{"uuid":"e83a7c14-d13b-474d-9380-4a8d27f224f5","name":"Senior Software Engineer ","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;text-align:start;\"><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;text-align:start;\"><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;text-align:start;\"><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\" title=\"https://www.rippling.com/careers#:~:text=GLOBAL%20EMPLOYEES-,%241.4B%2B,-RAISED%20TO%20DATE\" class=\"css-173makr-linkStyle\" style=\"color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rippling has raised $1.</span></a><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">8B+</span><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;text-align:start;\"><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\" title=\"http://www.rippling.com/\" 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><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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">About the Team</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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Variable Compensation (VC) team at Rippling is on a mission to revolutionize how organizations design, manage, and distribute performance-based pay. As an agile team we operate at the dynamic intersection of&nbsp; Finance,HR and Artificial Intelligence. We are spearheading an AI-first product, navigating highly ambiguous, evolving requirements to build a seamless, intuitive, and highly scalable compensation platform from the ground up.</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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The team is structured into four key focus areas:</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=\"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;\">Compensation Engine</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Build the foundational system that powers dynamic pay rules and performance metrics, designed with the flexibility to support a wide range of custom compensation structures.</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;\">Payment Orchestration</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Design world class payment orchestrators and ledgers that support a wide range of use cases &nbsp; .</span></li></ul><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;\">AI-First Design &amp; Explainability</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Leverage artificial intelligence to assist customers with plan design, setup, and administration, while building a robust \"Explainability Layer\" that gives employees a clear, 360-degree view of how their payouts are calculated.</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;\"><i><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Few Technical Challenges We Solve</strong></b></i></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;\">Scale</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">: Build systems that can scale and process millions of payouts across thousands of unique and complex compensation plans.</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;\">Infinite Flexibility:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Build a rules engine capable of supporting the vast, complex, and highly customized ways different companies pay their people</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;\">Resilience and Accuracy</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">:&nbsp; Build financial systems that are 100% correct.</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;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Design systems that can adapt to increasing complexity without compromising performance or accuracy.</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=\"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;\">Pioneering AI Integration:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Design and build natively AI-driven architecture from scratch. We are translating highly ambiguous, unstructured compensation philosophies into deterministic, executable code using intelligent automation.</span></li></ul><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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Why Join Us</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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This team is ideal for engineers who want to go beyond just building features - those who want to deeply understand the financial domain and develop robust, scalable systems that drive real-world impact. You'll get to work at the crossroads of Finance, Risk, Compliance, KYC, and Accounting, gaining deep domain expertise while solving high-impact technical problems. If you're excited about becoming a “</span><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Real Finance Engineer</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">”, blending product thinking with core infrastructure, this is the team for you.</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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This role at Variable Compensation Team is a great opportunity to be a key technical leader at Rippling with high visibility and growth opportunities. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of Rippling's finance platform. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to architect scalable systems, enhance existing features, and drive innovation in our product offerings, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable financial services to our customers.&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><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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Your role will involve an outstanding blend of business and technical savviness, the ability to look into and build a big-picture vision, and make that vision a reality. This is a high ownership, impact, and visibility role building a product that will directly impact Rippling’s growth.</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><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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you’ll 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;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Engineer and maintain innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Tackle complex engineering challenges, leveraging your expertise to devise ingenious solutions that push the boundaries of what is possible.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Work closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to understand requirements, contribute to architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Review and share feedback on code, features, technology, architecture, and designs. Drive the standards around code quality and testing across your product.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, best practices, and continuous learning within the team.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Develop and maintain technical documentation, including design documents, architecture diagrams, and test plans.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in FinTech industry.</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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;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;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">6+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong proficiency in Java, Python, or similar programming languages.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Proven experience in designing and developing scalable, distributed systems or SaaS platforms.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ability to quickly understand and navigate large, complex codebases, and independently drive solutions for ambiguous or evolving requirements.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span 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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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Variable Compensation (VC) team at Rippling is on a mission to revolutionize how organizations design, manage, and distribute performance-based pay. As an agile team we operate at the dynamic intersection of&nbsp; Finance,HR and Artificial Intelligence. We are spearheading an AI-first product, navigating highly ambiguous, evolving requirements to build a seamless, intuitive, and highly scalable compensation platform from the ground up.</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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The team is structured into four key focus areas:</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=\"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;\">Compensation Engine</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Build the foundational system that powers dynamic pay rules and performance metrics, designed with the flexibility to support a wide range of custom compensation structures.</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;\">Payment Orchestration</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Design world class payment orchestrators and ledgers that support a wide range of use cases &nbsp; .</span></li></ul><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;\">AI-First Design &amp; Explainability</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> – Leverage artificial intelligence to assist customers with plan design, setup, and administration, while building a robust \"Explainability Layer\" that gives employees a clear, 360-degree view of how their payouts are calculated.</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;\"><i><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(67,67,67);font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Few Technical Challenges We Solve</strong></b></i></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;\">Scale</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">: Build systems that can scale and process millions of payouts across thousands of unique and complex compensation plans.</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;\">Infinite Flexibility:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Build a rules engine capable of supporting the vast, complex, and highly customized ways different companies pay their people</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;\">Resilience and Accuracy</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">:&nbsp; Build financial systems that are 100% correct.</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;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Design systems that can adapt to increasing complexity without compromising performance or accuracy.</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=\"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;\">Pioneering AI Integration:</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> Design and build natively AI-driven architecture from scratch. We are translating highly ambiguous, unstructured compensation philosophies into deterministic, executable code using intelligent automation.</span></li></ul><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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Why Join Us</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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This team is ideal for engineers who want to go beyond just building features - those who want to deeply understand the financial domain and develop robust, scalable systems that drive real-world impact. You'll get to work at the crossroads of Finance, Risk, Compliance, KYC, and Accounting, gaining deep domain expertise while solving high-impact technical problems. If you're excited about becoming a “</span><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Real Finance Engineer</strong></b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">”, blending product thinking with core infrastructure, this is the team for you.</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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">This role at Variable Compensation Team is a great opportunity to be a key technical leader at Rippling with high visibility and growth opportunities. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of Rippling's finance platform. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to architect scalable systems, enhance existing features, and drive innovation in our product offerings, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable financial services to our customers.&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><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:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Your role will involve an outstanding blend of business and technical savviness, the ability to look into and build a big-picture vision, and make that vision a reality. This is a high ownership, impact, and visibility role building a product that will directly impact Rippling’s growth.</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><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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What you’ll 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;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Engineer and maintain innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Tackle complex engineering challenges, leveraging your expertise to devise ingenious solutions that push the boundaries of what is possible.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Work closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to understand requirements, contribute to architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Review and share feedback on code, features, technology, architecture, and designs. Drive the standards around code quality and testing across your product.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, best practices, and continuous learning within the team.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Develop and maintain technical documentation, including design documents, architecture diagrams, and test plans.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in FinTech industry.</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(67,67,67);font-size:14pt;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;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">6+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong proficiency in Java, Python, or similar programming languages.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Proven experience in designing and developing scalable, distributed systems or SaaS platforms.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Ability to quickly understand and navigate large, complex codebases, and independently drive solutions for ambiguous or evolving requirements.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Preferred experience in our technology stack- Python, Django, MongoDB, AWS.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Excellent ability to communicate complex technical ideas with clarity and precision in written and verbal modes both within the team and with 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;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Preferred experience in high performance organization, preferably a tech startup.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experienced in integrating AI-assisted workflows (e.g., Claude, Cursor) into day-to-day development to improve velocity and engineering outcomes</span></li></ul>","datePosted":"2026-05-18T02:28:52.131000+00:00","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Rippling","sameAs":"http://www.rippling.com/careers/open-roles"},"jobLocation":[{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Bangalore","addressRegion":"KA","addressCountry":"IN"}}],"url":"https://ats.rippling.com/rippling/jobs/e83a7c14-d13b-474d-9380-4a8d27f224f5","directApply":true,"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"Rippling Recruiting","value":"e83a7c14-d13b-474d-9380-4a8d27f224f5"}}}