# Staff Software Engineer - Core Experience

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $189k – $315k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Java, SQL, NoSQL, Data Modeling, API Design, Backend Systems, Schema Design, Observability, Fault Tolerance, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-08-24

> Staff backend-leaning software engineer responsible for foundational systems powering onboarding, self-serve purchasing, and shared Core Experience infrastructure. The role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, strong systems design and data modeling skills, and the ability to own scalable features end-to-end.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and build backend systems powering onboarding flows, self-serve purchasing, and shared platform primitives.
- Own technical delivery end-to-end, including schema design, API contracts, performance, reliability, and production observability.
- Partner directly with product and design to shape feature development.
- Build scalable, reusable systems consumed by engineering teams across Rippling.
- Emphasize correctness, documentation, and thoughtful abstraction.

## Requirements
- **8+ years** of professional software engineering experience, with a strong backend background.
- Experience designing systems for scale, fault tolerance, and correctness.
- Understanding of consistency and availability trade-offs.
- Backend-leaning full-stack range and ability to own features end-to-end.
- High agency and ability to identify problems, scope solutions, and execute independently.
- Platform mindset focused on infrastructure and APIs used by other teams.
- Deep proficiency in a modern backend language such as Python, Go, or Java.
- Strong data modeling skills across SQL and NoSQL.

## Compensation
- Annual salary: **$189,000–$315,000**.

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