# Software Engineer II

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** Bengaluru, India
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Django, React, MongoDB, AWS, Model Context Protocol, Identity And Access Control, Runtime Authorization, Audit Pipelines, Data Protection, Model Gateways, AI Infrastructure, Security
**Posted:** 2026-08-12

> Builds foundational AI governance systems covering access controls, model routing, authorization, auditability, and usage attribution. The role requires 3+ years of production software engineering experience, strong systems and security judgment, and the ability to own ambiguous problems through delivery.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build high-quality, reliable AI governance products with meticulous attention to detail.
- Ship incremental improvements rapidly, learn from customer feedback, and continuously refine the product.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of MCP access controls, model gateway policies, runtime authorization, audit pipelines, and usage attribution.
- Own ambiguous product and engineering problems from initial exploration through production rollout.
- Use AI-native development practices to increase engineering velocity while maintaining high standards for correctness, security, and quality.
- Collaborate with Product, Security, Legal, IT, and other engineering teams to make thoughtful trade-offs and deliver customer impact.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience building reliable, maintainable, and well-designed systems.
- High agency and a bias toward shipping, with the ability to turn ambiguous problems into incremental releases and fast feedback loops.
- An AI-native engineering mindset, including hands-on use of AI tools to increase velocity while maintaining high standards for correctness, security, and quality.
- Curiosity and a continuous-learning mindset, with the ability to quickly understand emerging technologies, unfamiliar domains, and evolving customer needs.
- Strong product ownership, with a focus on solving real customer problems and delivering measurable impact.
- Sound security and systems judgment, particularly around identity, authorization, data movement, policy enforcement, or auditability.
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and non-engineering teams.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Python, Go, Django, React, MongoDB, or AWS.
- Familiarity with AI infrastructure, model gateways, MCP, developer tools, identity systems, or data protection.

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