# Senior Software Engineer, Platform - HR Product

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Platform Infrastructure, HRIS, Time & Attendance Systems, Benefits Administration, Talent Management, Scalable Systems, Microservices
**Posted:** 2025-11-13

> Builds and scales core platform infrastructure and shared services for Rippling's HR product suite, including HRIS, time tracking, benefits, and talent management. Requires 5+ years in distributed systems at scale and strong cross-functional communication.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Drive the design, implementation, and evolution of core platform infrastructure and shared services.
- Lead mission critical projects to build and scale core platform capabilities.
- Work closely with engineers across the organization to adopt these components to evolve existing products and bring new products to market.
- Influence architecture, technology selections, and trends of the whole company.
- Build and grow your engineering skills in different challenging areas and solve hard technical problems.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience building core product infrastructure and distributed systems that directly support and empower product-facing engineering teams.
- Experience contributing to systems operating at a significant technical and organizational scale.
- Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a diverse audience, including cross-functional groups like product and design, and end users.

## Compensation
- Competitive salary + benefits + equity.
- Salary aligned with location-based ranges (specific tiers vary by location).

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