSquare\" data-depth=\"1\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;\"><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:12pt 0px 0pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lead and grow a team of engineers responsible for the foundational AI platform powering Rippling AI.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Own critical infrastructure areas including retrieval systems, search, reasoning frameworks, AI execution environments, observability, performance, and reliability.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Drive improvements in latency, quality, scalability, and developer productivity across the AI platform.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Build and evolve the platform capabilities that enable teams across Rippling to develop AI-powered products, agents, and automations.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Partner with product and engineering leaders to define platform strategy and prioritize investments that unlock the next generation of AI experiences.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lead large-scale initiatives across areas such as memory systems, automated tuning, evaluation frameworks, reporting, and AI performance optimization.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Develop safe, scalable execution environments for AI-powered workflows, including code execution, document generation, and other agent capabilities.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Collaborate with teams building customer-facing AI products while ensuring the underlying platform can support rapid growth and evolving use cases.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px 12pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Recruit, mentor, and develop exceptional engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and velocity</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px 12pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Help shape the long-term architecture of Rippling's AI ecosystem as the company scales toward hundreds of AI-powered workflows and experiences.</span></li></ul><h2 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you will need</strong></b></h2><ul data-pattern=\"discCircleSquare\" data-depth=\"1\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;\"><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:12pt 0px 0pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience building large-scale distributed systems or platform infrastructure.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">2+ years of engineering management experience leading teams delivering complex technical projects.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Track record of leading engineers through highly ambiguous, fast-moving technical environments.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong systems design and architecture experience across scalable backend platforms, infrastructure, or developer platforms.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px 12pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience building and operating production services with demanding requirements around reliability, performance, and observability.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:12pt 0px 0pt;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.38;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence technical direction across multiple teams.</span></li></ul><h2 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:15pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.5px;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additional Information</strong></b></h2><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">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 accommodations@rippling.com</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">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.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">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 </span><a href=\"https://www.rippling.com/pay-transparency\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">here</span></a><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">.</span></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><br></p><p style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. 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