Senior Software Engineer, Backend - RQL
168k – 280kSan Francisco, CASeattle, WAOnsite6+ YOE
Summary
Senior backend engineer building distributed processing engines, databases, and a custom query language (RQL) for analytics and data platform products. Requires 6+ years experience and strong distributed systems skills.
About the role
What You'll Do
- Work on distributed processing engines and distributed databases
- Develop high-quality software with attention to detail using tech stacks like Python, MongoDB, CDC, and Kafka
- Leverage big data technologies like Aurora, Trino, Presto, Pinot, Iceberg, Flink and more
- Build custom programming languages within the Rippling Platform
- Create data platforms, data lakes, and data ingestion systems that work at scale
- Design, develop, code, and test software systems, improvements, products, and user-facing experiences
- Work alongside software architects and senior developers doing state-of-the-art development work
- Contribute to product design and implementation discussions
- Find and build unique solutions to implement projects from the idea phase to production
What You'll Need
- 6+ years experience in backend engineering roles
- Experience writing testable and performant backend code
- Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Experience mentoring less-experienced developers
- Ability to thrive in an environment that grants you a lot of autonomy to explore creative solutions
Skills
PythonMongoDBKafkaCDCAuroraTrinoPrestoPinotIcebergFlinkDistributed Systems
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