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RipplingRipplingSeattle, WA

Staff Software Engineer

Build an end-to-end analytics and business intelligence Data Cloud platform at Rippling, replacing customer data lakes, warehouses, and pipelines with integrated ingestion, transformation, lineage, catalogs, and visualization. Develop large-scale data systems using Python, Trino, Iceberg and Temporal; explore ML/LLMs for automated insights.

189k – 315k
Hybrid8+ YOEData Engineering

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Develop high-quality software with attention to detail using tech stacks like Python, Apache Trino, Iceberg, Temporal.
  • Create Data visualization and query processing products used at large scale.
  • Create data platforms, data lakes, and data ingestion systems that work at scale.
  • Have clear ownership of one or many products, APIs or platform spaces.
  • Build and grow your engineering skills in different challenging areas and solve hard technical problems.
  • Influence architecture, technology selections, and trends of the whole company.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in software development, preferably in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
  • Solid understanding of CS fundamentals, architectures, and design patterns.
  • Proven track record in building large-scale applications, APIs, and developer tools.
  • Excellent at cross-functional collaboration, able to articulate technical concepts to non-technical partners.
  • You thrive in a product-focused environment and are passionate about making an impact on customer experience.

Bonus Points

  • Contributing to open-source projects (Apache Iceberg, Parquet, Spark, Hive, Flink, Delta Lake, Presto, Trino, Avro).

Skills

PythonApache TrinoIcebergTemporalData VisualizationQuery ProcessingData PlatformsData LakesData IngestionLarge-Scale SystemsApache IcebergParquetSparkHiveFlink
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