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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Developer - **Company:** RIPPLE INC LTD - **Location:** UK - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Databases, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Digital Assets, Machine Learning, Microsoft SQL Server, Query Optimization, Tensorflow, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, TypeScript, Data Logging, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Istio, Database Optimization, Software Application Programming, Reliability of Systems, Technical Debt, Containerization, Kubernetes, Graphql, Restful APIs, Grpc, Webhooks, Data Pipelines, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** September 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-software-engineer-liquidity-management-c-net-ripple-10101116 ## About the Role * 8+ years of professional software engineering experience * 3+ years working on complex, business-critical systems in production * Experience working on products with significant scale * Strong communication skills with experience working in cross functional projects * Track record of delivering projects that span multiple quarters and require coordination across teams Technical Leadership: * Led technical designs that were implemented by teams of 3+ engineers * Made architectural decisions that had lasting impact on system capabilities * Established technical patterns that were adopted across the team Cloud & Infrastructure: * Proficiency with at least one major cloud platform (preferably Azure) * Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) * Understanding of infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipeline design * Knowledge of observability: logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting strategies * Experience with microservices deployment patterns and service mesh concepts Core Technologies: * Deep expertise with C#/.NET * Expert in relational databases (SQL Server ideally), including query optimization, indexing strategies, and data modeling * Deep experience in building large scale multi-tenant enterprise applications * Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs and understanding when to use alternative patterns (GraphQL, gRPC, webhooks) * Deep knowledge in building applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and related technologies ## Description * Drive architectural decisions for the platform, balancing scalability, maintainability, and rapid deployment goals * Establish technical standards and design patterns that enable the team to ship features faster with fewer defects * Lead technical design reviews and provide constructive feedback that elevates the team's architectural thinking * Identify and eliminate technical debt strategically, creating roadmaps that improve both developer velocity and system reliability Team Enablement & Mentorship: * Mentor mid-level and senior engineers, helping them grow into technical leadership roles * Break down complex, ambiguous problems into actionable work that distributes effectively across the team * Establish coding standards, review practices, and testing strategies that improve overall code quality * Champion engineering methodologies including observability, incident response, and production excellence * Share your enthusiasm for tech trends, explore and learn new technologies, engage with tech communities, mentor fellow engineers, and lead in technical design and code evaluations Enhance Agility: * Drive adoption of modern engineering practices that improve developer experience and productivity * Lead post-mortems and blameless retrospectives that turn incidents into learning opportunities Strategic Technical Vision: * Anticipate future scalability challenges before they become blockers (e.g., handling 10x growth in transaction volume) * Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend when/how to adopt them (e.g., new ML frameworks, database technologies) * Balance technical excellence with pragmatic delivery, knowing when "good enough now" beats "perfect later" Ownership & Accountability: * Own critical systems end-to-end, from design through production support * Take responsibility for production reliability and proactively prevent incidents * Step into ambiguous situations and drive them to resolution without needing explicit direction * Lead by example in code quality, documentation, and operational excellence * Make tough technical trade-off decisions and clearly communicate the reasoning, * Core platform modernization - the team is rebuilding the platform from the ground up: a modern, intuitive UX with fast workflows, and a cloud-native architecture designed for scalability, resilience, and speed * Real-time cash/liquidity data pipelines - building systems that give treasury professionals real-time transparency into cash and liquidity positions across banks, accounts, currencies, and legal entities worldwide * Digital asset support - engineering first-class support for both traditional fiat currencies and digital assets as part of the platform's forward-looking vision * AI features - developing and optimizing machine learning models for the GSmart AI engine that predicts cash flows and enables businesses to balance accounts in real time while making complex funding decisions, * The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders * A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning. * Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team. * In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in. * Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team * We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more! ## Related Videos - [Rate-limiting using eBPF and Istio: How to protect your SaaS customers from themselves](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100220-rate-limiting-using-ebpf-and-istio-how-to-protect-your-saas-customers-from-themselves) - [Navigating Growth, Scaling Challenges, and Office Expansions with David Singleton, CTO at Stripe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100362-navigating-growth-scaling-challenges-and-office-expansions-with-david-singleton-cto-at-stripe) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Exploring the Power of gRPC-Gateway for Writing RESTful Services](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2072-exploring-the-power-of-grpc-gateway-for-writing-restful-services) - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers)