# Engineering Manager - Emerging Products

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $186k – $310k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AI Workflows, Systems Architecture, Distributed Systems, Backend Infrastructure, Event-Driven Systems, Database Design, Workflow Automation, System Integrations, Inventory Management, Device Lifecycle Management
**Posted:** 2026-09-01

> Leads a technical engineering team building automated IT infrastructure, inventory systems, and device-lifecycle software. The role requires engineering management experience, strong distributed-systems and architecture expertise, and hands-on technical leadership in an ambiguous environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, improving execution velocity and technical excellence through modern AI-enabled development workflows.
- Own end-to-end IT automation infrastructure, internal product interfaces, and systems architecture supporting enterprise IT platform dependencies.
- Modernize operational systems and internal engines to automate manual workflows and multi-system communications.
- Build a unified software control plane for inventory management, device lifecycle, and IT operations.
- Participate directly in system-level trade-offs, architecture decisions, distributed-systems design, and core systems engineering.
- Partner with technology leadership across Inventory Management, Identity, Devices, and Product, as well as third-party systems and integration teams.

## Requirements
- Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
- Strong technical depth in systems architecture, distributed systems, and backend infrastructure.
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments.
- Experience automating operational workflows and integrating multiple systems.
- Ability to work closely with senior technical stakeholders and contribute to architecture decisions.
- In-office work at least three days per week may be required for employees within the defined radius of a Rippling office.

## Compensation
- Competitive salary, benefits, and equity.
- ATS-listed salary range: $186,000–$310,000 annually.

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