Senior Software Engineer, Backend Full Stack - Financial Product
San Francisco, CAHybrid5+ YOE
Summary
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.
About the role
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.
Skills
PythonDjangoReactTypeScriptalgorithms