Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Fintech Platform

About Rippling

Fintech Platform and role

What you will do

• Design, build, and scale backend systems for global payroll and payments.
• Develop reliable systems for payroll calculations, filings, ledgers, payment orders, reconciliation, treasury, and risk controls.
• Build reusable platform primitives for regional tax, compliance, banking, and payroll needs.
• Create APIs and integration layers for customer, partner, payroll, banking, and compliance data.
• Address distributed-systems challenges involving financial data, state transitions, retries, and external integrations.
• Partner with product, design, operations, compliance, payroll, and payments teams to develop robust technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers and raise standards for design, code quality, operations, and ownership.

What you will need

• Strong backend engineering experience building scalable production systems.
• Experience designing distributed systems, APIs, data models, event-driven workflows, or financial infrastructure.
• Strong judgment around failure modes, data integrity, observability, and operational response.
• Experience leading complex technical projects and mentoring engineers.
• Interest in fintech or financial infrastructure; direct domain experience is a plus, not required.
• Familiarity with listed technologies is helpful but not required.

Workplace policy

• Rippling values office work; employees based within a defined radius of an office are expected to work in the office at least three days per week under current policy.

Compensation

• US-based salary range is $168,000–$280,000 per year for US Tier 1 locations; range varies by location.
• The role includes salary, benefits, and equity; final compensation depends on experience and location.