2 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and develop backend services and distributed systems for the data catalog.
- Establish clear service ownership, reliability, and well-defined interfaces.
- Turn ambiguous product ideas into focused launches, fast feedback loops, and durable technical foundations.
- Make security and systems decisions involving authorization, identity, data movement, audit logs, and policy enforcement.
- Deliver customer-visible enterprise software with operational simplicity.
- Communicate technical trade-offs across security, usability, and delivery speed with engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.
- Use AI tools effectively while maintaining human ownership of correctness, security, and architecture.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Deep expertise in backend engineering and distributed systems.
- Strong track record of technical leadership and organization-wide impact.
- High agency, a bias toward shipping, and ability to work through ambiguity.
- AI-native engineering mindset with hands-on experience using AI tools.
- Strong security and systems judgment, particularly around authorization, identity, data movement, audit logs, or policy enforcement.
- Product sense for enterprise software and customer-visible impact.
- Clear communication skills across engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.
- Familiarity with AI infrastructure, LLM gateways, MCP, developer tools, identity systems, or data protection is preferred.
Benefits
- Rippling is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
- Reasonable accommodations are available during the hiring process.
- Office-based employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office are currently expected to work in the office at least three days per week.
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About Rippling
Rippling builds a unified workforce management platform that combines HR, payroll, IT, and finance software for businesses on a single system. Its SaaS suite covers onboarding, payroll, time tracking, benefits, device and identity management, spend/expenses, and accounting integrations with ERPs like NetSuite, QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Oracle. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rippling is privately held and serves companies from startups to large enterprises.