{"uuid":"e43f1aa9-4690-40ee-b147-a63e17a032b5","name":"Staff Software Engineer - Platform","description":{"company":"<meta><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;\">About Rippling:</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;\">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=\"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=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised </span><a href=\"https://www.rippling.com/en-GB/careers\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">$1.4+B</span></a><span style=\"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=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that 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=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling.com</span></a><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"> addresses.&nbsp;</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><h3 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">About the Role</strong></b></h3><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=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling’s competitive advantage is the power of the platform and the Ripple Effect. A single change (like a promotion) can trigger thousands of downstream updates across IT, HR, and Finance. As our product suite grows, examining this data with a report, triggering a workflow, and permissioning that data becomes more and more valuable. As we launch the Rippling “App Store” we are working on the primitives to give to anyone the ability to build an app for themselves or others within Rippling—powered by AI.</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=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">As a core member of the Platform team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the architecture and future roadmap ground up to scale to enterprise level. Whether it’s designing new features and systems, crafting a stellar developer experience for internal and external developers, or optimizing system performance, you’ll play a pivotal role in furthering the heart of Rippling’s platform.</span></p><h3 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What You Will Do</strong></b></h3><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);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lead the Technical Roadmap:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Own the roadmap for one of our architectural areas, whether it’s moving our dependency tracking system to a micro-batch/stream processing powerhouse or redesigning our lambda interface for scale.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Think for the Future: </strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Prototype with the newest AI tools to think about primitives that will be used to democratize development with Rippling.&nbsp;</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Solve for Scale:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Tackle our growing size and load and understand where we can be doing less work.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Own the Stack:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Work deeply with infrastructure to manage complex distributed systems that power every Rippling product.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Operate as a Tech Lead:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> This is a \"pure engineering\" team. You will partner directly with other Platform Tech Leads and EMs (your primary customers) to define how Rippling’s core infrastructure evolves.</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><h3 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Qualifications</strong></b></h3><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);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">8+ years</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> of software engineering experience, with significant time spent on core platform teams.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Deep Distributed Systems Expertise:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> You have built and scaled systems that handle high QPS (10k+) and high data throughput.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Low-Level Enthusiast:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> You can dive into the details when needed to diagnose issue and can handle the technical depth</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Developer First: </strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Everywhere you go, you create scripts, leave breadcrumbs, and think about how to make the developers around you succeed</span></li><li style=\"font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Language Agnostic:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Proficiency in Python (or a strong desire to master it).</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;\"><br><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additional Information</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;text-align:start;\"><i><em 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 </em></i><a href=\"mailto:accomodations@rippling.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"mailto:accomodations@rippling.com\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><i><em style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">accomodations@rippling.com</em></i></a></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;text-align:start;\"><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;text-align:start;\"><i><em style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling highly values in-office collaboration. Employees living within 30 miles of an office are expected to work onsite three days a week with those living 30-49.9 miles away expected to be in the office one day a week. Employees living over 50 miles away are required to relocate within 30 miles of an office.  To enhance team cohesiveness, new employees are asked to work onsite three days a week for their first six months.</em></i></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;text-align:start;\"><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;text-align:start;\"><i><em 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 </em></i><a href=\"https://www.rippling.com/pay-transparency\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https://www.rippling.com/pay-transparency\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><i><em style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">here</em></i></a><i><em style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">.</em></i></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;text-align:start;\"><i><em 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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A single change (like a promotion) can trigger thousands of downstream updates across IT, HR, and Finance. As our product suite grows, examining this data with a report, triggering a workflow, and permissioning that data becomes more and more valuable. As we launch the Rippling “App Store” we are working on the primitives to give to anyone the ability to build an app for themselves or others within Rippling—powered by AI.</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=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">As a core member of the Platform team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the architecture and future roadmap ground up to scale to enterprise level. Whether it’s designing new features and systems, crafting a stellar developer experience for internal and external developers, or optimizing system performance, you’ll play a pivotal role in furthering the heart of Rippling’s platform.</span></p><h3 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What You Will Do</strong></b></h3><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);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Lead the Technical Roadmap:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Own the roadmap for one of our architectural areas, whether it’s moving our dependency tracking system to a micro-batch/stream processing powerhouse or redesigning our lambda interface for scale.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Think for the Future: </strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Prototype with the newest AI tools to think about primitives that will be used to democratize development with Rippling.&nbsp;</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Solve for Scale:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Tackle our growing size and load and understand where we can be doing less work.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Own the Stack:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Work deeply with infrastructure to manage complex distributed systems that power every Rippling product.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Operate as a Tech Lead:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> This is a \"pure engineering\" team. You will partner directly with other Platform Tech Leads and EMs (your primary customers) to define how Rippling’s core infrastructure evolves.</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><h3 style=\"font-family:&quot;Basel Grotesk&quot;,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Qualifications</strong></b></h3><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);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">8+ years</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> of software engineering experience, with significant time spent on core platform teams.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Deep Distributed Systems Expertise:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> You have built and scaled systems that handle high QPS (10k+) and high data throughput.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Low-Level Enthusiast:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> You can dive into the details when needed to diagnose issue and can handle the technical depth</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Developer First: </strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Everywhere you go, you create scripts, leave breadcrumbs, and think about how to make the developers around you succeed</span></li><li style=\"font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Language Agnostic:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Proficiency in Python (or a strong desire to master it).</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;\"><br><b><strong style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additional Information</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;text-align:start;\"><i><em 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 </em></i><a href=\"mailto:accomodations@rippling.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"mailto:accomodations@rippling.com\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><i><em style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">accomodations@rippling.com</em></i></a></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;text-align:start;\"><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;text-align:start;\"><i><em style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling highly values in-office collaboration. Employees living within 30 miles of an office are expected to work onsite three days a week with those living 30-49.9 miles away expected to be in the office one day a week. Employees living over 50 miles away are required to relocate within 30 miles of an office.  To enhance team cohesiveness, new employees are asked to work onsite three days a week for their first six months.</em></i></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;text-align:start;\"><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;text-align:start;\"><i><em 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 </em></i><a href=\"https://www.rippling.com/pay-transparency\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https://www.rippling.com/pay-transparency\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><i><em style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">here</em></i></a><i><em style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">.</em></i></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;text-align:start;\"><i><em 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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