# Staff Full Stack Software Engineer

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $189k – $315k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, Django, React, JavaScript, System Design, Algorithms
**Posted:** 2026-07-07

> Build scalable backend systems and influence architecture for Rippling's Scheduling product, which manages workforce scheduling, labor costs, forecasting, and attendance for hourly employees. Requires 8+ years backend experience with Python/Django, React/JS knowledge, strong CS fundamentals, and product focus.

## Job Description

## What you will do
- Build scalable, maintainable, and high-performance backend systems that power critical workforce management products.
- Deliver high-quality features quickly by balancing speed and safety in your code.
- Own architectural decisions and guide the full product lifecycle, from ideation to production.
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other teams to gather customer feedback and refine the product roadmap.
- Support the growth of junior engineers by sharing your expertise and promoting engineering best practices across the team.
- As an early member of this team, have a direct influence on team culture, structure, and processes.

## What you will need
- 8+ years of experience in backend development with expertise in Python, Django, or similar technologies.
- Experience with React or JavaScript.
- Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and system design. Comfortable working with systems at scale and navigating complex technical challenges.
- Care deeply about the end user, product design, and delivering an intuitive, polished experience.
- Thrive in a fast-paced, unstructured environment. Identify problems, own them, and create solutions that have a lasting impact.

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