# Staff Software Engineer - Spend Platform

**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, Distributed Systems, Fault-Tolerant Systems, Backend Development, Data Modeling, System Architecture, Eventual Consistency, Money Movement
**Posted:** 2026-08-24

> Staff Software Engineer leading architecture and implementation for Rippling’s Spend platform, which unifies corporate cards, reimbursements, procurement, bill pay, and travel. The role requires 8+ years of backend and distributed-systems experience, strong architectural judgment, and technical leadership across teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and deliver platform solutions that benefit multiple teams and create a seamless user experience.
- Lead technical architecture and coordinate across product leadership, engineering leadership, and technical workstreams.
- Solve complex engineering challenges involving payments, data consistency, permissions, and scale.
- Own projects from problem definition through successful implementation.
- Lead and mentor engineers across Spend Management.
- Develop deep expertise in Rippling Spend and contribute to its continued growth.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong backend development and distributed systems experience.
- Proven ability to design large-scale, fault-tolerant systems from scratch.
- Understanding of consistency and availability trade-offs, including when eventual consistency is insufficient.
- High agency and ability to identify business problems, scope technical solutions, and execute independently.
- Ability to quickly learn complex treasury and money movement domains.
- Deep proficiency in a modern backend language such as Python, Go, or Java.
- Experience with complex SQL and NoSQL data modeling.

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