{"uuid":"f6bb9ba2-492e-40b4-b3ef-f1a128b13716","name":"Staff Software Engineer - Search 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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">You will be the primary technical authority for Search at Rippling, designing cross-platform search primitives that will power the next generation of our product features. You will partner with the Product leadership to influence the roadmap, ensuring Search capabilities are a competitive advantage for our product suite. You will own architecture and execution for indexing, retrieval, relevance/ranking, and query performance at scale. You’ll partner across with Product leadership Data Cloud, platform, and AI/product teams to build shared search primitives that power multiple product surfaces.</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;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Define and lead the technical vision for Rippling search systems: indexing pipelines, query serving, ranking/relevance, and retrieval quality measurement</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;--listitem-marker-background-color:#ffffff;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Tackle open-ended challenges in hybrid retrieval, semantic/vector search, and metadata ranking to push the boundaries of what our platform can do.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;--listitem-marker-background-color:#ffffff;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Build and operate resilient, high-performance infrastructure (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch) capable of supporting 10x scale growth while maintaining rigorous standards for latency, freshness, correctness and cost-efficiency.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Define relevance strategy and evaluation: offline benchmarks, quality metrics, and production monitoring.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Build reusable search platform abstractions used by multiple Rippling products.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88568;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;--listitem-marker-background-color:#ffffff;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Elevate the entire engineering organization through strategic design reviews, mentorship, and the establishment of \"best-in-class\" operational standards.</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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">8+ years in backend/platform engineering with ownership of distributed systems in production.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Deep experience in search infrastructure (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch/Solr/Lucene-style systems), indexing, and relevance tuning.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong systems design fundamentals: storage/index design, query execution, performance optimization, and reliability engineering.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience with data platforms and schema-rich systems, including large-scale ingestion and serving paths.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Go, or Java).</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong cross-functional execution and ability to lead ambiguous multi-team platform initiatives.</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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Nice to have </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(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Hybrid retrieval, semantic/vector search, or ML-assisted ranking experience.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience with analytics/query ecosystems (e.g., Trino/Presto, Kafka, Iceberg, Spark).</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience building discoverability products such as catalog search, field selection, metadata ranking.</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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. 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You will partner with the Product leadership to influence the roadmap, ensuring Search capabilities are a competitive advantage for our product suite. You will own architecture and execution for indexing, retrieval, relevance/ranking, and query performance at scale. You’ll partner across with Product leadership Data Cloud, platform, and AI/product teams to build shared search primitives that power multiple product surfaces.</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;\"><b><strong style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Define and lead the technical vision for Rippling search systems: indexing pipelines, query serving, ranking/relevance, and retrieval quality measurement</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;--listitem-marker-background-color:#ffffff;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Tackle open-ended challenges in hybrid retrieval, semantic/vector search, and metadata ranking to push the boundaries of what our platform can do.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;--listitem-marker-background-color:#ffffff;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Build and operate resilient, high-performance infrastructure (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch) capable of supporting 10x scale growth while maintaining rigorous standards for latency, freshness, correctness and cost-efficiency.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Define relevance strategy and evaluation: offline benchmarks, quality metrics, and production monitoring.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Build reusable search platform abstractions used by multiple Rippling products.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88568;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;--listitem-marker-background-color:#ffffff;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Elevate the entire engineering organization through strategic design reviews, mentorship, and the establishment of \"best-in-class\" operational standards.</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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">8+ years in backend/platform engineering with ownership of distributed systems in production.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Deep experience in search infrastructure (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch/Solr/Lucene-style systems), indexing, and relevance tuning.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong systems design fundamentals: storage/index design, query execution, performance optimization, and reliability engineering.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience with data platforms and schema-rich systems, including large-scale ingestion and serving paths.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Go, or Java).</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Strong cross-functional execution and ability to lead ambiguous multi-team platform initiatives.</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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">Nice to have </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(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Hybrid retrieval, semantic/vector search, or ML-assisted ranking experience.</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience with analytics/query ecosystems (e.g., Trino/Presto, Kafka, Iceberg, Spark).</span></li><li style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.88571;--listitem-marker-color:#202022;letter-spacing:0.25px;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Experience building discoverability products such as catalog search, field selection, metadata ranking.</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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);white-space:pre-wrap;\">here</span></a><span style=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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=\"color:rgb(32,32,34);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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