# Senior Software Engineer, Backend Full Stack - Financial Product

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Django, React, TypeScript, Algorithms
**Posted:** 2025-11-13

> Builds backend and full-stack features for Rippling's financial products including global payroll, spend management, and compliance systems. Requires 5+ years Python/Django experience, React familiarity, and strong product intuition for scalable systems.

## Job Description

## What you will do
- Develop and improve both product backend capabilities and user-facing features, working across the stack to make them shine
- Collaborate closely with PMs and designers to translate complex product requirements and visual designs into responsive, high-quality code.
- Move quickly and confidently, making smart decisions to fill in the gaps where product details aren’t fully defined—always learning from user feedback.
- Play an active role in building a culture of excellence within our product and engineering teams.

## What you will need
- 5+ years of experience in a production environment using **Python**, **Django**, or related technologies.
- Familiarity in frontend development with **React** or **TypeScript**.
- Exposure and hands-on experience with systems operating at a significant technical and organizational scale.
- Strong product intuition: you care about design and user experience and are quick to identify how these could be improved.
- Experience shipping complex projects.
- Deep understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals.
- Strong communication skills with a variety of stakeholders.

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