{"uuid":"5077158c-71a9-4033-8d57-db59de63668d","name":"Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Data Cloud","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><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>","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 Data Cloud Team</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 Data Cloud is a new suite of products that aggregates data from across your company into Rippling, connects it to worker identity, and makes it available for analysis, visualization and action. It preserves and enriches data context to enable precise and accurate answers to your most important and nuanced business questions.</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;\">It's a complete data stack including data connectors, transformations, visualizations, AI-powered analytics, and even inbound Zero-Copy. It understands how all of that data relates to employees, managers, departments, locations, cost centers, permissions, and historical changes in your ever-changing business. That makes it possible to ask questions that traditional BI systems struggle to answer correctly.</span></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;\"><span style=\"font-size:15pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Data Cloud as the foundation for Rippling AI</span></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;\">Data Cloud and AI are deeply connected in Rippling. Data Cloud is the data infrastructure layer that powers Rippling AI. Here's how they relate:</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;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Data Cloud provides the unified data that AI reasons over:</strong></b><br><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling AI leverages the Employee Graph and all platform data (payroll rules, earnings types, deduction logic, permissions, etc.) as its source of truthBecause Rippling is a unified platform rather than stitched-together acquisitions, the data is clean, consistent, and complete which makes AI answers accurate and context-awareAI respects the same permissions model as the rest of the platform, so it only surfaces data the user is authorized to see</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;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Rippling AI unlocks advanced Data Cloud capabilities:</strong></b></p><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=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">AI Dashboards: build dashboards from scratch using natural language prompts</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Transformations: full publish access </span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Pipelines: ingest data via managed connectors </span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lineage &amp; Catalog: explore data lineage for reports</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Advanced features: parameters, SQL queries, and the ability to incorporate third-party data</span></li></ul><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;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Why this matters</strong></b></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;\">Most HR/Finance systems weren't built for AI. Their data is messy and fragmented. Rippling AI is described as the first \"context-aware, senior analyst\" for HR and Finance teams because it sits on top of a unified data model (Data Cloud + Employee Graph) that actually understands your business logic end-to-end.</span></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;\"><span style=\"font-size:15pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What We Build</span></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;\">The team is focused on the following core domains:</span></p><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=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Analytics</strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Focuses on the reporting and dashboarding products that enable users to visualize and analyze data within Rippling.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Data Access</strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Owns the query engine (RQL, Rippling Query Language) that powers data retrieval across the platform. This area includes sub-teams responsible for query execution, data ingestion, and query history.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Data Management</strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Owns the metadata and data catalog layer, including how data assets are discovered, governed, and documented.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ingest &amp; Prep </strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">– Responsible for bringing external data into Rippling. This area includes Managed Connectors (pre-built integrations with third-party systems) and Transformations (data shaping and preparation).</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Insights</strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – A newer area within Data Cloud focused on surfacing actionable insights from data.</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=\"font-size:15pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What You'll 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=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Work on distributed processing engines and distributed databases</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Develop high-quality software with attention to detail using tech stacks like Python, MongoDB, CDC, and Kafka</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Leverage big data technologies like Aurora, Trino, Presto, Pinot, Iceberg, Flink and more. </span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Build custom programming languages within the Rippling Platform</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Create data platforms, data lakes, and data ingestion systems that work at scale</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Design, develop, code, and test software systems, improvements, products, and user-facing experiences</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Work alongside software architects and senior developers doing state-of-the-art development work</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Contribute to product design and implementation discussions</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Find and build unique solutions to implement projects from the idea phase to production</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'll 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=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">6+ years experience in backend engineering roles</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience writing testable and performant backend code</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience mentoring less-experienced developers</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ability to thrive in an environment that grants you a lot of autonomy to explore creative solutions</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 accomodations@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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It preserves and enriches data context to enable precise and accurate answers to your most important and nuanced business questions.</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;\">It's a complete data stack including data connectors, transformations, visualizations, AI-powered analytics, and even inbound Zero-Copy. It understands how all of that data relates to employees, managers, departments, locations, cost centers, permissions, and historical changes in your ever-changing business. That makes it possible to ask questions that traditional BI systems struggle to answer correctly.</span></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;\"><span style=\"font-size:15pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Data Cloud as the foundation for Rippling AI</span></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;\">Data Cloud and AI are deeply connected in Rippling. Data Cloud is the data infrastructure layer that powers Rippling AI. Here's how they relate:</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;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Data Cloud provides the unified data that AI reasons over:</strong></b><br><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling AI leverages the Employee Graph and all platform data (payroll rules, earnings types, deduction logic, permissions, etc.) as its source of truthBecause Rippling is a unified platform rather than stitched-together acquisitions, the data is clean, consistent, and complete which makes AI answers accurate and context-awareAI respects the same permissions model as the rest of the platform, so it only surfaces data the user is authorized to see</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;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Rippling AI unlocks advanced Data Cloud capabilities:</strong></b></p><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=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">AI Dashboards: build dashboards from scratch using natural language prompts</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Transformations: full publish access </span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Pipelines: ingest data via managed connectors </span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lineage &amp; Catalog: explore data lineage for reports</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Advanced features: parameters, SQL queries, and the ability to incorporate third-party data</span></li></ul><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;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Why this matters</strong></b></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;\">Most HR/Finance systems weren't built for AI. Their data is messy and fragmented. Rippling AI is described as the first \"context-aware, senior analyst\" for HR and Finance teams because it sits on top of a unified data model (Data Cloud + Employee Graph) that actually understands your business logic end-to-end.</span></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;\"><span style=\"font-size:15pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What We Build</span></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;\">The team is focused on the following core domains:</span></p><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=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Analytics</strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Focuses on the reporting and dashboarding products that enable users to visualize and analyze data within Rippling.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Data Access</strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Owns the query engine (RQL, Rippling Query Language) that powers data retrieval across the platform. This area includes sub-teams responsible for query execution, data ingestion, and query history.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Data Management</strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Owns the metadata and data catalog layer, including how data assets are discovered, governed, and documented.</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ingest &amp; Prep </strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">– Responsible for bringing external data into Rippling. This area includes Managed Connectors (pre-built integrations with third-party systems) and Transformations (data shaping and preparation).</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Insights</strong></b><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – A newer area within Data Cloud focused on surfacing actionable insights from data.</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=\"font-size:15pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What You'll 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=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Work on distributed processing engines and distributed databases</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Develop high-quality software with attention to detail using tech stacks like Python, MongoDB, CDC, and Kafka</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Leverage big data technologies like Aurora, Trino, Presto, Pinot, Iceberg, Flink and more. </span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Build custom programming languages within the Rippling Platform</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Create data platforms, data lakes, and data ingestion systems that work at scale</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Design, develop, code, and test software systems, improvements, products, and user-facing experiences</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Work alongside software architects and senior developers doing state-of-the-art development work</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Contribute to product design and implementation discussions</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Find and build unique solutions to implement projects from the idea phase to production</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'll 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=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">6+ years experience in backend engineering roles</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience writing testable and performant backend code</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience mentoring less-experienced developers</span></li><li style=\"margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ability to thrive in an environment that grants you a lot of autonomy to explore creative solutions</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 accomodations@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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