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Senior Software Engineer, Security

Rippling
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Seattle, WA)$168k - $280kPosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Backend Engineer focused on building Rippling's security program within a multi-product platform, designing and delivering backend services, APIs, and platform primitives for secure workflows across Spend, IT, identity, access, approvals, procurement, and compliance, with an emphasis on safe, reliable, and auditable AI-powered workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and implementation of backend services and APIs that power critical product capabilities.
  • Build reliable, secure, and scalable systems for high-volume workflows across Spend, IT, identity, access, approvals, and compliance.
  • Make strategic technical decisions around architecture, infrastructure, data modeling, performance, and operational reliability.
  • Translate ambiguous business and customer needs into robust technical solutions in partnership with product, frontend, platform, design, and cross-functional teams.
  • Build and evolve systems involving workflows, permissions, policy enforcement, financial operations, device and app management, procurement, and security controls.
  • Raise the technical bar through system design, code reviews, design reviews, mentorship, and backend engineering best practices.
  • Help create unified product experiences that replace fragmented point solutions for managing employees, spend, devices, apps, access, and business operations.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in a production environment using Python, Go, or a similar high-scale backend language.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, data modeling, and performance optimization of relational databases.
  • Experience with systems operating at significant technical and organizational scale.
  • Strong understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals and experience with complex project delivery.
  • Exceptional communication skills with technical and cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Required:Backend programming (Python or Go)Distributed systemsCS fundamentalscommunication
Last updated Oct 14, 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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