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# Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platform

- **Company:** CO-RIPPLING LLC
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $207,000.0 - $345,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Software Systems, Enterprise Software Applications, Concurrency, Backend, Operational Systems, Golang
- **Published:** June 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a632c4046c8f889a

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Systems engineering?, * 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience operating at the Staff or Senior Staff level

 * Deep expertise designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems
 * Strong experience developing platform infrastructure, shared services, or foundational engineering systems
 * Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across large engineering organizations
 * Strong architectural judgment and a track record of designing systems that scale with both business growth and organizational complexity
 * Experience building highly reliable backend systems in languages such as Python, Go, Java, or similar
 * Strong computer science fundamentals, including distributed systems, concurrency, data modeling, networking, and systems design
 * Experience operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments where ambiguity is high and execution speed matters
 * Exceptional communication and influence skills, with the ability to align engineers, engineering leaders, and executive stakeholders
 * A product mindset and passion for building platforms that unlock leverage for both developers and customers
 * Excitement about the role AI will play in transforming enterprise software and the infrastructure required to support it

## Description

* Serve as a senior technical leader within Rippling's engineering organization
 * Define and drive the long-term architecture of core platform systems that power dozens of products and hundreds of engineers
 * Design highly scalable, reliable, and extensible distributed systems that serve as foundational building blocks across the company
 * Lead large, cross-organizational initiatives that span multiple teams, products, and technical domains
 * Translate ambiguous business and product requirements into elegant, durable technical solutions
 * Drive architectural decisions that impact the future evolution of Rippling's Business Operating System
 * Partner closely with senior engineering leaders to shape platform strategy and technical direction
 * Build the infrastructure that enables AI systems to securely interact with live business data, workflows, permissions, and operational systems
 * Develop core platform primitives that accelerate product development across the company
 * Raise the engineering bar through mentorship, design reviews, technical leadership, and operational excellence
 * Act as the directly responsible individual (DRI) for some of the company's most critical technical initiatives
 * Help define how platform infrastructure evolves to support increasingly intelligent and autonomous software systems


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