Software Engineer, Backend - HR Product

Rippling People Center Inc.
San Francisco, CA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Business Logic Data Integrity Data Security Relational Databases Distributed Systems Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Python (Programming Language) Performance Tuning Time Tracking Software Backend Front End Software Development

Job description

We operate at the critical intersection of HR, compliance, and enterprise software. Our products manage the most sensitive and essential aspects of a company’s relationship with its people, requiring us to solve complex problems related to scale, data security, and multi-product integration., * HRIS (Human Resources Information System): Building the core employee record, organizational structure, and workflows that serve as the single source of truth for all other Rippling products.

  • Time: Developing accurate, scalable, and globally compliant Time & Attendance systems, including clocking, time-off accrual, and scheduling, ensuring employees are paid correctly and legally.
  • Benefits: Creating and maintaining the marketplace and administration tools for health, retirement, and other employee benefits, handling complex enrollment, eligibility, and provider integrations.
  • Talent: Designing products that manage employee growth, performance, and learning, helping companies develop and retain their workforce effectively., * Own the design and implementation of core backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities and complex business logic.
  • Ensure all systems are built for high-volume scale, reliability, and security, making strategic decisions about infrastructure and data integrity.
  • Work seamlessly with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into robust, high-performance technical solutions.
  • Elevate the team’s technical standards, lead code and design reviews, and mentor engineers on backend best practices.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a production environment using Python, Go, or a similar high-scale backend language.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, data modeling, and performance optimization of relational databases.
  • You have seen and contributed to systems operating at a significant technical and organizational scale.
  • Strong understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals and experience with complex project delivery.
  • Exceptional communication skills with technical and cross-functional stakeholders.

Benefits & conditions

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 here. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation-including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below. FULL_TIME Organization https://startup.jobs/logos/52876 Rippling https://rippling.com Startups Place

About the company

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.

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.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ 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.

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