Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Financial Product
ripplingBrooklyn (NY)
Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Financial Product
Posted today
ripplingBrooklyn (NY)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Overview:
As a Backend Engineer on Rippling’s Financial Product Engineering team, you design and implement core backend services and APIs that power key financial capabilities. You’ll ensure high-volume scale, reliability, and security while guiding infrastructure decisions and data integrity. You’ll collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate goals into robust solutions, set technical standards, and mentor peers. This role sits at the heart of building a unified global financial system that integrates HR, IT, and finance data. Compensation / Benefits competitive salary benefits equity office-based collaboration culture equal opportunity employer reasonable accommodations available
Responsibilities:
Design and implement core backend services and APIs powering critical product capabilities and complex business logic Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and secure with strategic infrastructure and data integrity decisions Collaborate with product, frontend, and platform teams to translate feature goals into robust, high-performance solutions Elevate technical standards, lead code and design reviews, and mentor engineers on backend best practices
Key requirements:
5+ years of production experience with Python, Go, or 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 fundamentals and complex project delivery Exceptional communication skills with technical and cross-functional stakeholders strong communication cross-functional collaboration mentorship Python Go distributed systems
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