# Staff Full Stack Software Engineer - Time Products

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $189k – $315k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Python, Django, Postgres, MongoDB, React, JavaScript, Event-Driven Architecture, System Design, Algorithms, Async Patterns, Caching, Database Sharding, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-08-19

> Staff engineer leading architecture, development, and operational excellence for highly available workforce time and attendance systems. The role requires 8+ years of backend experience with Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB, plus technical leadership and mentorship.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build scalable, maintainable, and high-performance backend systems for workforce management products.
- Own architectural decisions and guide the full product lifecycle from ideation through production.
- Design and ship fault-tolerant, highly available, scalable, and extensible systems.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other teams to gather customer feedback and refine the roadmap.
- Mentor senior and junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.
- Help shape team culture, structure, and processes.
- Develop AI tools and in-product AI solutions.

## Requirements
- **8+ years** of backend development experience.
- Expertise in **Python**, **Django**, **PostgreSQL**, and **MongoDB**.
- Experience building systems with clean abstractions and event-driven architecture.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and system design knowledge.
- Experience with asynchronous patterns, caching strategies, and database sharding.
- Ability to develop scalable and extensible core services used across multiple products.
- Product-focused mindset and commitment to intuitive, polished user experiences.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, unstructured environment and provide technical coaching.

## Nice to Have
- Experience with **React** or **JavaScript**.

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