# Engineering Manager, Time Products

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Full-Stack Development, System Design, Payroll Integration, Leave Management, Accrual Models, Approval Workflows, AI Automation, Scalability, Platform Architecture
**Posted:** 2026-03-27

> Leads a full-stack engineering team building scalable leave management systems for time off, PTO, and compliance, integrating with payroll and benefits. Requires 8+ years engineering experience including 2-4 years management, strong system design skills, and experience in complex domains like HR Tech.

## Job Description

## What you will do

- Drive Execution: Lead a full-stack team of 8+ engineers to deliver against a high-priority roadmap, balancing near-term product needs with long-term platform investments.
- Own a Complex Domain: Build systems that manage leave policies, accruals, balances, approval workflows, and holiday calendars—ensuring correctness, flexibility, and a seamless user experience.
- Design for Edge Cases: Develop scalable solutions that handle nuanced scenarios such as extended leave (e.g., parental, medical, or unpaid leave), including their downstream impact on payroll, benefits, and system access.
- Architect Global Primitives: Evolve the system beyond hard-coded logic into a flexible, primitive-based engine that can support diverse and changing requirements across regions and companies.
- Scale the Team: Raise the bar on engineering and leadership excellence by strengthening technical rigor, improving operational processes, and mentoring senior engineers. You will partner closely with a Staff Engineer to drive long-term technical vision.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate closely with Product and partner teams to ensure Time Off integrates cleanly with payroll, benefits, compliance, and other core platform systems.
- Innovate with AI: Leverage internal AI capabilities to introduce automation and intelligence into leave management workflows.
- Maintain High Quality: Own the reliability, performance, and scalability of a system that serves as a daily touchpoint for employees and managers.

## What you will need

**Experience:** 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2–4+ years in an engineering management role, ideally within a high-growth environment.

**Technical Depth:** Strong technical foundation with the ability to lead system design for **distributed systems** and engage deeply in architectural decisions when needed.

**Product Mindset:** You think beyond features and focus on building durable, flexible systems that support complex business workflows.

**Experience with Complexity:** Experience working in domains with high correctness requirements and complex business logic (e.g., **Fintech**, **HR Tech**, **Payroll**, or Workforce Management) is highly preferred.

**High Agency:** Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with evolving requirements. You make pragmatic tradeoffs between speed and long-term scalability.

**Leadership Excellence:** Demonstrated success in hiring, developing, and retaining senior engineers while fostering a culture of accountability and high performance.

**Additional Information:** This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity.

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