Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience

Rippling · Bengaluru · 15+ yrs experience · Posted 2025-06-03

Tech stack: AWS, Docker, Golang, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Python, Terraform

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About the role

About the role Rippling is growing exceptionally fast and we have a 1000+ person engineering team that ships code dozens of times every day. This role is for the Developer Experience team that manages a variety of foundational systems like CI/CD, Development environments and staging/demo environments! It is a high leverage and high visibility role which will have a direct impact on Rippling’s shipping velocity. What You'll Do Drive technical leadership by owning and delivering large-scale, cross-team initiatives with high levels of ambiguity and complexity, ensuring measurable business impact. Shape engineering strategy by collaborating with peers and leaders to align on long-term goals and translating them into execution plans within your function. Elevate system design & architecture by implementing flexible, reusable, and future-proof solutions, while anticipating failure modes and addressing them proactively. Lead incident management and debugging efforts across unfamiliar systems, acting as an incident commander when necessary, and eliminating systemic technical debt. Champion security and reliability by leading threat modeling exercises, embedding best practices, and designing processes to mitigate systemic vulnerabilities. Mentor and grow talent by guiding engineers across teams, driving knowledge-sharing through talks and documentation, and contributing to hiring as a recruiting marshal. Influence stakeholders by synthesising product, design, and business needs into compelling technical solutions that balance short-term delivery with long-term success. Qualifications 10–15+ years of proven experience as a Backend/Infrastructure Software Engineer, with demonstrated impact at scale. Strong expertise in building distributed, resilient systems and driving technical decisions across teams. Bonus: Experience with DevEx (CI/CD/Docker/test frameworks) or Cloud technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, MongoDB). Bonus: Proficiency in Python or GoLang. Passion for improving developer productivity, system scalability, and long-term technical excellence.

Qualifications

- 10–15+ years of proven experience as a Backend/Infrastructure Software Engineer, with demonstrated impact at scale.
- Strong expertise in building distributed, resilient systems and driving technical decisions across teams.
- Bonus: Experience with DevEx (CI/CD/Docker/test frameworks) or Cloud technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, MongoDB).
- Bonus: Proficiency in Python or GoLang.
- Passion for improving developer productivity, system scalability, and long-term technical excellence.

Responsibilities

- Rippling is growing exceptionally fast and we have a 1000+ person engineering team that ships code dozens of times every day.
- This role is for the Developer
- Experience team that manages a variety of foundational systems like CI/CD, Development environments and staging/demo environments!
- It is a high leverage and high visibility role which will have a direct impact on Rippling’s shipping velocity.
- What You'll Do
- Drive technical leadership by owning and delivering large-scale, cross-team initiatives with high levels of ambiguity and complexity, ensuring measurable business impact.
- Shape engineering strategy by collaborating with peers and leaders to align on long-term goals and translating them into execution plans within your function.
- Elevate system design & architecture by implementing flexible, reusable, and future-proof solutions, while anticipating failure modes and addressing them proactively.
- Lead incident management and debugging efforts across unfamiliar systems, acting as an incident commander when necessary, and eliminating systemic technical debt.
- Champion security and reliability by leading threat modeling exercises, embedding best practices, and designing processes to mitigate systemic vulnerabilities.
- Mentor and grow talent by guiding engineers across teams
- driving knowledge-sharing through talks and documentation, and contributing to hiring as a recruiting marshal.
- Influence stakeholders by synthesising product, design, and business needs into compelling technical solutions that balance short-term delivery with long-term success.

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