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Staff Full Stack Software Engineer (Backend)

Rippling
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA)$189k - $315kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Staff-level backend-focused full stack engineering role at Rippling, contributing to the benefits platform and benefits marketplace with emphasis on architecture, scalable platform development, and AI-driven development.

Responsibilities

  • Drive Architecture & Design: Work on 0-to-1 projects as well as enhance existing system scalability, maintainability, and expandability by designing and developing high-quality software products, leading architectural decisions, and managing the full product delivery lifecycle.
  • Design for the Long-Term, Execute for the Short-Term: Deal with ambiguity, propose and drive alignment around long-term scalable solutions. Then find ways to move fast in the short term, incrementally moving toward the target state.
  • Innovate Across Domains: Engage in API design, event modeling, data modeling, ETL, and the development of business logic and customer-facing features with an emphasis on innovation and excellence.
  • Collaborate and Lead: Work closely with cross-functional teams, integrating customer feedback into the engineering roadmap. Use data (not ego) to support technical discussions.
  • Mentor and Inspire: Uplevel the team, promoting engineering excellence and a culture of continuous learning. Lead by example and advocate for best practices in both development and collaboration.
  • Champion AI-Driven Development: Lead the team's adoption of modern AI development tools and practices, coaching engineers on effective usage, shaping workflows around AI-assisted engineering.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional software development experience with a proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions
  • 3+ years as a senior technical leader on multi-team/system initiatives
  • Experience building and scaling large-scale platforms for web and mobile applications in complex and ambiguous problem spaces
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems development using Python and AWS; experience with Golang, Java, Django, or React is a plus
  • Strong computer science fundamentals
  • Product ownership mindset with ability to drive initiatives to completion across teams
  • Ability to drive alignment with data-driven discussion
  • Customer-driven mindset focused on delivering meaningful value

Skills

Required:PythonAWSAPI DesignData ModelingLeadership

Benefits

  • Competitive salary + benefits + equity
  • Office-based work culture with in-office requirement (3 days/week) for local employees
  • Diversity and inclusion commitments
  • Accommodations available during hiring process
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Rippling eliminates the friction from running a business, combining HR, IT, and Finance apps on a unified data platform.

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