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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Rippling· Engineering
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Hybrid (London)full-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer on the Global Payroll team responsible for advancing Rippling's full-service payroll platform, owning initiatives from ground-up product functionality to rearchitecting components for scale, with high impact and autonomy.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with design and product management leaders to shape and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the team, balancing platform and product perspectives
  • Implement maintainable solutions with high quality and reliability that can scale as the business grows
  • Provide mentorship to other engineers, fostering their professional growth
  • Enforce high-quality deliverables and raise the bar for engineering excellence by building and operationalizing tools, monitors, and processes across the organization
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to handle customer and production support

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
  • Ability to own and deliver projects, transforming product specifications into successful releases
  • Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, modern design patterns, providing a foundation to tackle complex technical problems and drive innovation
  • Proficiency in managing the complete project lifecycle, transforming intricate ideas into successful launches
  • Demonstrate a keen product sense that advocates for delivering exceptional customer experiences
  • Outstanding capacity to convey intricate technical concepts clearly and precisely, both in written and verbal communication, while collaborating effectively across diverse functional teams
  • Experience with Python, Django and React are a plus

Skills

Required:Software engineering
Nice to have:PythonDjangoReact
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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#1 Workforce Management System | HR, IT, Finance

Rippling eliminates the friction from running a business, combining HR, IT, and Finance apps on a unified data platform.

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