# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $189k – $315k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Full-Stack Development, System Architecture, fault-tolerant systems, Mentorship, AI Tools, modern coding languages
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Technical leader building large-scale, fault-tolerant financial systems for Procurement, Bill Pay, and Banking at Rippling. Requires 8+ years full-stack experience, architecture expertise, and mentoring skills to drive high-impact projects moving billions in funds.

## Job Description

## What you will do
- Serve as the technical leader for the Procurement, Bill Pay, and Banking product areas, ensuring the architectural integrity and stability required for sustainable growth.
- Drive the hands-on technical architecture and design for large-scale, fault-tolerant systems that handle money movement.
- Be the liaison between product and engineering leadership, translating business objectives into technical roadmaps and executing high-impact projects.
- Play a pivotal role in leading and mentoring highly talented engineers across the team, raising the bar for engineering quality and process in mission-critical financial systems.

## What you will need
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong track record in full-stack development and building products end-to-end.
- Proven ability to design large-scale, fault-tolerant systems from scratch while balancing trade-offs between business objectives and technical decisions.
- Able to solve large, ambiguous problems with high agency, all while taking full ownership of the outcome from a business and technical perspective.
- Proficiency with modern coding languages and AI tools with the ability to learn new skills and technologies quickly as needed.
- Capable of multiplying the impact of others by resolving blockers, improving team processes and systems, and growing other engineers via mentorship and hands-on coaching.

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