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Staff Software Engineer - Rippling AI

Rippling· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco Bay Area)$198k - $330kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Staff Engineer leading cross-functional teams to build an autonomous AI platform and infrastructure at Rippling, driving end-to-end architecture, scalable agent infrastructure, and platform capabilities for reusable automated workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end technical architecture for high-impact AI platform initiatives from design through production
  • Lead a cross-functional pod of highly talented engineers, interacting with product, infra, and platform organizations
  • Build scalable agent infrastructure that automates repetitive, high-frequency workflows across Rippling's product surface
  • Design systems that are observable, self-correcting, and capable of improving over time with minimal human intervention
  • Develop harness and platform capabilities that encode business logic and institutional knowledge into reliable, automated workflows
  • Partner closely with Product to ensure AI-powered surfaces are trustworthy, controllable, and intuitive for end users and admins
  • Mentor engineers across the org, establish best practices for AI platform development, and raise the technical bar broadly
  • Track the frontier, translate model capability improvements into architectural decisions and move quickly when new approaches unlock better outcomes

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of technical leadership and org-wide impact
  • Deep expertise in platform and distributed systems engineering — you've built reliable, observable, large-scale systems
  • Strong hands-on coding skills, you are an active contributor in the codebase alongside your leadership responsibilities
  • Experience leading complex, cross-functional technical initiatives and driving alignment across multiple teams
  • Strong product instincts, you translate ambiguous problems into durable platform capabilities and partner effectively with product teams
  • Clear, precise communication to diverse audiences, both written and verbal
  • Comfort with ambiguity and high velocity, the roadmap evolves as the technology evolves
  • Recent hands-on experience building AI agents is a plus

Skills

Required:Software architectureDistributed systemsHands-on codingCross-functional leadershipProduct collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Benefits
  • Equity
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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