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Staff Software Engineer

Rippling· Engineering
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Hybrid (Bangalore)full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

The Data Catalog team is the semantic intelligence layer of Rippling's platform, making data schema across products discoverable, trustworthy, and actionable for humans and AI. The role focuses on leading the technical roadmap, building scalable distributed systems, and owning the Data Catalog infrastructure within a pure engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Technical Roadmap: Design, develop, and maintain internet-scale, highly distributed systems and scalable services for the Data Catalog team.
  • Think for the Future: Prototype with the newest AI tools to think about primitives that will be used to democratize development with Rippling.
  • Solve for Scale: Tackle our growing size and load and understand where we can be doing less work.
  • Own the Stack: Work deeply with infrastructure to manage complex distributed systems that power every Rippling product.
  • Operate as a Tech Lead: This is a "pure engineering" team. You will partner directly with other Platform Tech Leads and EMs to define how Data Catalog’s core infrastructure evolves.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in software development, preferably in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
  • Solid understanding of CS fundamentals, architectures, and design patterns.
  • Proven track record in building large-scale applications, APIs, and developer tools.
  • Excellent at cross-functional collaboration, able to articulate technical concepts to non-technical partners.
  • You thrive in a product-focused environment and are passionate about making an impact on customer experience.

Skills

Required:software developmentdistributed systemscollaboration
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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